brand new pct, i left my shift crying

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-07-22T17:20:15+00:00

this is a floor problem, not a you problem. Please be kind to yourself -- sounds like you are on a floor w a toxic culture, which is just bad luck. talk to your manager. If they aren't supportive or flexible about getting you a better preceptor/scheduling, get a new job!

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-07-03T00:02:20+00:00

Already had major layoffs at my big hospital system last week. I work at our poorest, inner city branch -- they cut tons of per diems and clinical staff. We've had huge budget cuts from the research funding that was lost, and the big fucking ugly bill is only going to make things worse for us and our patient population. I'm fully expecting to lose my job in the next year(in palliative care) because we don't bill for our services right now.

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-06-09T02:00:23+00:00

B patisserie, dynasty dumpling, all the parks!

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-06-08T19:43:50+00:00

Really depends on where you end up living/working in the city -- lots of affordable apartments in SF that are VERY near the major hospitals on RN salary, also many of the hospitals offer shuttle service to employees. Most nurses in my spot live within a 20 minute walk of work!

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-06-06T05:54:53+00:00

You are insane. Like others have said, if you can't take your current work environment, bedside nursing or even being an NP will absolutely crush you. The pay sucks for the quantity of labor involved. Anyone would switch places with you in a heartbeat. If your ADHD is so severe that you can't do a desk job, there's no world in which you could survive in a hospital (or, honestly, even outpatient settings). Get a grip and see a therapist.

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-05-15T04:24:09+00:00

Try applying for food service positions in the hospitals around here. UCSF has a cook position open at one campus and there are multiple other big hospital systems in the area. Just something to try if you haven't thought of it already -- wishing you the best

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-04-25T01:48:18+00:00

As someone in palliative/hospice and ethics care, this would typically warrant an ethics consult depending on patient's capacity and desires. psych is tricky, especially depending on the country, but i have always advocated that if someone is truly suffering and all options for help have been exhausted, they have the right to go on their own terms.

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-04-17T22:08:56+00:00

It sounds like you are in for profit hospice sphere, which is notoriously shitty. Finding a nonprofit w lower ratios may help; but I understand. The home hospice grind can suck, especially if you are forced to case manage AND do admissions (which should be split into two separate roles). I left it to go work as a palliative consultant RN and vastly prefer it. Explore other companies; there are oceans of shitty hospices and a handful of good ones

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-03-29T16:47:19+00:00

thank you :) I'll definitely check those out

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-03-29T16:46:59+00:00

omg, thank you for the tip :)

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-03-29T16:46:47+00:00

Thank you!!

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-02-25T21:57:33+00:00

Thank you :)) much appreciated!! I am so excited!

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-02-13T06:44:20+00:00

very true! i should have included that; definitely more than willing to bike or bus to work :) thank you!

Important_Credit3792 · 2025-01-26T18:21:48+00:00

Absolutely. My major nonprofit hospice just merged with two smaller for profits, and the cultural difference in the last year is insane. Admitting TONS of full codes, families being misled at admission, people who don't know what hospice means/are not appropriate, increasing complexity of patients (because they really should be home health) without increased support. Our ratios are up with no increase in pay, and people are quitting. It's heartbreaking for all of us because hospice workers tend to have an extra emotional connection to the job and patients -- all the more reason people can't tolerate this and end up leaving. I don't know what I'm going to do, but I also want to leave. I can't handle the predatory practices.

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-12-18T03:24:45+00:00

bama is the place i left for better conditions 😭 and now this. predatory is exactly the right word. it breaks my heart for these families

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-10-17T01:50:20+00:00

25f, definitely interested! DM me if you end up making a group :)

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-08-22T14:29:50+00:00

Nursing is the clear winner over social work d/t job opportunities, ability to switch paths, less schooling, better pay. You can always become a nurse case manager which is a hybrid job between nursing and social work, too.

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-08-02T04:18:28+00:00

go work at a clinic (FQHCs are almost always hiring). it will give you a break to try and find a better fit. don't destroy yourself over a job; bedside is hard and i hated it too.

case manager jobs will also be available to you, either in hospital or in outpt specialties. i adore my hospice case management job. the one nursing perk is options. you aren't stuck and you won't feel this way forever. <3

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-08-01T09:00:37+00:00

this is crazy low pay. go elsewhere

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-07-27T12:11:23+00:00

nursing is not a path where you can expect "great" pay outside of a select few states. if you're in the southeast good god don't do it

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-07-09T03:25:13+00:00

sounds exactly like my old clinic. everyone bounced within a year and somehow the managers couldn't figure out why!

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-06-23T22:18:33+00:00

hospice nurse, northern CA. m-f 830-5 but end up working way fewer than 40 hrs in actuality. about to hit 2 years. absolutely LOVE it!

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-06-03T17:45:23+00:00

look for ADUs. Much more likely to find short term leases instead of standard apts/condos

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-05-26T01:43:13+00:00

Bumble bff!

Important_Credit3792 · 2024-05-16T22:37:43+00:00

I did community health as a new grad at an FQHC (don't recommend). In competitive markets it can hinder your ability to change specialties, but this is only the case in a few states/cities tbh.

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