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This. We are not like the police or firemand exactly. I am 32 and watch nurses that are 67 still working the floor because honestly they CANT retire. Their pay didn't shoot up every year and I watch nurse be forced to retire from hospitals only to end up making half their salaries at new job. Not to mention once you are trained for a few months as a cop or fireman thats it. There is no continous requirements to keep indebting yourself to education with student loans that never end. We dont have a "brotherhood" or sisterhood like the army police or firemen. It is cuthroat. All this hero talk ...when a nurse dies there is no trumpets there is no ceremony. They say " Nancy died...can you work an overnight? "

Can you change your status to casual at the hospital to work less shifts sooner? If not either way. You first * take care of you first!

You may feel very satisfied doing a higher lever of care. But detox is mentally and spiritually draining on its own. But perhaps CSS or a higher level of care elsewhere and I really suggest per diem or at most part time if you ever go back to detox. But you can help in many ways. I does not have to be fulltime.

This. Do they give a notice when they fire people? No. You will be fine. As far as references I'm sure you have three friends you can think of. And lastly next interview if they are bothered by you quitting with no ppe they are not the right place either. Send an email. If you feel relieved about even the thought of leaving its the right choice.

Do not go back. This is an extremely unsafe situation. I work in detox and once worked overnights in a place where I was the only nurse for 32 people at night with lax training and drugs being passed all night by newly hired staff who were high themselves. I have seen meth in action at 2am and my heart is pounding as they are unpredicatable. I have warned my don repeatedly I would not admit patients at night because it was not safe. My wake up call when when someone upstairs had relapsed (css) and was now crazed out of his mind because they (admin) told him they he wpuld have to be kicked out the next morning and left for the day. With out informing me. He still had drugs on him and was hanging out a window threatening suicide and they told me not to call the police they would come handle it. Do they care about you? No. You need to never go back. The current detox I work in we have 2 nurses at night and during day and evening there are two sometimes 3 and my don makes clear that nurses judgement overides admin money makers. There were so many things in your post that scared me. This is a toxic unsafe environment. Please take the unemployment if you can figure out how while you rest. There are other jobs even other detoxs not like what you are describing. And even those 24hr admissions ..no one walking in at midnight high or drunk is safe. Period. While it may seem sometimes we are at their mercy no one can argue with your nursing judgement because its your liscense. I hope you have the funds and resources to walk away from that job and personally I feel like they would probably have to eat that unemployment cost for a while especially with no ppe. Even short term disability if you have it. Also, Those ppl shaming you are not your friends. They were your "work friends" and sorry they dont care about you because they dont care about themselves. Please leave that job.

I am an LPN who works from home and also does prn detox ( think homeless, hep c and hiv, not med compliant) My mother is an NP getting her doctorate who teaches at a University. I have three Master Level aunts 1 in ICU in GA One Manages the nephrology department in another hospital One last aunt who works outpatient ECT treatements in NC I have 2 cousins in in Florida both ER nurses COUNTLESS RN BSN friends in Boston Hospitals ( where I am ) working the front lines leaking me information not in the news. We ALL agree that this not what ANYONE expected when they became a nurse. MARTYRDOM was not on the admission requirements. My mother and I are very fortunate BUT we hear first hand the conditions people are working in. My aunts in GA both say they are not telling the reality on the news. Half our family shouldnt be wiped out because of a lack of ppe. I would gladly leave my house and go work where needed if guaranteed proper ppe. Like another person said, they are wear WHOLE HAZMAT SUITS SOME PLACES! The fireman example has been used many many times. I agree. Those firemen also lifted one another up during 911 too something that I'm not sure nursing will be able to say after this. Lastly, This will probably be my one and only comment on here because it seems the toxic nursing culture thrives in this forum and its embarrassing. I'm not sure if some nurses just dont have family, kids a spouse or just dont care about others but to tell nurses who are fighting the front lines to basically "quit whining" is exactly why we are in this situation. You can say whatever you want. But my WHOLE family has agreed. If they are not peoperly protected they will have to walk away. That is a lot of knowledge leaving nursing but when you understand that they have people at home that love them theres just not choice. THE IDEA THAT NURSES ARE SUPERHUMAN AND WEAR CAPES INSTEAD OF PPE NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. BULLYING NURSES TO DO DISREGARD THEIR OWN WELLBEING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. Some of you "caring at all cost self sacrifing hero angel nurses" are exactly the reason people choose not to work the bedside. Yes we are in a pandemic but cant you see people that tell you that you will be fine are never the ones standing next with no protection? They are writing you a letter from their home? Its so funny how a career can boast care but treats its collegues with distain when they try to care for themselves. Calling nurses out of retirement is an example of that. Arent those the people we are protecting? These nurses better be doing telephone triage! Again these forums have disgusted me with their attitudes but "I'm just an LPN" I'm sure youll say to LOL

My mom is an np and i am an lpn looking fo change career. Because of my sisters (who is 20) laid back cheerful personality i told her ot and she is so happy she made that choice. Listen to your gut. I know so many nurses who tell me, " i shouldve been..." nursing is not the only profession with possibilities people forget that. And lol becoming a cna first might completely make you never do nursing.

No. Dont do it. There are just so many other jobs out there that will pay the same with more dignity. In nursing school i stopped being a cna and went to work at the mall. Made more in the mall, my body didnt hurt and i had fun at work. Plus nursing schools do not care about that exp anymore. If you want to help people id say non profit organization s like group homes pay a little more and much better work environment and usually dont require cna.

I see older nurses at my job with yearrrrsss of experience that always say " whose gonna hire an old lady?" Ageism unfortunately is real and is probably very discouraging but is it there so know you will deal with it unfair or not.

Honestly i think it may depend on where you live. My mom is a nurse practitioner after working her way up from lpn. In MA everyone is in school. Its very competitive whereas my aunt in north Carolina is a bsn and i feel like the cost of schooling and loans wasnt really worth it. Last year my mom made 20,000 more dollars than me but also paid atleast 1200 a month for school loans so that didnt appeal to me. In new hampshire nps can have private practices and here they cannot. Making that autonomy a reality depending on where you are. As a hospital np maybe its awesome but to get those jobs here is a very difficult task. I think maybe if she relocated it would have been worth it but saturated areas will be difficult to navigate. And lastly the job satisfaction your searching for may not be fulfilled as ive seen in many many nurses and NPs. So think hard

You worked hard for that license dont jeopardize it because you want to start your career. Surely other place you apply to after will know that facility and its reputation. Youll have to learn the right way all over again. Be patient and listen to your gut.

I am currently pregnant with my first and my last and before i said i would never have children so i completely understand people that are childless by choice. People will judge you matter what and find a way to belittle you. That man was rude. I do think once in a while people need a sharp answer with a smile. For example I would answer currently I have ___ number of babies, whatever your census is. Or in the case of that Rude man ive learned its sometimes helpful to smile at them sympathetically like they are small children and walk away. Because guess what? people need to feel uncomfortable sometimes when they are rude. I learned this with rude families in assisted living. You should not apologize for not wanting kids. People are already calling me selfish because i said this is it. Why they care no one knows! Keep being a loving nicu nurse thats what id rather

Nurses that say suck it up are the reason nurses work through their break and are short staffed. No other career would accept this.