job change...another time
it's been about six months since I started working at Willamette View Health Center. It was supposed to be simply filling in on the full-time nurses' (Alena) days off, making it five work days every two weeks.
than I found out Alena was going to be gone for four months. and they asked me to step up and do RCM-like work. lots of assessments, care plans, care conferences. I told the director of nursing that administration is my weak suit, and that it would involve a lot of overtime. She said that would work.
now she and the administrator (Karen Staleker) have decided to let me go, citing too much overtime and a couple situations when I was a bit slow in following up on details (none of them earth-shaking). It turns out, I found out last Friday that this was scheduled to happen tomorrow (Monday). When I called the DNS to check things out, she eventually admitted the plan. That timing allowed me to go on an interview with VA nursing home in Vancouver, which feels like it may be a good fit. So this weekend, I'm going to go in (this afternoon) to clear out my desk so that I don't have to deal with it on Monday. I already called HR (Josh) on Friday to let him know I'm not coming in at 7am (they expected me to come in, ready to work, and were going to ambush me there and give me the news---tacky!). It leaves me, yet again, wondering about burn-out in nursing and whether I can stay in the profession. We'll see how it goes.
Fortunately, I'm mature enough to know that this is a gift. It's still maddening, but I'm working on focusing forward.
On a brighter note, we just returned from a lovely week-long visit to Indiana, to spend time with Paul, Kirsten and the grandchildren. Aeryk turned 15. Paul and Aeryk performed in the local civic theater production of Pirates of Penzance and were brilliant. Stephanie and Caitlin continue to be delightful. Such blessings!
that's the latest, job-wise.
than I found out Alena was going to be gone for four months. and they asked me to step up and do RCM-like work. lots of assessments, care plans, care conferences. I told the director of nursing that administration is my weak suit, and that it would involve a lot of overtime. She said that would work.
now she and the administrator (Karen Staleker) have decided to let me go, citing too much overtime and a couple situations when I was a bit slow in following up on details (none of them earth-shaking). It turns out, I found out last Friday that this was scheduled to happen tomorrow (Monday). When I called the DNS to check things out, she eventually admitted the plan. That timing allowed me to go on an interview with VA nursing home in Vancouver, which feels like it may be a good fit. So this weekend, I'm going to go in (this afternoon) to clear out my desk so that I don't have to deal with it on Monday. I already called HR (Josh) on Friday to let him know I'm not coming in at 7am (they expected me to come in, ready to work, and were going to ambush me there and give me the news---tacky!). It leaves me, yet again, wondering about burn-out in nursing and whether I can stay in the profession. We'll see how it goes.
Fortunately, I'm mature enough to know that this is a gift. It's still maddening, but I'm working on focusing forward.
On a brighter note, we just returned from a lovely week-long visit to Indiana, to spend time with Paul, Kirsten and the grandchildren. Aeryk turned 15. Paul and Aeryk performed in the local civic theater production of Pirates of Penzance and were brilliant. Stephanie and Caitlin continue to be delightful. Such blessings!
that's the latest, job-wise.