lunasea3

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 I suggest you throw yourself a great big pity party (mine's been going for 4 days now). Get your resume or CV together, check out all the job sites. Get a list of all the medical facilities in your area, don't discount nursing homes or urgent care clinics and send it out. Might I suggest you also consider some counseling to help with the lack of confidence and boost your assertiveness. It's a tough nursing world out there and you need to be well armed for the battle. good luck

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 you more marketable. Everything you do to enhance your abilities makes you a better choice for the next employer. Consider becoming certified in your specialty. And maybe you need to be more flexible on what hours you will work. Good luck

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 off. Frankly everyone wants Easter and Mother's Day and Halloween off too. I am truly sick of every nurse with kids wanting special privileges. If this is the profession you chose then you take the good with the awful. So buck up cupcake! Do your turn and wait for next year. Or find an office job that allows you holidays off.