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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 ...
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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...
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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 &...
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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.
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Dear Nurse Beth, I'm currently a NICU RN that works full time at Level III unit. I'm trying to relocate to a different state, but I want to move away from bedside nursing. I have issues balancing my anxiety & stress levels, so I've opted for appl...
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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...
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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....
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Advice please! I've been working as an RN on the floor and supervisor at the long term care facility I was a CNA at for 7 years since this past July. I wanted to get some experience and im glad I did but I feel its time for me to move on. There is to...
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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...
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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...
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For the past four years I have worked as a CNA putting myself through school and I can officially say I am a RN. However-a few months ago my manager told me that I had to tell him immeadiately after passing my boards because I could not work for my o...
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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:
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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...
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Hello everyone, I am a new graduate BSN nurse, passed my board without issue and had a job lined up, everything seemed to fall into placed without a hitch. However, I am now 6 months into my Med/Surg critical access hospital position and find myself...
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Hey everyone! I am a newer nurse who graduated in December 2018 and started my residency program this February. I work on a tele unit and just don't enjoy it. I dread going to work and feel like this job in general (in addition to working nights and ...
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When you graduated nursing school, you may have envisioned working at the bedside for thirty or forty years before hanging up your nursing shoes. But, lately, you're not sure you want to finish 2018 at the bedside, let alone a few more decades. If yo...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Dear Nurse Beth, I was working as a Med-Surg RN more than 15 years and got tired of heavy workload and routines. I want to try psych floor and am going to go for interview. I do not have strong reasons for this change if they ask me during interview ...
