This is the end of this nightmare for me!!

It seems like you work in a real messed up place.You might want to look outside medsurg, such as home health the way you are doing.alot of people go into medsurg, but you have to get proper training, and that usually takes place in teaching hospitals or large hospitals. what part of the country are you located? You can try a travel assignment with an agency or you can try a different specialty. good luck to you, but remember not all hospitals are the same. some treat their staff with alot more dignity.

Thanks KCIN for your reply. I am in the San Francisco bay area and yes i have tried the travel agencies but most say they don't have HH positions. I haven't given up yet and i am still trying other places. I am working at a large teaching hospital which is undergoing a lot of inspections for several issues and we are paying the price for it.

OMG, you sound EXACTLY like I did just 2 weeks ago. I found myself usually not having an answer to my patients' questions because I never had the time to review any chart. We worked on skeleton crew and lacked supplies, pharmacy was always late delivering medications, etc. I couldnt take it anymore and when a HH position came open I ran like the wind. I was gaining weight because of the stress (and it was unusually high stress). I started having anxiety attacks, came home upset every day because I just couldnt take it anymore. I just dont think ANY job is worth it. Good luck in finding a job that you can have peace.

Wow this sounds like a job I had several years ago in a small hospital, I worked 3-11 shift, by the time I got finished trying to care for my patients, who by the way had not had very good care during the day, I was working until 1-2 am on the charting, GOSH, I couldn't take it either and quit after only 2 months. And I had 12 years in MS. It was a NIGHTMARE for me too! Have you tried to talk to the super? Tell her/him that you don't feel comfortable, or will it be wasted time? I did, and she told me, well......we'll see what we can do...blah blah blah. hey or tell them you want to cut back to a few days a week, and look for other opportunities.....if not, then you know what you have to do to protect your sanity and license. Good luck!

Hi guys;

Thanks for all your responses. I called off since that night and had 3 off days so i have kinda digested things a little. I am going to get more aggressive at finding that HH job that i want and give in my resignation letter after i get another job. With most of your advice and that of other friends i have decided it might not be very smart idea to quit before i find something else. But i don't know if i will be feeling the same way tomorrow because when i wrote that letter i did not care what happens and i feel that way a lot. I am tone between hanging in there until i get a nother job at the expense of possibly losing my license and running while i can and hope for the best.

I have talked to my manager in the past about cutting my hours down but apparantly there's a hiring freeze which has affected transfers and any kinda changes within the hospital ,soo.. And oh, he says i should "be patient, help is coming soon"...yeah right.

Anyhow, i really appreciate your advice and please keep them coming. If you live in the San Francisco Bay area and you have any ideas about HH positions please let me know. I will keep you'll updated on things.

wow... I'm so sorry scoloya.. what a nightmare indeed. And exactly why I won't work in a hospital these days. You stated ALL the reasons. No way, no how.

Hang in there, and keep pounding the ground... something will turn up for you. (((hugs)))

Hi guys;

Thanks for all your responses. I called off since that night and had 3 off days so i have kinda digested things a little. I am going to get more aggressive at finding that HH job that i want and give in my resignation letter after i get another job. With most of your advice and that of other friends i have decided it might not be very smart idea to quit before i find something else. But i don't know if i will be feeling the same way tomorrow because when i wrote that letter i did not care what happens and i feel that way a lot. I am tone between hanging in there until i get a nother job at the expense of possibly losing my license and running while i can and hope for the best.

I have talked to my manager in the past about cutting my hours down but apparantly there's a hiring freeze which has affected transfers and any kinda changes within the hospital ,soo.. And oh, he says i should "be patient, help is coming soon"...yeah right.

Anyhow, i really appreciate your advice and please keep them coming. If you live in the San Francisco Bay area and you have any ideas about HH positions please let me know. I will keep you'll updated on things.

This seems like a very wise decision right now.

The only thing i would like to add is in refernce to your resignation letter. For your own sake, keep it short and simple. Something to the effect on how it was a pleasure working there and circumstances make it necessary for you to resign. You will need them for future references and you cannot burn any bridges, as years down the line it may come back to haunt you for anything you put in that resignation letter. If the manager is interested in knowing your reason for resigning, you will be asked and can answer it verbally (although I wouldn't recommend it either); but, never put it in writing.

I have been in this position. Please pick up Tony Beshara's book, "The Job Search Solution", or "Acing the Interview" by the same author. Don't schedule another interview until you read one of them. Job change is very difficult now and these books give you the right way to handle the blood-chilling questions concerning why you left your last job. He covers tons of situations and how to handle them and convince the interviewer you are the candidate they can't live without! Best of luck to you!

Ohhh! Guys, you are sooooo appreciated for your advice and i will be thinking about what you all have said every step of the way. God bless y'all:icon_hug:

Scoloya,

I feel for you and hope & pray you find the perfect job. I like the team of nurses I work with and our hospital is nice - but Med/surg load/pace is wearing me out & I've been wondering about HH myself. Please keep us posted.

Good luck:redbeathe