What is the longest time you have stayed in one position, where was it, and how long are you planning to stay in the position you are in now?
I have been a school nurse for 16 years! I'm debating on changing it up. I love the schedule more than the job. I've also done med-surg, oncology, L&D, OR, and home health. Those all lasted anywhere from 4 months to a year. My favorite was L&D.
I was just curious. No reason other than that. :) I love the hospital environment BUT I always seem to get stressed out and overwhelmed from all the short staffing. I love the fact there is such a variety of options as nurses!
I've bounced around every few years, but I worked with one nurse who worked in the same unit from the time she graduated at 21 until she retired in her 70s! She started when it was an old-school nursery (i.e. all of the babies in bassinets facing the big window) and stayed on the unit over the decdes as it became a bonafide NICU.
Lol, Davey, you just reminded me of an episode of Grey's Anatomy where all of the surgical residents start wearing adult diapers to work so they don't miss a second of the 8-hour surgeries.
12 hours in coach, international flight. Talk about your cramped seating!
I've spent the last 22 years in the same ER, although it has been extensively reconstructed a couple of times... first 15 years of nursing I moved around a lot, finally settled down. Had a (much younger!) coworker look at me with concern once, and exclaim, "but when are you going to retire?". Well.... SS won't kick in for another 7 years unless I take the much smaller monthly amount, which I don't think I can afford.
For five years, I spent 36+ hours a week standing...so, I'm estimating that I have that spent approximately 9,300 hours standing. How's that for holding a position?
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Fourteen years in one place, then left and moved from the left coast to the wrong coast. Eleven years there. I wish I hadn't left the right job on the wrong coast, but I had good reasons at the time.
I've got to admit, when I read the thread title, my first thought was, of course, the flight to Thailand... and being asked on a nursing forum, I was thinking DVT risk...
15 years of ICU at different facilities. Longest at one facility was 8 years. I've just changed to what I hope is my retirement gig. Ive got 15-20 years until retirement, maybe more until I retire
Specializes in Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU.
I was at my first hospital for 8 years - I spent my first year as a new grad in PICU and then moved to another floor for the remaining 7 years. I had every intention of staying there my whole career originally, but life happens. Since then I've moved out of state every 2 years (not necessarily intentionally, just has worked out like that) and have realized that I got very little financial benefit/incentive for staying in a position for too long. Loyalty does not pay in healthcare, unfortunately.
adventure_rn, MSN, NP
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I've bounced around every few years, but I worked with one nurse who worked in the same unit from the time she graduated at 21 until she retired in her 70s! She started when it was an old-school nursery (i.e. all of the babies in bassinets facing the big window) and stayed on the unit over the decdes as it became a bonafide NICU.