Does this nurse totally not like me??

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Today was my last day of training as a nursing assistant. I am in the float pool, but I trained at a med-surg floor for 2 weeks because that is one the training floors. During the first week of training, there was a nurse who was also the charge nurse. She said hello to me and asked me if I was training. I told her yes but I will be in the float pool. When I went to get something in the break room, she was eating lunch so I told her to enjoy her lunch and she said thank you and smiled. I had a few of her patients and told her the abnormals regarding pains, blood pressures, sugars, etc. A few days later, I made eye contact with her and she just looked the other way. I thought it was nothing. However, I went into the utility room to get linens and pads for patients. While I was going in, she was about to come out, but she saw me and turned around and got something from the linen cart. She just picked up a towel. I smiled and said hello. But she didn't even look at me and just walked out. It's a small room so I know she heard me. I started to think if I did something wrong. Did I tell her things about patients and she was bothered? or was she annoyed with me. Am I overreacting here??

Sometimes I'm concentrating on something so hard, I don't even notice when people say 'hello'. Or maybe she gave a slight nod that you didn't notice or something. I'm of the opinion that a "hello" isn't required every time two people cross paths.

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

I think you're making way too much about this. There are hundreds of reasons why she didn't say hello to you in the linen room, and most of them have nothing to do with you. I'd urge you to develop a thicker skin.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I agree with the others, but I did want to mention - when a person is on her lunch break, she doesn't want to be given a report about patients. That was her downtime. I probably would have asked her if she wanted a report on her patients' abnormals now, or wait until she was done with lunch, or should I report them to the person who was covering for her while she was on lunch.

Specializes in Gerontology.

So she turned back to get something she forgot, and she didn't say Hello?I often go into a room for 3 or 4 things, so it's not unusual to turn back for another item. And if I said Hello every time I met someone going in or out of a room I'd be saying Hello all day long.

You really need to stop reading so much into nothing. You have had multiple posts questioning if people like you or not. Stop worrying so much abou that, and just focus on the job.

Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

I sure hope the CNAs I work with don't think like that. Work is busy. They are a professional just as I am and I would frankly expect them to understand if I don't have time to be social.

Specializes in LTC, medsurg.

Maybe she said hello and u didn't hear her. Ive had a co worker say to me that they said hi to me but I didn't say hi back, I said 'yeah I did, u just didn't hear me!!!' Geez, people can be so touchy!!!Just do your job. Be nice and if people don't say hi back, they've got a million things on their mind. Nursing is THE most multi tasked profession in the world I would say.

Specializes in Emergency Medicine.

bad days happen for everyone. Just learn to let it go, there will be more people in the future that are the same.

You need to not worry so much about what others think of you. I'm going to guess that your coworkers' thoughts don't actually revolve around you constantly. You are not the center of their universe. And they certainly don't go home and analyze every interaction with you and with their other coworkers.

Pull yourself together. Be polite, be professional, and do your job. If someone doesn't smile at you each and every time, it's not that they don't like you or that they are angry with you. If someone sighs when you given them an abnormal BP, it's not about YOU. If someone corrects your technique, it's not that they think you're an idiot and are trying to embarrass you; they're trying to teach you.

You are perceiving snubs which are simply not there. Don't over think it. If you're half as good of an aide as you portray yourself to be, believe me, your nurses are happy to be working with you. They just aren't going to tell you that every 5 minutes. Get your positive reinforcement from the fact that you are a good person and do your job well. As an adult, positive reinforcement should be mostly intrinsic; you don't need to rely on others to constantly provide you with it.

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Important, Urgent stuff to be reported, WRITE IT DOWN and give it to her. Keep a copy. Otherwise hello (no) hi maybe smile always.

Specializes in Adult Critical Care, Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Don't worry about it, some people get into there own little worlds when working. That being said...

Not returning a polite "hello" is one of my pet peeves. No matter how busy or tough my day is, I will return it.

Somethings smells fishy with the nurse. This wasn't a one time occasion? Guys admit it, you know nursing has it's share of nurses that have "issues."

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Somethings smells fishy with the nurse. This wasn't a one time occasion? Guys admit it, you know nursing has it's share of nurses that have "issues."

Every job has its share of persons with issues. I don't think what the OP described constitutes "issues" however.

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