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I've just never been so torn. I know the charge position will be stressful, but I realized I left the hospital to put up with the same bullsh** I do at the office and all I because I wanted Christmas and Thanksgiving off. I realized last night that my husband who will be a cop will have no choice in his holidays so why shouldn't I take the opportunity to make our lives a little better financially and plus I'm always guarnteed to be home by 4 on days where as I might go to work at the office at 8 and not show back up at home til 7 due to the doc or the other staff telling us we have to stay in medical records. Deep down I know that when I ask for the money at the doctor's office, the administration will say no and then retaliate, because that's how petty he is. The doctor refused to see a patient last week and now the administrator has overbooked us for an hour past when we are suppose to get off. Thank you for all of your advice and I'll keep you all posted on my decision, which has to be made by the end of this week!!!!!

I know I should take the new job, but it's one I left as a floor nurse. No I really don't want to work holidays or evenings whenever I have children, but plenty of nurses make it work. My husband just ended his term of service in the army and is going to school to be a police officer and he won't have a job for the next four months. I do need the money and right now I'm working at the office and then going to the hospital on Friday after work and on Saturdays so it's not like I have a break working at the office. Should I try and bargain with the office for more money and not to work in medical records or paint??? I'm scared if I do that then they will act ugly to me and that's exactly the kind of administration they are. Has anyone ever charge nursed before? The doctor office stress is just under the hospital. We stay so busy it's ridiculous. They caught me reading a magazine the other day and I was sent to medical records. I just need ya'll to give me every bit of advice you can!

Okay, I need all the help I can get right now. I'm currently working in a doctor's office (cardiology) M-TH 8-5:30 and Fri 8-11:30am. My hours never are really that due to my doctor working on his own schedule. i have a BSN as well. The office recently lost it's medical records clerk and the assistant administrator has stated that since there is enough nurses with free time that we can start working in medical records as well as paint the base boards! I work a part time job at the floor I left at the hospital to make ends meet. Well the other day I was at the hospital and they offered me a charge nurse position which means one week 7-3p and the next week 3-11p with no weekends and shift differentials. I would make in two weeks what I make in one MONTH at the office. I love my doctor, but I just am completely torn as to what to do. I feel like I am wearing myself out working two jobs where I'm being offered something with no weekends and more money. I use to think I didn't want to work Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it's only two days out of the year and that's the main reason I went to the office, to have Christmas off. I know that was stupid, but I just don't know what to do and want some advice. Thanks

i'm currently an rn who is seeking sane certification/training. the local hospital has stated for me to draw up a proposal for working with them with this certification. they want to know what my expectations with call and pay would be. my question is, one has anyone had to this ? what is a sane nurse's typical call schedule? what is a sane nurse typically get paid? if you have any suggestions for my proposal that would be great too! i have about 2-3 weeks to draw this up and present in order to be in time for the class. thanks in advance!!!!

I have a huge question. We had a code in our office earlier in the week. Several things went wrong, but I have a question as to who is to chart what. First, should I call the nursing board in my state to find a definitive answer? here's my situation: Code happens and no one is charting except for a small paper towel as to when drugs were given, times, etc. (THIS WAS NOT AN IDEAL CODE). The lead nurse was in the code before it even started happening. She never charted on word except that 911 called and pt. transported. The doctor did his own documentation and she states that is all we need. I am NOT comfortable with this at all. I think she should document everything from point a to point b with times included and all who were present. She keeps refusing and I told my administrator that I was not comfortable with that. What should I do and what is the correct thing to be done? Should the doctor document and the end, or should she document? P.S. We are in the process of ratifying our code process, but I need the answer to this question yesterday.

I thought I would get a collective opinion on what my next move regarding my nursing career should be. Thanks for any advice. I signed a contract back in March for 2 years with my current hospital. I love the hospital, BUT........ don't really care for my floor much anymore. I've only been a nurse since Feb. I've always been a 9-5 type gal. Well, I'm getting married in September and the floor administration which I told before I agreeded to work on the floor knew about it, but now doesn't want to work with me. I have considered OR or Day Surgery. There schedules are more what I'm looking for. Should I transfer now or try to stick it out? I miss working the typical "9-5" and since I have to stay with the hospital, the OR and Day Surgery closely resemble this schedule, but would they consider taking someone only with 5 months experience? What do ya'll think I should do?

I'm doing a RN residency program where I rotate throughout certain floors of the hospital. Right now I'm in the ED and like it (still trying to find "my place") but feel like a turtle down there. I've only been there two days and managed to swim instead of drown, but the damn computer system and documenting seems to be slowing me down. My preceptor has been doing this for 11 years so I guess I shouldn't compare myself. I just want to know that i'm not a turtle down there and I'm actually doing something. How did everyone else keep up?

The fact that you as a nurse are now responsible and don't necessarily fall back on your instructor/preceptor as being the soul responsible one. That's a hard thing I've figured out.

I still have a hard time with feces and vomit. I think you start to develop a tolerance. I use to have to leave the room and dry heave when I encountered feces, now I manage to deal with, my stomach still turns, but I'm getting a lot better.

How did everyone find out what type of nurse they were and wanted to be. I'm starting a residency program next week where I try out three different units and I have absolutely no idea what type of nursing I want to do. I know I don't want NICU, ICU, etc. I wish there was like a quiz or something that would fit you in to a certain type of nursing.

NurseEcho............thanks for worrying, but I've been depressed and treated and this was totally different. In fact this situation wasn't even similar. I wasn't happy with that job!!! I quit yesterday. I have to fill out a resignation form somehow, but ever since I made the decision, I haven't cried, have slept better, feel that I can breathe and go on with my life. I felt like I was stuck. Now the hospital is being pushy to me, but I feel 100% better than just being there and going through the motions and not really caring about my patients. By no means am I depressed I just hated my job!

GREAT NEWS!!!! I just came from the local hospital which is 5 min. from my house, they interviewed me, offered me the job, and said they would pay all $5000.00 of my contract and I can start Monday. This hospital has a residency program where I rotate through different floors until I find something I like. I'm so excited and feel that I can breathe. Your support has been fantastic. I have to call my current hospital and tell them I quit. I just don't know how to go about doing it. I'll figure it out. I just am so happy that I'm home now and can find myself as a nurse. Thanks again!!!!!!

I have plenty of support from my fiance, friends, and family, and even my preceptor. I don't like having the 1 hour commute, and I just simply don't like the unit. I want something I can interact with my patients and their families. I did a med-surg preceptorship for my last semester in school and I didn't realize it then, but I really liked the patients, the staff, and the hospital. In fact, the hospital is 5 min. from my house. They pay more and I felt like I fit in. I mean I don't have another shift until next Thursday and I already dread every damn min. up until that point. Hopefully the hospital here in my hometown will call me and I will hopefully have a position within a week or two. I don't even know if I want to go back to my unit. I need the money and that's my only motivation and in my opinion that's the wrong motivation. It's not me. I'm everyone's keeper and that's what I enjoy doing so for me to care about nothing but the money is odd. I think there were signs and still are. i'm trying to listen to my heart and it's telling me to stay around home and try until I find something that I love. Thanks for all your support.

I don't think it's the hospital setting. I enjoy being in a hospital and want to work at one no more than 15 miles from my house. By the time I get up, commute, get report, commute home I've just put in a decent 14-15 hour day. I can't do it. I called in today I didn't want to go so bad. I cried all last night about it and my fiance said if you don't call in and relax for a day then I'm calling in. Between my fiance and my good nursing friends from school I have a lot of support. My friend works at the same hospital just a different unit and told me that we work too hard to be miserable. I'm in the process of setting up an interview with a local hospital today. Hopefully, I'll be able to get the job and start there within the next two weeks. I can't just quit now, because every bill I have is past due, so I need to keep working to help pay for that and my wedding. I just want to be happy and entirely closer to home. I realized yesterday working that I miss talking to patients. I'm currently in the NICU and it's so BORING and QUITE! I love talking to patient's and their families and being able to interact with them. Hopefully the lady will call me back today and I'll have an interview on Monday or Wednesday. Thank you for all the forums support and wish the best of luck to the rest of you. I'll keep you posted.

Thank you DidiRN. My fiance stated that he would support me in whatever I chose to do, he just wants me to be happy and love what I'm doing. Which I do love being a nurse. I don't want others.....ie mom&dad to think I'm a quitter, which techinically I'm not, I'm just switching hospitals. I'll keep what you've said in mind. Thanks again!