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If you’re old job will take you back, go!! This new place already lied to you, who knows what’s coming. I went back to an old job after a year
Yes Im in the same boat. On call is just not for me and the initial agreement is not what it was said to be. Im leaving regardless, even if its for less pay because peace of mind is worth more to me than a few dollars.
I guess I would question why you left the other job in the first place. Sometimes things can seem a little bit better in hindsight than they actually were. If you left for a valid reason, it's worth considering why you left and maybe even finding a new place to work.
Are you working as an RN Paralegal? Ive wondered how to get into that because I would need some guidance to get me started. But I have over 20 yrs of nursing in case management, pedi, home health, and LTC experience, and approx 10 years of legal assist/paralegal experience in mostly plaintiff work. Even with all this I'm not sure what exactly what work the RN Paralegal is doing besides maybe reviewing and summarizing records? Is this correct? Or is there more to it? How does a nurse get into that field?
I think a lot of us have been in that spot. I tried a new job once and lasted only three months before going back to my old unit. It felt awkward at first, but my coworkers understood. Nursing is hard enough without being misled about your schedule.
I recently left a job who did this EXACT THING TO ME! I wasn't even out of my 90 days and had been placed on on call rotation FOUR times, which is 24 hours a day, 4 days of the week INCLUDING working my 9 to 5 position with them, I was basically working almost 80 hour work weeks from November to February. I unfortunately had to inquire why this was happening, bc in the interview I was told I wouldn't be on call rotation until after 90 days, and it would be one every 8 weeks.
Definitely! Go back…nursing has become volatile. If you worked at a good facility……GOOOOOO back! They are hard to find.
You have to do what is right for you and your family. They have already lied to you most times that never changes. Some places will use and abuse you if you allow it... JMO and my experience after about 30 yrs in nursing. Find the job and company that is right for you. Not every job is perfect and has its disadvantages, you just have to know what you are willing to deal with.
Yes. That is why I always keep my foot in the door at any job I'm leaving. If I were you, I would think about what my professional goals are. Why did you leave the old job? Has that changed? Is the job now a bridge worth (possibly) burning?
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Sounds to me like they were very eager to fill that role. I needed someone desperately they could have been more elaborate regarding the role and your requirements that’s just not right.
Interesting how this is happening to 3 of us. I'm considering going back to an old job because this one is completely different than what I was told.
I definitely wouldn’t stay with the new job. Even if they didn’t outright lie to you, at a minimum they were intentionally misleading. Almost the same thing. No class No integrity.
I always ask for a job description including wage schedule and hours and expected call hours. I have been in your shoes several times. Good luck.
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I have been an RN since 1985. I worked in a hospital for 3 years and was burned out. My kids needed me, but I had to work. I switched to home health for 5 years until I was injured helping a patient. Once I was healed, I accepted a position with a health plan performing prior authorization reviews, post service reviews, provider trainings, and negotiating rates with some providers! Trust me, I "picked" the brains of my co-workers and others. loved that job! Unfortunately the health plan was bought out by a larger one. I turned down their offer to work for the new plan because I wasn't able to relocate. I worked for another plan as a Senior Case Manager. The work was great until my boss and the Director both quit. Their replacements were horrific. I literally cried every night! I was surprised when my former boss from the 1st health plan called. She said she had met a Manager of QM at a health plan that was 3 minutes from my house. She said the QM Manager was looking for a QM nurse, and and she told her what a great nurse I am. She told her everything about my skills and work ethic. I met with her the next day and was hired immediately! I was there for 10 years until they were sold!
Be open to learning and to take risks!
I'm in a similar pickle. I took a job thinking it'd be a better situation, but it turns out it's just not. I work a block schedule. Usually we have two charge nurses on PM shift (I'm one of them). We have just been notified that if the census in one unit is a certain number of people or less, one charge nurse or a floor nurse is to be cut from the schedule. That seems to be a very slippery situation. I'm considering putting myself back out there, even though I have not been at this new place that long.
That could lead to disaster and no management person would be blamed...it would be the nurse managing that disaster