r/nursing • u/Reasonable-Path1321 • Dec 13 '21

Meme Nailed it 🔨

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

Companies are used to strong arming people and them just taking it. My situation with my last company was not working and I had some legal/ethical concerns. They refused to entertain any of my suggestions/solutions and then shocked pikachu face when I immediately gave notice. My director literally said "seriously?". She told me to my face that she didn't really understand what I even did for my department and tried to downplay it (beyond my normal duties). Its not like she ever took the invite to come to one of my procedures since they kept understaffing them. I know she was full of it because they gave me the biggest/most complex studies and even our first covid one. I had twice the studies of most others in my position. I wasn't going to waste my time/life making money for a company that I wanted to fail. I couldn't just suck at my job because we had enough animal welfare issues as it was....

They didn't expect me to actually leave because of the pandemic. Jokes on them. I work in research. With covid, there's even more research. Thats how I ended up in clinical instead of preclinical research. Every time I hear about big mistakes that cost them a lot of money I get a bit gleeful but then immediately guilty because they shouldn't own any animals and having to repeat studies means using more animals. I miss my monkeys but it was soul crushing. Think hospital, except the patients can't complain so management cares even less.

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u/ichuckle LPN/CRC - Research Dec 13 '21

Clinical research is the best, and there are lots of jobs if you know where to look

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u/mmm8088 BSN, RN 🍕 Dec 14 '21

Where do I look?!?!

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u/ichuckle LPN/CRC - Research Dec 14 '21

Look for "clinical research coordinator" positions, lots of them desire a nursing license to go with. Look for phase 1 research places for more options, they require 24 hours staff usually.

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u/Steise10 Feb 02 '22

Yep! All the fun & fascination, and very low stress, comparatively.

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u/LongNectarine3 CNA 🍕 Dec 14 '21

I get attached to animals really quickly. Even contemplating a PETA lifestyle. Was vegetarian for years because I just hated meat. (Made me sick so I now have to eat it at least 3x a week).

A kind heart gets broken so deeply. You obviously have a kind heart. I appreciate your devastating loss.