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You can also get Zika from the flu shot. My uncle did. Lol

I'm a bit concerned that you say in the OP that you're on psych meds, then suddenly admit to marijuana use. You seem like you are having a hard time coping, and the best thing to do might be to seek professional help for stress management so that when you do find yourself employed you can successfully manage whatever position you obtain.

It is always best to call off rather than to accept an assignment you cannot complete for this exact reason.

I worked in a SNF for 3 years as a CNA followed by 3 years as an LPN and I saw a lot of new nurses come through to get their 1 year of experience then proceed to the hospital. The pay isn't that bad. The benefits package is likely pretty sporifice though. But it's great experience. I loved it!

I sometimes wish I didn't have such strong ethics, and I wouldn't have been targeted by the administrator. But if I didn't I would've had no motivation to serve my residents beyond the minimum, and that just seems like a job instead of a career and life passion. Thank you for your encouragement!

Thank you! I read a post where someone was talking about going from ICU to home health and hated it. I started to wonder how anyone could hate it? Lots of HANDWRITTEN documentation with my current position and lots of computerized as well, so I'm used to it. My mother was an RN and worked home health/ hospice pretty much my entire childhood. So for me, I see it as more compatible with motherhood.

Thank you for the reassurance. I know leaving is right but I guess I'm developing some Stockholm Syndrome with regards to my current employer.

I have worked in a SNF for 3 years now as a Treatment Nurse, and I love it. I'm good at it. I like my supervisor. I like my coworkers. I love my residents. I'm also the Restorative Nursing Coordinator, and took the facility from lowest participation to highest participation rates company wide, which directly affects reimbursement. Prior to this position, I did some one on one peds in home and hated it. Now on to where the panic comes in. My facility's administrator is horrible. He frequently uses public humiliation, name calling, and perverse sexual references to his staff as tools to "run his building". Corporate is aware, but will do nothing because we are a high profit building with only 2 deficiencies last survey. I have ethics, and he violates them. I have had enough. I interviewed and received a Home Health position doing visits- full time, better benefits, comparable pay. I am working my notice now, and all I can think is DID I MAKE A MISTAKE? Will my skills correlate? Is it less stressful working home health visits than SNF or did I jump from the pan into the fire? Did they offer me the position because I'm a great candidate or because they're desperate and I'm a warm body with a license? PLEASE HELP.