Would you dare leave a job you love?

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I want opinions on what you would do. I have worked in Cardiac Rehabilitation for a number of years and I love my job. However, my job is so simple that I don't do anything that requires nursing skills other than quick assessments and risk factor modification classes. It is VERY rare that I need to correct hypotension, administer nitro or glucose tabs. I just really feel that I am losing all my nursing skills and I am not near as knowledgeable about broad base nursing that I should be because of my years in this concentrated area. BUT, I've never had a job that I love going to everyday like this one. I will likely have to relocate due to my husband's job two years from now. Cardiac Rehab. Jobs are hard to find. Do I transfer within the hospital soon and learn a job in an area that is more in demand and would expand my skills and knowledge or do I just stay where I'm at for the duration and take my chances when we have to move? Thanks for your input!

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I love my job and my coworkers. I know how important that is. I spend so much time at work I couldn't imagine getting up and going to a job I hated. I won't leave if I don't have to.

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while i can't offer you much advice, i am in a similar situation! i too am in a very specialized cardiac role, office based for well over 10 years. i am in FNP school and need to leave my 5-day position to go back to bedside so i can work my schedule appropriately. the demand for clinicals is NOT conducive to working 8 hr days...

anyway- i have been applying for positions and was actually told by a hiring mgr that she felt i didn't have enough 'real' nursing experience, even though i do direct care, within my role, to dozens of patients. it seems that being in my role has limited my entry options back into bedside nursing.

i can't tell you WHAT to do, but you should consider ALL of the options of what you want to do. do you want to do cardiac rehab for your ENTIRE career? do you want to go into an advanced practice cardiology role? do you want to go CCRN? there are a lot of cardiac options. rather than think about RIGHT NOW, you may be better served thinking down the road, where you WANT to end up, then take the right path to get there.

good luck!

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Per diem job in something more challenging and keep your current job.

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Specializes in Education.

Last job I left that I loved, I cried. The only reason I would leave any job that I love would be of I moved too far to commute.

However, I would keep your current position and look into a PRN job on a different unit. Or, if you don't need the benefits, drop down to part time and pick up a second part time job.

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All very good thoughts and ideas. Thanks so much for your responding. The wonderful thing about nursing as there are various options! Thanks again.

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Finding a job you love, especially in nursing, is rare - or at least where I live it is. You said you are relocating in 2 yrs - a lot can change in 2 weeks let alone 2 years so I wouldn't really base anything on that. My advice is to stay where you are since you are happy and love your job. If you are wanting to brush up on skills then look for something PRN in home health, an LTC facility or at the hospital. This way you can test the waters of something different before giving up a job you love for one you may find is not anywhere near that. Hospital nursing, now, is a LOT of documentation, more than I've ever known it to be and I've been working in hospitals on and off for 20+ yrs. I have to laugh at the advertisements I see in nursing magazines or on job search sites showcasing the nursing departments..The clinical part is still there of course, but a large part of the shift is documenting and stress is very high for that reason plus others, patients are sicker, staying shorter periods of time and more..read through posts on here - most are dead on. The days of being able to actually spend quality time with a patient, at least in the hospital I work at, are over. I wouldn't want to see a nurse leave a position like you have and end up regretting it.

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I'm in a similar situation. I'll be relocating and leaving a very good set up. I can get the same position elsewhere but it won't be as ideal, I'd essentially have to start over and may not ever acquire the great hours/territory/work from home arrangement that I have now. So I've started working in mgmt to set myself up to being more eligible and marketable. But if I wasn't planning on moving I would probably keep this established job that I love for the rest of my career.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Per diem job in something more challenging and keep your current job.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

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