Marilou26RN

Lora....What a HORRIBLE disposition you have! GROW UP kiddo & mind your manners. Apparently, you're still wet behind the ears.Once you've been around the block abit-you'll know what we're talking about. By the way, I'm married to a Scots & believe me...you all aren't SOFT-SPOKEN people either.

I thought I found my dream job but lately I'm getting very frustrated & basically burned out. I work in a inner city hospital @ PACU. Our double time has been cut to time in a half...& we still have quite a busy load. We have alot of traumas compared to other area hospitals due to location. We are experiencing staff RN's leaving for better wages & those RN's left are getting hit w/ on-calls & back-up's very frequently. There are only 5 of us that are experienced & 1 RN in training. It used to be 6 months before they start calls by themselves. Presently, w/in 3-4 months, they'll start their own calls by themselves. Not alot of RN's knocking at our door lately. 2 RN's in our dept. are plain lazy, esp. the one that only works 40hrs/per pay period. She takes 2 hrs for lunch & complains all day long about her call days, her schedules, her marriage, etc. She also has the most seniority. We all wish she'd quit--the days she's not working are so peaceful...hectic, but peaceful. Late hours waiting for surgeries to finish & oncalls are starting to wear me down. I'm seriously looking into resource nrsg or even traveling nrsg ---I need some control in my life again. I'm married but my husband doesn't understand my career. We have 2 girls still @ home-13 & 16 yrs old, & since my husb is self-employed, I carry the insurance for my family. Been a med-surg; PCU, & renal RN....I guess, I'm just trying to vent out. ------------------

I thought I found my dream job but lately I'm getting very frustrated & basically burned out. I work in a inner city hospital @ PACU. Our double time has been cut to time in a half...& we still have quite a busy load. We have alot of traumas compared to other area hospitals due to location. We are experiencing staff RN's leaving for better wages & those RN's left are getting hit w/ on-calls & back-up's very frequently. There are only 5 of us that are experienced & 1 RN in training. It used to be 6 months before they start calls by themselves. Presently, w/in 3-4 months, they'll start their own calls by themselves. Not alot of RN's knocking at our door lately. 2 RN's in our dept. are plain lazy, esp. the one that only works 40hrs/per pay period. She takes 2 hrs for lunch & complains all day long about her call days, her schedules, her marriage, etc. She also has the most seniority. We all wish she'd quit--the days she's not working are so peaceful...hectic, but peaceful. Late hours waiting for surgeries to finish & oncalls are starting to wear me down. I'm seriously looking into resource nrsg or even traveling nrsg ---I need some control in my life again. I'm married but my husband doesn't understand my career. We have 2 girls still @ home-13 & 16 yrs old, & since my husb is self-employed, I carry the insurance for my family. Been a med-surg; PCU, & renal RN....I guess, I'm just trying to vent out. ------------------

Zee-RN: I am currently working in PACU in a trauma hospital. The anesthesiologist has the final word on whether the pt goes directly to ICU or comes to PACU, then to ICU (naturally, the surgeon has written the order for ICU bed). They stay w/ us for 1 hr. unless further complications arise. We are not ICU-trained RN's..any complications, anesth. dr are the ones that issue the orders. We don't have the staff comparable to ICU. We may have 3-4 pts coming in at the same time. All fresh,anesthesized surgical pts are high risk for any complications. An ICU pt that may be intubated in OR or PACU is a 1:1.

[Lita1857- I remember you.... you were one of those nurses that "ate their young" when I started my career back then. Almost quit my profession before I even started!! However, thanks to you, I hung on & became a compassionate, caring, devoted & skillful nurse! Again, I thank you!!!!