onepenny

Here's a little summary of my previous jobs within the past 3 years..first job i got was doing a critical care residency program -cardiac specialty which made my stress level so high.. in less than a year i left to try to work at a doc's office ( total opposite from hospital nursing)..after a few months there i felt that my skills had plateau and was going nowhere.. i also didnt like how the doctor practiced and ran his office..also, i didnt get any benefits and pay was horrible..at that time, i realized i missed bedside nursing and direct patient care..sooo i decided to apply for a hospital nursing job in a non cardiac speciality...got a geriatrics med-surg position and was there for a year a half...staffing issues and floating about every week really took a toll on me...if it wasnt for the floating i think i would have stayed but i always felt my license was at risk being in a unit i wasnt familiar with and that was understaffed...it was to a point where i was just depressed, sometimes crying..hated having to work on the holidays..hated being stress & tired physicall, emotionally and mentally... so my current job, im in utilization review, reviewing retrospective charts at different hospitals ( commuting is a Pain)...it's a total turnaround from the hospital...now i get so bored reading the charts utilizing my critical thinking skills than my clinical skills....i get holidays and every weekends off which i love...i've been here less than a year realizing that my clinical skills are not being put to any use...i've been contemplating possibly getting a per diem job to keep my skills up... but hesitant cuz that would most likely mean floating all over the hospital again...i think i havent found my niche cuz i dont see myself in this position 10 years down the line.. nursing has so many opportunities so i try to stay positive if it doesnt work out