Raquel77

Hello, I need some advise and help quickly. I am a PCT on a very busy and disorganized Medsurg unit. Many of the nurses and techs are quitting for various reasons primarily understaffing issues and poor scheduling. I am fed-up as well and burnt out but I like the hospital and I have had the opportunity to float to different departments which I have enjoyed. My question is: How can I tactfully and politely ask to transfer to another department without making my department director upset? I have already told her that I am interested in a transfer but she hasn't done anything about it. I have an appointment with HR about some other issues and I'm thinking of bringing it up at that time. I don't want to quit I just want to leave Medsurg. Any advise or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Sounds like a set-up to me. You said the pt was an employee? Sounds like they were trying to find excuses to cut staff. It just doesn't make any sense to me and I've heard of hospitals that cut out staff to improve their budget. Just consider it a blessing and a door shut to open another one. Not sure what you would put on a resume as far as the reason you are not there any longer.

So you are basically telling me to get my LVN. That the BSN is too hard at my age? I make more money as a Tech at this hospital that I work than I would working in a nursing home as a LVN. I have already worked at a nursing home for a year and it isn't for me. Are there other areas for LVN's that pay more than $20.00 an hour? Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

I am confused about the Kaplan post as well. Makes no sense what-so-ever!

Hello everyone. I really need some help because I have been struggling with a decision for several years and I need to do something as I am not happy doing nothing. I am currently a Patient Care Tech in a really nice hospital, make decent money but it isn't what I am called to do or want to do. I am also a Medical Assistant but in Texas the pay is horrible. I make more as a Tech then I would as a CMA. I am ready to move on and all my co-workers say I should be a nurse, that I am really great with patients, etc. My only issue is my age. I am 59. I have to work full-time as I am a single mom. My boys are older so that is not an issue but my job is backbreaking and I work nights to make more money. I am really tired after three 12-hour shifts. I haven't been to school for years and I am really afraid of the Math and Science classes and the time involved in getting my RN especially all the prereqs. So with that said this is what I am thinking. I could get my LVN and it would only take a year then I could bridge over to the RN skipping those prereqs. Also I could do both of those things online. I cannot find an associate degree in the RN program online and there is no way that I can sit in a class for two years plus work in a hospital. That is not going to work. Another option is getting a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counseling degree which would take two years all online with no Science or Math classes. The pay isn't as good as an RN but its not bad and more than I make as a Tech. You see I am really struggling because the RN degree is going to be really hard, take a long time and I will be in my 60's by the time I graduate IF I can pull it off. My co-workers (all RN's) are telling me they didn't work when they went to school or they got sick cause of stress or they didn't do well working so they quit cause they had parents and husbands. If I had a way to cut my hours back or quit I would most definitely go for the RN but I don't have that option. In all honesty I am scared to pay all that money and then fail. Your suggestions, help, recommendations would be welcome. Please,,, this is driving me crazy and I honestly do not want to be a Tech for the rest of my days. I have so much more to offer and I am a very young 59 year old. Thanks for your help. Sincerely Raquel