One of the doctors that I dealt with at work the other day was a older man who is actually of the school of being polite and talking to--but not down to--you as a coherent adult, whether you were a patient or staff. Even if you were a psychotic patient who was missing a few bulbs from the marquee, he spoke to you with kindness and intelligence. For him, I was willing to play tech support and get his computer to talk to our printer.
The other was around my age and couldn't be bothered to interact civilly with anyone. While I'm not expecting hearts and flowers every time from my doctors, I do expect at least coherent sentences. As it was clear I wasn't going to get one out of him that day, I swapped roles with another nurse and let them deal directly with him. He fared no better than I did, declaring the doctor more irritable than usual.
"More irritable than usual..." I hope my personality never deteriorates to the point that someone says that about me.
Anyhow...
While being an internal candidate is no longer a lock for getting another position in the facility, it does have the advantage of letting one get first crack at the job listings. That's because at both jobs #1 and #3, the position has to be posted internally first for a period--like a week or so. Job #1 fulfills this by posting the job on a piece of paper somewhere in the facility. Job #3 sends them to your e-mail.
The last time I saw an internal posting for job #1 was about three months ago, in one of the smaller units where few dare to tread. Job #3 sends me 8-10 internal postings EVERY DAY.
A lot of these jobs at Job #3 are for ER/urgent care nurses, and from the looks of it, they are willing to consider those on the less-experienced side as long as they have completed approved training. So I'm seriously considering that ED nursing course being offered at the local university. It would start this fall, and between classes and preceptorship, it would take about 6 months total. Perhaps after taking it, I'll be able to transition over to one of these positions and diversify my skill set.
Or I can ask the nurse recruiter at job #3 what training programs there are for a psychiatric nurse who wants to cross-train. Mind you, I can't apply for an internal transfer at job #3 until I'm there for six months, so I look at these listings and then hit delete, as I'm not eligible to transfer anyway. I'm not even going to ask about training opportunities until I hit the 6 month mark, which would be this winter. But it's nice to see what they have to offer.
Two more work days until my vacation...whee.
