Need advice
My 1st travel contract is over in 4 weeks. I told my recruiter I needed to off night shift. My mental health is shit. She kind of brushed me off and said “we don’t have any options right now”. So she asks about an extension. I say no. I cannot and will not do nights. Again she says we don’t have any day shift positions open.
I take matters into my own hand. I find a day shift contract at a level one hospital. I’m an ICU nurse but this contract is PCU. But it’s days and more money and at a hospital I want to work at.
So I accept this PCU position. My recruiter texts me a couple days later and said she can get me a days contract for an extension. I feel like I should have waited to see instead of panicking? I’m new at this.
For context, I came from a level one 24 bed high acuity icu that was non stop. This little icu is boring as hell and I’m taking care of sicker pts in their Pcu. There charting system is ancient (all scrips) and paging the doctors is an absolute nightmare. Even though it will be days, I just don’t think I can keep working with these ancient practices. I love chaos, I love being able to think and use my brain. I just feel like I’d be getting more in this PCU
do you think I’m making the right choice with doing a PCU contract instead? Will this affect my chances of getting a new ICU assignment? I’m still PRN at my level one to keep my skills up.