Obsessedrn

I’m not sure why you are being rude. However, it’s very uncalled for and unnecessary. Have a good day.

I don’t think anything is beneath me. I did a large portion of my clinicals in case management and I hated it. Which is why I said I had no interest in it. Basically ? I’ve considered it but I just keep hoping something will pop up elsewhere in my specialty since I actually love what I do.

Thank you so much! This has given me hope!

I’m about to that point. I honestly just hate to have a gap in my work experience and didn’t want to start over in a new unit as a bedside nurse.

I agree. I would never forget where I came from. I want to get in management to actually make a difference, not just to get away from bedside. I wouldn’t have even thought to become an administrator without doing my time. Education is okay, but I don’t see myself there long term. Our manager will not let anyone drop their time because we have been so short on the units. Mandatory overtime was done by administration and is 2 extra days per month.

It’s okay. I just work somewhere that requires mandatory overtime and working 48 hours every week gets tiring. I have a second job where I’m an educator but I have only been in that position 6 months.

Okay? I currently work in education as well. I have worked and currently work bedside so what’s the problem with wanting a change? Never said I hated it. I said I was tired.

I’ve tried becoming a full time charge but those spots rarely open up in my current unit. I wouldn’t mind being a manager though. We just don’t have them where I work. We only have a director.

Administration is the goal but I have no idea how to get into it. Every job I see requires leadership experience but I don’t know how to get that experience when they won’t give me a chance.

I’m so tired. I’m exhausted. I don’t want to be a bedside nurse any more. I worked ICU for a little over a year when I graduated. I now work in the NICU and have been there for going on 6 years. I went back to school and got my MSN in nursing administration and MBA. However, I cannot find a job. I am not looking for something like case management or utilization review. You don’t need an advanced degree for that. I have put a lot of time and money into my education and really want to use it. Please don’t be rude to me. I’m only looking for options and advice. What is something I can look for to find a job where I can use my degrees? I have my own business and have for years, which is why I got the MBA, but it seems like no one cares about that. I have done relief charge on occasion as well. I also did a year on the code team/RRT. What is something that pays well and will utilize me for my actual skills?

So, I will have my MSN in administration and a MBA next year. I’m trying to keep my options open and would like as many opportunities as I can possibly get. I was wondering if I had to go through a nurse practitioner track in order to go through a post MSN certification course that would grant me my PMHNP? I’m not sure if this is possible so I figured you guys would know.

So, I have a question, but I wasn't sure where to ask it. I've been working at a hospital now for 6 months. I was in orientation for three of those months and the whole time they bounced me back and forth from days and put me with whoever when it came to a preceptor. I hated it, but I convinced myself that it would get bette. I kept hearing horror stories about this hospital, but I blew it off. I think I should have listened. Now, I'm on night shift, but I wanted days. I was told I could bid on a job when one became available. So, I knew the travelers contracts were about to be up and I could bid on it. When the jobs were never posted I asked about it and they told me that they had those jobs reserved for the travel nurses. Thris is makes no sense why they wouldn't want their staff nurses in an available position before offering it up to a new traveler and paying them double. Whatever. Now, every other day that I'm off, they try to call me in and get mad if I don't answer the phone. Note: I'm not on call. They gave me my schedule for the month and I received a text today with a new picture of my schedule and it was all completely different. I only had 2 days that were still the days I was supposed to work. I can't make plans. I can't make appointments. I can't do anything. I feel like I'm. A slave for this place. I'm so depressed, but I can't move until June since I signed a lease for a year. The travelers can get any day they want off and they make us pick up the slack. I don't quite get it. Also, we were supposed to have switched over to computer charting and it's never happened so that just adds to the mess. The hospital also had a position available in the higher up department. A staff nurse who had been there for years applied for it. They didn't give it to her. Instead, they have it to a traveler who didn't even apply for it. Can someone please give me some advice or words of encouragement?