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Ok thank you. It is a very unfortunate situation. Never again will I work by myself in a unit because all the blame fall on that one nurse, fault or not.

I am in a very tough situation. I have been a nurse for 4 years and have been working at a specialty hospital in NYC. I am the only nurse in my unit, have no support from the managers and get blamed for the doctor's mistakes. I am constantly being scrutinized and made to feel incompetent by my nurse managers. They constantly call me into the office with one complain after the other, it is non stop and exhausting. They say that I am doing a great job but turn around and write me up. They gave me several final warnings for documentation due to doctors falling to document and missing dates in insurance forms. I have grieved every single discipline but the professional harrassment never stops, it just gets worse. The Union is now telling me to get a new job elsewhere before they fire me. I luckily have found another job. Now I don't know if I should quit without notice or give the 4 weeks notice like the Union/HR suggest. The Union also said that my employer can fire me or suspend me even after giving 4 weeks. I feel so lost and professionally violated. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Very Sad Nurse :-(

I currently work per diem/day shift with a full time schedule in an ambulatory unit. It is a small hospital and they aren't currently hiring full time. A few nurses may retire in the next year or so but no one knows. It is a straight forward job, not really bedside care but pre-operative assessments instead. As a per diem I get to float to a med-surg floor from time to time. It is a great job with minimal stress compared to my classmate's jobs but since I work per diem I do not have benefits. I really love my patients and co-workers. I look forward to going to work. I have been a nurse for about a year and a half, so I am fairly new to the profession. Just recently, I got interviewed at a major hospital here in NYC for a full time position, working nights 7pm-7am. It will be in a med-surg floor. The job has great benefits. I will be learning tons and tons. I am prepared for the challenge if I get hired, since I have never worked nights before and I know there will be some stress involved (more acute cases). I plan on keeping my per diem job too and working a few times a month to keep my status. I like the job that much. I am just trying to figure out how it would work out when I decide to start a family which may be in the next year or so. My co-workers at the per diem job tell me to hold off on going on any more job interviews for full time positions and make sure to keep working there so I could have a better chance of getting hired full time with them (since someone might be retiring next year). At the same time hospital jobs are hard to find these days and it would be great to have this med-surg full time experience. Any advice or suggestions are highly appreciated. Thank you.

The pay is about the same. The job requires loads of paperwork to be completed, it is in care management. I did not end up taking the job. I currently don't have any benefits because I work per diem with a full time schedule in an ambulatory pre-op unit, it is a great job. I am waiting on someone to retire on my unit with the hope of getting that job, so far no word on when this person is doing so.

I work in an ENT hospital as a per diem nurse. I work in ambulatory care and float to a med surg unit. So far so good. I have a full schedule with this job, although at times I get cancelled. I have been a nurse for a little bit over a year and have been in this position for one year, no benefits. The hospital is not hiring FT anytime soon. I recently got offered a FT position as care manager for a nursing home company. It is a desk job with full benefits. M-F. I am undecided and need to decide soon, any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

It's not in a hospital, it's working for a nursing home company as a care manager.

I decided to keep my per diem job. It is a risky move but by doing so I am adding time to seniority while I keep my clinical skills. I really love my per diem job, the differences I make in people's lives and my co workers. I get to float around different units too. There might be a few FT positions opening up in the future which I plan to pursue when they become available. I am going with my heart on this one, the health insurance part-I still need to figure out.

I heard that too. I wonder if it would open the possibility of finally getting my foot in a hospital.

Calling all nurses, I have been a nurse for 1.5 years. My first job as a nurse was working full time as a field nurse for six months because the company that I was working for went out of business. Shortly after I got hired at a small hospital working in ambulatory care. I still have the job but it's per diem. The hospital is not currently hiring full time. Some weeks are really good and I work everyday and other weeks are dreadful. It is currently my only job and I have been working there for 9 months, I work all shifts. I have been applying to full time positions In hospital jobs but no one seems to want to hire me because I don't have too much RN experience. Just recently a friend who works in care management spoke to her boss about me and they are offering me a full time position with great benefits but it's not in a hospital. I am afraid I would lose my clinical skills. Also, my husband (currently unemployed and on disability) and I are thinking of starting a family next year. I am not that young, late thirties.There is so much to consider. What to do? Any advice would be highly appreciated. Nervous Nelly Nurse

I have been a nurse for almost two years and I am still struggling to get a FT job which is my goal. I did homecare for a little bit until the company went out of business. I currently work on a prn basis in an inpatient med-surg floor but often get cancelled. I have applied to so many FT positions without any luck. Just recently I got offered to interview with Interfaith Medical Center. Although I am originally from NYC I am not very familiar with this area. I hear they are having financial difficulties and might or might not close or even possibly merge with another hospital. My main concern is safety, I hear Bed-Stuyvesant is a dangerous area. Any information will be appreciated as I will not want to miss an opportunity. Sad Nurse

Thank you for your response, we are both per diem nurses though.

I have been working for six months as a per diem nurse. I was told that this particular floor was my priority and I should consider that before floating to other floors. I had no problem with that until the NM went back on her word and simply told me that a floating nurse hired on another floor was priority instead. I had a minor disagreement with the NM about this and now she is not calling me to work in my main floor (floor that I was originally hired). The thing is that I am very available and I hardly ever say no when called in for a shift, I am reliable and work well with my peers. I pay union dues every paycheck and I am being told by FT nurses that I have no right to speak up because they will not call me to work and that I have no power or say in the situation. Then why am I paying union dues?? I have NYSNA and I seem unable to get a straight answer from them. Please help.

I was there too, some of the neighborhoods were not the safest and the company refused to provide a security escort, I worked past my work hours and always had paperwork that I had to finish at home. On my last day I had no choice but to sleep at the office since I needed to complete every single document before I walked out. Also, the nurse to patient ratio was unreasonable but all in all the patient's stole my heart. I still think of them.

Thank you, I ended taking the job offer and it taught me a lot about nursing in a home care setting. Unfortunately, the company went out of business in the six months that I was there. I now work in a hospital in a medical surgical floor and ambulatory care.

I graduated from a 4 year college, BSN and this is my second Bachelor's.