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My agency is currently "asking politely" that nurses see 6-7 pt minimum in a day, no matter what. And SOCs, recerts, or ROCs are NOT considered more than one visit. You have an agency-wide meeting that runs two hours? too bad, you still need to see at least 6 patients. 6-7 is fine, but there's NO top cap, so heaven forbid your area explodes and you get 3 admissions a day for a week, because you're SOL. We have people stuck seeing 10-12 patients on occasion with no relief. If I was per diem I'm be loving the hell out of the situation, but I'm staff and my company is NOT paying overtime right now. I'm going to be hitting up job fairs pretty soon.

I don't have any diagnosable sleep disorders, but I also have no discernable sleep pattern: some nights I can get six hours, some times when not working I'm up until 3 or 4 in the morning, wake until the afternoon, and crash until midnight, etc. It's horrible, and it's part of the reason why I'm moving to days. Some people can and will find the motivation to do night flex but I don't think I'm one of them.

Ha, no - I'm LEAVING a Med-Surg floor, not heading back to one (at least, not in the forseeable future). And, Itshamrtym (cute name, btw), I'm heading into public health nursing. Steadier hours, imo.

I too bit the bullet and gave my notice in a couple of weeks back, although for a Med-Surg floor. My reason was, basically "it's way too stressful on the floor", and when I told one of my assistant managers that some days it's so bad I'm actually feeling chest pains on my way to work/while on the floor she came back with "well, all nurses feel that". ! And that means I have to live my life like that how? The acuity of patients are ridiculous, I often felt like I didn't have enough support to maintain proper patient safety, and management was great at coming down on nurses when perceived mistakes were made but never acknowledged all the hard work we put in. Enough was enough.

If I won a certain amount of money (more than 2 million) I'd quit working bedside and head into research/education. I'd need enough to pay off all my education bills and put down for a house. I love my job, but dealing with administration and working in the Age of Lawsuits is so very stressful.

As I didn't start the thread I wasn't sure if I should reply here or not, but there's something to be said for closure. I got my results two days after completing the exam, not two business days later (I took the exam on Thursday and was able to obtain my results on Saturday). I'd taken to compulsively checking because my nerves were shot. I was working on the floor near the end of my shift when I logged on and saw my results were available. I paid my monies and then barely managed to contain a whoop of joy on finding out I'd passed. Talk about *relief*, mein Gott. I went around getting congratulations from the fellow nurses (they were indeed my colleagues at that point) and floating on Cloud Nine. I was so glad I'd have a job through the holidays that the license was almost secondary. *Almost*, mind. :)

I'm in NY. I was told the results from the NCLEX wouldn't be posted until two business days after taking the test. I searched for a possible license and nothing's up BUT my permit's still coming up as valid...so that's encouraging maybe? *fingers crossed hard enough to numb the tips* ETA - PS, MyBSNin06, if NY is one of the states that puts up license information on the Board webpage next day please tell me so. I promise to do no hurt to the messenger. I'd rather know what my results are, good or bad, than agonize over them this weekend. :)

*grin* We're all of a kind. I took my exam yesterday and I also stopped at 75. It took me about an hour and fifteen minutes to get to 75. When I left the room I was completely hollow. Some of the questions were no-brainers, but interspersed were some definite stumpers. Yesterday when I came home I swore up and down I'd failed. This morning I've had some quiet time to think, and I believe there's a *chance* I might not have failed (even going in cold to the Kaplan Q-bank I never scored lower than 55%, and I figure 55% would be considered passing on the NCLEX, so...? ::hopeful shrug:: ), but I'm still making some contingency plans just in case I do end up not making it (I'm working on my limited permit; if I fail the NCLEX I lose my permit and, essentially, my job). Making plans has helped me cope a bit. I just can't stand the wait to find out how I did. I know not to take the exam on a Thursday or Friday.