mynnurse

I agree with nursefromcali, after a while clinical nursing can become repetitive, monotanous, and you begin to feel you are loosing your acute care skills. Yes you will be off on weekends and holidays, but I don't know if it's worth it any more. I can't believe I am saying this, but I am starting to miss floor nursing.

This happened to me I was led to believe I would be working in an outpatient surgery center but its actually a surgery clinic. I am livid. I don't know what to do. I am not in your area, so this is happening everywhere.

please use your critical thinking skills, its your license on the line and go back and see if the previous nurse gave the meds and see what the BP readings were after, use your good judgement even if it means getting chewed out by the doctor. it is easier to bring a BP down than it is to bring it up because you overdosed them. nursing is a big mind game, not only or we physically beat down but we get mentally exhausted, which all equals burnout

I have 4 yrs clinic exp (8 -5p) ambulatory surgery exp ( less than a yr), and 2.5 yrs LTAC (med/surg tele) exp. I am currently unemployed but have been offered 2 positions and I don't know which to choose. 1st is a general surgery clinic at a SUPER busy level 1 trauma county hospital M-F 8-5p, the clinic does 20 different procedures, no weekends or holidays. after a year I would be able to go back to bedside if i didn't like it. 2nd job neuro acute care/med-surg unit patient ratio 1:4-5, in a level 1 trauma hospital, 2 people have told me to run from this neuro floor, they use to work there but idk they gave me no specifics except that neuro patients are alot of work. I have a family with young kids and teens that also needs me and I am trying to obtain the least amount of stress as possible, but feel like I will be missing out on something if I don't do bedside, but always dreaded going into the job and praying super hard to GOD to let this be a low stress day and for no 1 to die. Will I learn something at the surgery center that will help with my future career; I want to go into administration or any specialty that will let me sit down sometimes, lol? The lady that was interviewing said the last person just up and left the surgery clinic should I take this as a warning sign?(remember its county it looks just like those hospitals you see on TV with all walks of life and very crowded, organized chaos). Which to choose please? or should I just continue looking?

there are daycares that open early for day shift positions, there are also home daycares that will work with your hours, ask the school they will be attending if there is a list of daycares that pic up and drop off to the school, but personally I would not move out my parents house just yet, if you do move can you pay your parents to drop them to school and continue to watch your kids, at least you will have a piece of mind

Definitely stay where u are for a year, then start looking. nursing home, group home, daycare jobs will always be around. I know several nurses that like these types of jobs bcuz they are burnt out on nursing or lazy. From my own experience I felt brain dead & didnt understand y they hire RNs for these type jobs, u will definitely not utilize your skills if thats a concetn. I suggest staying the year and become more marketable, does your hospital hv any outpatient centers, clinics, or preop surgery units, all hv decent hours & pay without bedside craziness.

45 min to an hour is a long way to drive just for a SNF definitely go on the interview, mk sure they take you on a tour of he facility & ask if you could trail a nurse for a couple of hours on your day off (try to pick the nurse 4 info on facility culture/practices). Seeing that it took them so long to call u mayb its a decent place to work, u just never know until u start working there.