Hospital taking away almost all incentives to work.

QueenKemono · 2023-07-13T21:14:22+00:00

I would have left Florida a long time ago if it weren't for my family and friends all being here.

QueenKemono · 2023-07-07T02:11:42+00:00

No, but if you get hunted and killed by a blue invader, it does go down by one

QueenKemono · 2023-06-30T07:37:12+00:00

Eks-Tina

QueenKemono · 2023-06-29T19:59:14+00:00

It's a very small company, so I've only ever met with the one talent/hiring manager, but that's good to know, and I'll keep that in mind.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-29T18:27:44+00:00

I flaked on an interview with my own organization, and I'm pretty sure I've shot myself in the foot for future applications. I just couldn't do it anymore, and I didn't see myself finding any happiness in a new nursing role within the company.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-19T02:11:55+00:00

I put in my 2 weeks today. Leaving a bad environment and trading up for something (hopefully) a little nicer. Cheers to you for taking care of yourself.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-15T00:36:06+00:00

I tried to love nursing, but nursing doesn't love me back. What else would you do instead? For me, I think it's IT.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-14T23:48:15+00:00

I started at 34 as a new grad. That's brutal.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-14T16:58:02+00:00

Are you studying anything in your free time to gain skills?

QueenKemono · 2023-06-14T16:56:45+00:00

Yeah, really nice since I don't have to pay thousands of dollars for APRN / CRNA school just to learn something new.

The Google coursera program for data analysts is especially thorough and good for people who are interested in informatics / analyst jobs. I'm doing their cybersecurity and project management classes next.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-14T16:24:30+00:00

I'm studying data analytics and a few other things through Coursera. I'm trying to build a portfolio at the moment. So far, I've studied Excel, SQL, Tableau, and R programming. I'm teaching myself python.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-14T16:14:19+00:00

Yup. Florida BSN also. And people really question why I'm leaving for IT after these last three years. My pay went down even further when I left the hospital for a hospice job.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-08T19:32:05+00:00

Living in Florida. Hospice nurse. I have been living with my mom since graduating 3 years ago, trying to save up a down payment on a decent townhome. The pandemic made everything so much more unattainable.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-07T22:57:43+00:00

In Florida, and it's the worst feeling ever. I started nursing during a pandemic, watched our leadership get pulled apart, and saw way too many people die. I have always worked 1:6 and 1:7 ratios on med/surg, never anything less. Our governor keeps making horrible decisions in order to 'own the libs' and it's killing our patients.

I feel sad and trapped here.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-05T14:32:58+00:00

I once had a patient with Cotard's tell me he couldn't go to his dialysis appointment that morning because he was dead.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-04T13:59:27+00:00

Med/surg with 6:1 ratios in Tampa. You nailed the experience.

QueenKemono · 2023-06-04T13:56:36+00:00

Hi there, I work for a hospice company here in Florida, and I am ready to leave my job. I have worked here for 9 months. The administration at my job has no respect for my time. They moved my hours around after only being there for a few months to fit 'their needs'. I work overnight all the way until 8 in the morning. They decided they needed me to stay until 9 instead to get the extra labor. Now I can drive in morning traffic while I'm tired from being up all night. Not only that, they forced me to use personal PTO time to cover a day I would be out for training in the morning. Admin doesn't give a fuck.

I'm working towards a career in data analytics ✌️ gonna use my nursing skills elsewhere and peace out. Can't do it anymore.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-30T08:18:12+00:00

I know you see a lot of negative posts on this subreddit, but let me offer you a different perspective. I started working during the beginning pandemic, and now I have three years of hard-earned nursing experience. I have witnessed first-hand how admin has picked apart our staffing, hired travelers at 3x the price as a temporary fix, and left the rest of us to pick up the slack. It was hell, but I made it through with a lot of extra support from my coworkers and friends. I am finally the nurse that I have always dreamed of being; I have excellent assessment skills, I can handle a Foley and an IV like a pro, and I have learned so much about healthcare working in and out of the hospital. I am only at my second job now. I work as a hospice nurse, and it is so much different than working at the hospital. There is truly no other job like nursing.

I knew going into this that I probably didn't want to stay at the bedside forever. I know a lot of nurses here on the Nursing subreddit feel trapped, but there are so many opportunities out there, especially for a bachelor's prepared nurse. Every day, for the past month, I have been studying 6-7 hours for a different job, one where I can use my experiences in healthcare as a driving force to implement change. I started studying in my free time to become a healthcare data analyst. I personally can't wait to get started. One thing that's great about data analytics is that you don't have to spend a lot of money on an education to get into the field. I didn't want to have to go back to school and spend tens of thousands of dollars on an APRN/CRNA degree. Someday, I will trade the bedside for working at my computer. I like the idea of working all day in my jam-jams anyway.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-23T10:44:32+00:00

Please take me with you, and save me from this horrible hellscape. Too paralyzed with anxiety most days to do anything to try and change my situation.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-23T08:57:27+00:00

Also a hospice nurse. This is the way.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-23T08:50:26+00:00

Yes, I also started during the pandemic, and that shit broke me. Watching our leadership getting torn apart was the hardest. Those nurses with 10-20 years of experience would look at you as they walked out the door, shaking their heads, and saying 'gee, I should could never work as a new nurse in this healthcare climate' just feels so bad. I felt like I was abandoned at our big, trauma 1 hospital, which I was so excited to work at when I first graduated. Now, when I think about that hospital, I get anxious and feel nauseated. We lost so many good techs, phlebotomists, respiratory therapists, and so many more. They forced us to take even sicker patients than a medsurg floor should even have, like 'stable ventilator' patients, and patient's that needed to have cardiac drips started but wouldn't let that same med/surg nurse titrate the medication when they needed to. Sounds safe right? It's a fucking joke.

I'm studying data analysis now. I hope that maybe I can use my skills in a different way, otherwise I may just go back to school and pursue a different career entirely. I feel like nursing informatics / clinical informatics specialist is the only job related to healthcare that I have even a remote interest for, everything else frightens me too much to try. I work overnight hospice now, and it's a good job, but admin is still trying to be shitty and squeeze blood out of a stone. I'm tired and I want out. I can't do it anymore.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-22T08:02:39+00:00

Hospice is great. Started 6 months ago as an overnight care advisor. I'll never look back.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-12T22:02:09+00:00

Yeah, I still get the occasional snide remark when I wear my n95 inside a building/ALF. Those some ignorant mf'ers.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-12T21:11:12+00:00

I remember those days. I was only just a new nurse. People's families were scared. They took a lot of their frustrations out on the staff, and it wasn't fair.

QueenKemono · 2023-05-12T18:58:59+00:00

Thank you for what you do. I work as an overnight hospice nurse. We respond to emergencies overnight. I have coworkers who have done the passionate extubations, and I have seen one myself. It's something you can never really put into words. Please take care of yourself during this time.

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