Must be end of the semester… I log into my nursing blog and I see about three posts that actually have anything to do with nursing :)

Reblog if you’re a nobody on Tumblr but you’re still very proud of your blog.

(Source: h-u-m-o-u-r)

Its really hard to be at work right now. Depressed. Angry. This is the last place I should be. (see previous post)

​Completely distraught.

I just had my six-month anniversary at my job. I like my job. Its not a bad one as jobs go. Easy. Not much brain power involved. Stress is almost non-existent. But… the pay kind of sucks. Matter of fact, it has been a struggle to pay bills for the last few months. But I did that on purpose. I took a job in a well-known and respected hospital to get my foot in the door. I was prepared to make some sacrifices for six months then apply to some new positions and go up from there. Do six months in the trenches, move up to something (something even marginally better) which would help pay my bills AND my impending nursing school tuition.

Then, I just learned, two months ago the corporate office decided to extend the six-month rule to one year - and to apply it retroactively to everyone that was hired before the policy change.

WTF right?

So that is where I am. I vacillate between being depressed and outraged. I have to leave this hospital so that I can pay my damn bills. I was promised that I could look for new and better opportunities. I have no trust in my employer and I certainly do not feel any loyalty to them anymore.

I will not (let alone cannot) take another six months of financial stress. And I refuse to settle for two scant months of of job hunting before nursing school starts (my one year work anniversary would have been in Nov. 2012 and I should be starting school in Jan. 2013).

And yet the job market sucks.

At this point I would rather work in a gas station than here. I would probably make more money and I would not be surprised if/when the company treated me like crap.

FML

Exactly what services do Planned Parenthood provide to the poor and uninsured?

38% STD prevention/treatment (Including AIDS testing)

33.5% Contraception (the pill, condoms)

14.5% Cancer screening (brest cancer, Pap smears, HPV vaccination)

10.5% Pregnancy testing and prenatal care

3% Abortion

0.6% “Other”

oooh evil

For the record: Yes, doctors are in their own, personal time zones; they are completely aware of it; they are kind of dicks about it; and they don’t give a shit.