Left Travel to Go Staff ... I'm BACK! :)

Published Mar 27, 2017

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

So I left travel nursing several months ago to start a new staff job in a new specialty at a new hospital. Most of my experience up to that point had been at large university hospitals, several of which are nationally ranked. The hospital at which I accepted this new job is a smaller regional community hospital about 20 miles from a major metropolitan area.

Long story short, I had a horrible experience. Orientation was inadequate, disorganized nurse educator, I had a hard time making friends with the staff (as opposed to when I was a traveler where I had no trouble making bonds), and to boot my preceptor threw me under the bus at the end which caused my reviews to suck. It was the end of my probation so I ended up resigning. Not the place for me and I am not looking back. I am however looking for a place to burn my uniforms lol.

So I decided to return to travel nursing, starting a new assignment at a US News top 10 hospital within the major metropolitan area of my prior facility. I guess I now know where I belong -- the big hospitals.