Time to play catch up:
After 3 months of hell, (3 months that i will never get back) I decided that I needed to leave the staff development job I took last July. It turned out to be more of a human resources job than a nursing job. I was miserable, and in spite of the fact that i had decided to give the place 6 months before deciding to leave, I know deep down that the outcome would be the same. I gave them as little notice as possible, and went back to my old job, where they were only too glad to have me back. I should have gone with my gut reactions about the job. I would have saved myself a few weeks of misery.
The month of October was spent getting back into the groove of actually being a nurse again, working odd shifts (Had to take what was available since I went back with little notice.) and shaking off the dust of the hateful place I had been at for the previous 3 months. I did manage to get a little outdoor time in. Here are a couple pictures of the fall color around these parts:
The colors this year were kind of dull. Not as spectacular as years past. We had a dry summer, so that probably had something to do with it.
Now it's November, and I'm back to working mostly days shifts on a new skilled nursing unit ( Skilled = rehab patients, few dementia patients and more complex cases) that was just opened. I'm loving being a hands on nurse again, and don't see myself leaving. I'm going to use the time to finish my RN studies while I have a stable place to work.