Room Assignments

[dswan7]

I am an Nurse that works in the ER I have been working there over a year. I work day shift. I constantly get the same assignment when I work and I am part-time. I always get the assignment that is more difficult. Sometimes I just say they give it to me because I am a great nurse and take great care of my patients but other days I think they do it just to be mean. I have a particular charge nurse that doesn't like me. She didn't like me from day one. I never did anything wrong but she just didn't like me and the feeling is mutual. Sometimes I feel she is out to get me but I can't say anything to my manager. If I said something I would become even more hated by this charge nurse because her and the manager talk. I get along with everyone else in my department including the manager. I feel at a loss and I don't want to complain. I don't know if I should say anything but I feel it is unfair.

[delphine22]

They all hate it. They always say ewww you got the that assignment. Which doesn't help me it makes me stew and get more angered on the inside. On the outside I just smile and take it. I am an easy going person and I don't complain at work.

I think we have the solution here. They all loudly complain that they hate that assignment -- you don't. So perhaps the charge things you LIKE that assignment (see earlier comment about one person's hell being another's heaven).

Easy solution: Speak up to the charge nurse you think has a problem with you. Do not mention her having a problem with you at all. Instead, say, "I notice I've been getting this assignment a lot, and the others aren't. I'm happy to help wherever, but it's not exactly my cup of tea. Do you think we can rotate it around more and give me a break?"