Wow! Deja vu!. Me too! And I'm a seasoned RN. Just didn't agree with management over the changes to the unit, the non-communication and couldn't keep my opinions and my frustration to myself. Anyway...
You say you work antepartum/postpartum. Could you cross-train where you are to L&D? Maybe learn to circulate and scrub. Take the advance fetal monitor class. Even cross train to newborn could make...
Sorry,but this is nursing. I work a very busy L&D AND I am responsible for doing the schedule for 40 staff members. So please forgive me if I sound a little cynical. EVERYONE wants Christmas...