I took the NCLEX last month and did not pass! Not only was I disappointed, but to top it all of I was demoted from GN to a TECH. I was hired back in March as a GN before I even graduated in May. I began work at beginning of June and took the NCLEX in July. Under hospital policy if a GN does not pass the NCLEX the first time they are the demoted to a Tech and their pay decreases accordingly. I, as well as the nurses I had been supervised under as a GN, can not see the logic behind that policy. As a GN, you are always working side by side with a licensed RN. Being demoted has restricted so many of a practicing RN's duties that I have really have lost the desire to even go to work. I am no longer able to take order's from physicians, contact physicians when a patients condition warrants, administer any meds, including hanging IV's, count the meds coming or going off shift. I asked my manager to give me the policy that outlined my duties as a nurse tech and still haven't received that. I just don't understand..... my mangers say it is for safety purposes....and hey I'm all about safety, don't get me wrong but I had more responsibilities as a student than I do now. Safety? I was supervised as a GN with every med I passed and every assessment that I performed. I had to have my preceptor listen on the phone line when I was taking orders from doc's. It evidently was not adequate enough, that policy requires you to repeat any VO's back to the dr. to verify correctness, that this is required. O.K. I can get over that too.....policiies, policies, policies! O.K. I'm done venting..... anyone's comments about how demoting me to a tech is supposed to benefit me, my skills, and routine, etc. as an RN? All I basically do is assessments, and dressing changes. I feel as though I'm being pushed backwards and not encouraged to grow forwards.
