ErinRN84

I shadowed and it went well. It is a different type of stress that I can handle. The thing is Davita is taking forever to let me know something. Everytime I have called they say they are still in the interviewing process and will call me in "such and such" time frame. Then they don't call. I called back and the same thing happened. I guess I'm not getting the job.

The ER I work as is acting level two, technically level three. I guess I will have to see when I shadow. Ironically, it will be with a former coworker. The day I interviewed I saw another former coworker. They say it is an improvement. We will see.

I work in an acting level trauma ER that serves 13 counties. The closest competitive hospital is 50 mikes away. I have been battling burn-out for several years and mono (Epstein Barr Virus) for a year. I have had to use FMLA (continuous and intermittent) over this last year to keep my job and try to get better. I have finally decided that it is no longer good for me or my coworkers to stay employed in the ER because it is just too exhausting: physically, mentally, and emotionally. One or two 8 hour shifts (3pm-11pm) flares up my the mono and I need usually two-three days to recover. I applied, interviewed, and will be shadowing at Davita Dialysis. I need advice and reassurance that I will be ableto hack this possible new job. What is the workload like? What exactly do the RNs do in a 10 hour shift? We all have different perceptions of "physically demanding" is. How many miles do you walk in 1 shift? I walk approximately 5 in eight hours in the ER. How often do you sit, stand, crouch, crawl, strain or contort your body to accomplish a task? How mentally draining is it? How many times in an hour do you stress and mentally strain to make the best prioritization decision? How many directions are pulled in at once? What do patient's, families, boss, coworkers, and physicians expect you to accomplish in each hour's time?