Madc

Med surg wasn’t what I always wanted but these people really gave me a chance where other hospitals kept referring me to psych floors. I suppose I’m just worried I won’t love it like I do with my current patient interactions.

So I posted not to long ago as being a new grad in a house supervisor position in a pediatric psych hospital. I’ve since taken a med surg job making close to the same pay with a sign on bonus. I’m excited but at the same time sad as my two weeks gets closer to the end. I know a HS position is not an appropriate position for a new graduate, but I really love working pediatric psych. At the same time I know if I don’t get med surg experience anyway I won’t be able to go into other areas in nursing. I actually had an ICU interview at another hospital and they sent all my interview information to the psych floor even though the interview went well. They are allowing me to stay prn and told me I could come back full time whenever I was ready. They were very understanding. if I changed my mine now though, I’m not sure if I could mentally handle the constant short staffing on my shift and the general rudeness from some employees towards me. The work culture is very unprofessional there. I’m just not sure if I’m making the right decision and would love some support or thoughts!

Well I work with her Monday and I don’t know if they actually did anything or talked to her. I’ll see. Another issue though is that I’m actually “charge” nurse of residential and have been for four months and part of that description is being house supervisor when there is none. Well that has been for four months so I’ve been house supervisor with out getting paid for it and constantly dealing with employees like this. This one was just the worst incident that really broke me I think. I decided to stay PRN and take a med surg position at a hospital making close to the same pay without having to be in charge. I really wanted to stay and I loved the kids but the culture there and how other staff treat each other is so bad. I wanted to be the change that made it great bc this place has such a bad reputation but it was too much for me to take on ?‍♀️

I’ve had one interview already and they all ageeed that I shouldn’t have been thrown into that situation. They said they “applauded” me for being able to see the situation I was in. They also said it was smart to still work there as I look for other jobs. So it seemed to be taken well

I know management is going to handle it and I truly do love my job and the kids I just wish I didn’t have to be in this position if power as a new grad at 23. I have interviews on SICU and labor and delivery floors and hopefully I’ll like those

I was a manager in a retail store for 3 years while in nursing school but it is very different running a store and running a psych hospital. I believe the issue is more the culture of the place and the employees being “messy” I actually had LPNs tell me the LPN that cussed me out was bragging about doing it.

Thank you everyone for the advice. I do hate to leave it because I loved the kids and management does have my back however I don’t want to lose my license or anything over it. I have a some interviews already lined up!

Thank you for the postives words!!! I’m just going to apply apply and apply. Would you recommend keeping this job on my resume? Even though it was overwhelming there are skills I learned and can apply!

I was actually told I didn’t understand that I wasn’t in a management position that it was a leadership position.

Thank you!! I struggle in interviews and it’s especially anxiety inducing to know I’m trying to leave somewhere so soon and that I chose a niche area of nursing

I see that now. It’s just applying for jobs and explaining why I’ve quit after 3 months. I’m afraid I’m stuck for a year

I’m not sure if I should still keep my clinical skills from my ICU preceptorship on their as well

I do feel like I learned how a lot on establishing rapport,psych medicines, assessments, and medication side effects along with time management. The job has taught me a lot it’s just too much with all that. How would I worked things carefully? I’m not sure if my ability to coordinate staffing and conflict resolution among staff (besides these couple of incendents it’s gone smoothly) look good or bad I’m sure they’ll ask why I left and the truth is it’s overwhelming as a new grad to be in such a position.

I got hired doing exactly what I wanted out of school. Working with psychiatric ped patients. The hospital is a residential and acute for pediatric patients. I was hired as the residential charge nurse to help the house supervisor but there is no house supervisor so I’m acting HS every single day. I was told my priority was residential but to help acute if needed. The past months I’ve dealt with sly comments from the nurses and the acute station. I smile through it and try to be respectful but one day I snapped on the LPN for being smart with me. Another day I was attacked by this group that I don’t know what my job is and I’m not helping acute and I needed to learn my job. I asked a very simple question and the response I got was ridiculous. Now I had an LPN refuse cart keys from another nurse unit on residential even though another nurse was coming in 3 hours. All the children were asleep there were no meds to be given. I was told if someone is insubordinate to send them home but I don’t want to take someone’s keys and do that to them. I try and talk out it. Well the HS coming on read my messages on the phone before I had even given over my shift and asked what happened. I told her I’m confidence HS to HS and she went and asked what happened and why she was being insubordinate. I was cussed out in front of everyone and I told that HS it wasn’t her business to tell nor was it the LPNs business to know until higher management handled as they said they would. I was pulled aside and told I should never disrespect her like that again. I just don’t understand how what she did wasn’t disrespectful. It was basically stirring the pot when it didn’t have to be that way. She told me it was her business to know everything that goes on but technically I am acting HS and there’s her and another. The one I trained over NEVER acted like that. It’s all overwhelming and it’s like I’m verbally abused everyday on this shift. I don’t have this issue on weekends or mornings. It’s this particular group of people that think I need to do everything for acute, but if children are fighting on other units they don’t come to my aid. I’m fed up with it but it was my dream job everything else is great. And now who’s going to want a new grad who went straight and boxed herself into this field. I feel hopeless. I just don’t understand how these people treat each other like this either. I try and treat people with the upmost respect. I’m just at a loss. i want to apply for new positions but I’ve been a nurse for 3 months, went into psych ( which I still love dearly), and I’m afraid I look like I’ve boxed myself in and a flake.

There's no guarantees which hospital we get, but those are my top three, and most people get one of the areaa. The school chooses the hospital. Thanks for info Tho! I just didn't want to precept OB then a hospital not want me in a different position when I graduate.