RNhusky

we get that all the time from the ED - or they call report and the pt won't show up for hours... so when they come, the nrse who received report is gone/leaving and the next nurse takes the admit. The ICU is notorious for sending us change-of-shift vented patients as well... you know you're going to get at least an hour overtime when you get one of those

i hear you - same thing for me. Im about 4mo in at a crazy busy and huge hospital on a med-surge floor. I planned on NICU and changed my mind at the last minute... I'm good at it, preforming well, and holding my own with much more experienced nurses. I feel like I should be very happy. I work/day evening, but I find I am also depressed and crazy lonely. I hardly see my friends, the people on my floor are so exhausted after work they all leave - none of them hang out together. I figured I would make new friends here as there are several other new nurses. Not the case... we're all too spread out and work opposing shifts anyways. I hope this gets better. I'm in here with you until it does.

Hi, I'm a new grad and I have been working for about 4months. I work for a hospital that has me scheduled for 40hrs M-F and e/o weekend. This is fine, however, I can only count on my weekends. The rest of the weekdays are scheduled randomly at either 12hr days or 8hr evenings. This would be annoying but not to horrible IF I got my schedule (4weeks at a time) more than a week before the next cycle starts. It's making me crazy - I can't make plans, I can't schedule appointments, I had to quit volunteering since I can't be there regularly. I have to watch the schedules like a hawk - they just swapped my holidays without telling me and flopped my weekends. Which led to three days of phone calls and arguments and only having half of it fixed... it's making me miserable and I'm getting downright depressed about it. I mean, this is my job, my career, and a huge part of my life... BUT, I feel like it shouldn't dictate my entire life. Currently, it is. I'm finally getting a little balance, but it's tough. I'm just angry an annoyed all time. I've had it. Is this a common issue at hospitals? I'm considering finding other work after a year is up, but if it's all the same - I'll stay. At the least the pay is good and I like my co-workers.