Topics About 'Job Change'.

I began my nursing career in 2020 as a night shift mother/baby nurse. LOVED caring for the babies but the patents kind of annoyed me, and I was always tired/sleepy. Left after a year and became a day shift plastic surgery OR nurse. Schedule was ...

Starting your nursing career after you graduate from nursing school is a drastic, sometimes harsh, reality check when you enter the workforce. As a brand-new nurse, you no longer have your preceptor or clinical instructor to fall back on. You ar...

I've been a med surg RN for nearly 40 yrs and have recently started a new position in an outpatient eye surgery center. While my former job was extremely stressful, I felt completely competent, was the "go to" person for everyone and the time flowed...

I just started my nursing job January 10th. I have no previous experience I started in the Surgical Trauma ICU. I HATE it. I’ve become depressed and have such bad anxiety I have never had before. I’m so stressed it’s taken a horrible toll on my menta...

Hi all, thank you in advance for any advice/tips. I worked med surg for one year then ICU for 2. I have been in home health and hospice for the last 4 years and am now transitioning back to the hospital setting, but this time in the ER. I am VERY exc...

I started working in the ICU as a new grad in early August of 2021. Since I started, we have lost over 25+ nurses, and I am the second most senior nurse on night shift. Our unit is severely understaffed, and we are forced to work mandatory overtime a...

I worked very hard to get to where I am today. However, I am burnt out after only 6 years of nursing. I never wanted to work in the hospital and only worked in SNFs providing bedside care. I grew a distaste for bedside nursing over the years and my m...

I've finally decided to leave a job- "job #1"- that I've been at for 8+ years. I became a licensed LPN several months ago, and got another job as an LPN- "job #2". However, I was offered a significant raise to stay on at job#1 in my current position,...

Hey guys, looking for advice/wording suggestions on telling my manager I would like to transfer internally - to a non-bedside position, if that matters. I'll have been here for six months next month (I cannot find a specific transfer policy but ...

Hi all. I am currently in the process of looking for a new job. I have been at my current position for 7.5 years and over the past few years it has become a very toxic work environment with a manager that is just as toxic and doesn't seem to care. I ...

Long story short, after being married for 24 years with 4 children, I unexpectedly and very quickly found myself a single Mom this year. So now post divorce I find myself with absolutely no retirement to speak of and I am looking for a fresh start a...

I am coming up with a medium term plan in which I'll be moving to a different part of the state in about two years. I want to work on being as "desirable" an employee as possible to help ease the change, I.e. get a job out there. I'm thinking: 1...

I transferred from a surgical floor (after 4 years)to a neuro ICU. Two different hospitals but the same health system. I have oriented in the neuro ICU for 6 weeks and I think I have 2 weeks left. I really dislike a lot of things about my new job. ...

I have been an RN for 3 years, and working in Private duty via a small agency for 2 years. I left the hospital because I hate the politics and the lack of freedom in my schedule. My pediatric patient now is pretty complex, but balanced at this ...

Hi, I have been a nurse since 2015. I worked a little over one year on Med Surg and realized it wasn’t for me. If it hadn’t been for short staffing and the fact that my job mostly consisted of passing pain meds I may have stayed longer. After Med Sur...

Hi everyone. I'm curious to hear people's thoughts from different areas of nursing about what direction they would recommend to me as I am a bit stuck. I currently am working two part-time jobs, one at a hospice and the other on a busy medical u...

I'm not sure if I am having a mid life crisis or what. Did you ever get bored in your current job? Bored isn't really the right word because I don't really think you can ever get bored in nursing, but I guess I just feel restless? Like looking ...

I just recently took a new job as a Critical Care Float Pool RN and in this position I would be able to float to the Critical Care units as well as the ED. I have experience in both areas. I was excited about the opportunity to work in both departme...

Hi, I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. I am new to this site and would like some nursing advice. I work on a psychiatric unit, which closed down "temporarily" as per leadership a few weeks ago. I have been floating to different units, mo...

Hey, guys so this is my dilemma. I got a job in a medsurg unit on nights. I’ve been training there for a couple of months and will be on my own soon. I like my coworkers but we are always short staffed (6-8 patients) and the night schedule is t...

Is working in the ICU all it's cracked up to be? Part of me has always wanted to work there--I won't really feel like I've "made it" as a nurse until I can take care of the sickest patients. I'm thinking about making the switch to my hospital's MICU....

Hey all. So I started my career at a rural community hospital on a small med surge/tele unit and stayed their for one year. I loved my job, loved my coworkers, but felt stagnant. There was no where to advance and I wanted to expand my nursing kn...

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some insight. I have been a nurse for over ten years. I did emergency trauma for the bulk of it and then switched to a transplant coordinator. I currently work 48 hour call shifts where I am likely out 24+ hours str...

Hey guys! So I need advice on how to transition out of my unit. I dont know whether it is best to quit or try and talk to someone who can help me move units Background: I've worked at the same hospital since I was a new grad. For the first year &...

Hello Nurse Beth, I’m in the middle of a career dilemma. I became a nurse after having a difficult birth experience with the nurses taking care of me in the hospital with my first born child. I had a home birth with my second, and then decided to go ...