Resigned from job

[nurse43cat]

Ill start at the beginning so I wont confuse you all. I have been a psych nurse now for over 4 yrs now till March where I resigned my post effectively immediately....Ill give ya all the story and would like feedback on what to do with this all...

I had gone to a follow up appointment with a cardiologist because I had landed in ICU 3 times in a matter of 6 months... everything is fine mind ya...typical wear/tear on a 44 year body ... anyways he put me out of work for 3 weeks... Prior to this I had to get FMLA to be able to go to my doctors appointments because they would not schedule me off....despite the fact they had a month notice mind ya so anyways

So when this 3 week period was up I decided it was best to part my ways with this corporation here in Houston... Mind ya it bordered on unsafe management acts....... and I have already sat in front of the boards once and desired not to do it again .........I was going to be assertive with these individuals when it came to patient safety.. The day before the doctor put me out was the breaking point....we were understaffed...........TDH WAS here to interview me bout a situation that occurred...............believe me I COVERED ALL my bases and no one was hurt but a complaint was made against the management and thank god for my documentation.........it saved my backside as well as my actions saving patients from being harmed.....but anyways after 3 weeks went by I decided to quit... I submitted my resignation effective immediately. Since I resigned, I got a clean bill of health....no chest pain.......feel GREAT but now I want to get back to work couple days of work and most of the bites I am getting are from travel assignments and agency nursing firms... I signed up for the one I use to work at but nothing now mind ya this corporation is known nationwide for its behavioral health centers............ANY SUGGESTIONS...........ASK AWAY AND GIVE THEM FREELY PLEASE

CATHY

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Would you consider a different type of nursing? Maybe home health? Working with DD clients?

[CharlieRN]

If my heart were giving me warning signs I would be looking for a lower stress type of work. Industrial or school nursing comes to my mind. If I wanted to stay in psych, maybe a job in a clinic or partial hospitalization program.