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Jilly_in_VA

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6. My last job

Reply to moonscape (Reply #5)

Tue May 2, 2023, 04:16 PM

May 2023

was in a for-profit (HCA) hospital. Pay was great and bennies were decent, but I felt guilty every single day. I only took the job because the NFP up the road didn't call me first and I needed to be where it was. BUT....staffing sucked pretty much most places I worked, and I worked in a lot of places (mostly NFPs) because a) I would change jobs if I got bored with someplace, and b) I spent several years as a travel nurse, which was actually the best part of my career.

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My last job Jilly_in_VA May 2023 #6

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