Good Bye ER It's been real

I've always had a love for the ER.  In my opinion there is nothing like the ER.  It is unpredictable and things can change on a dime.  I loved getting train wrecks and working with providers to stabilize them.  Unfortunately I had to walk away from my ER job the other day.  It wasn't because of the patients.  A bad day in the ER is never in my opinion because of the patients.  A bad day in the ER is because of a broken system.  Perhaps my ideals are just not in line with the world of Emergency Nursing.  Perhaps I had too much faith and hope that ENA would advocate for better conditions for ER patients, and really start promoting leadership amongst the ranks of the staff nurses that would force nursing management to grow a spine.

On to new challenges and a new environment.  Its time to step away from the toxicity and into the unknown.

Failure Of The System

Over the past few months my ED has had a steady nurse attrition.  This is never a good thing.  At some point there needs to be an awaking to the exodus and a real discussion regarding what the heck is causing this unfortunate cycle.  Like several of my coworkers I also left the ED--- sort of.  I jumped ship to the EMS side of the house.  I didn't leave for just one reason, I left for several.  Amongst those reasons was my need for growth--- not in a management way.  I wanted to do more and learn more.

Its only been a couple of weeks but wow what a different world.  Is it all rainbows and unicorns? Probably not, but it is certainly a much different environment.