Does anyone else get pulled to other floors?

[penny186, ADN, BSN, CNA, RN]

I am a cna at a great facility and I love my job, except when I get pulled to another floor. I love my total care floor because it is where I started and where I know the residents inside and out. I am always the one to get pulled to the demanding resident floor, despite the fact that I am constantly pulling doubles, staying over, and coming in on short notice. A few months after I first got hired, they began to pull me from my total care floor to the demanding, more independent floor. I never complained about being pulled occasionally to this or the other floor, however, it began to be more and more often, and I was the only one that got pulled. At first, I hated the floor because I was unfamiliar with the residents and I felt like I couldn't do it. However, once I got to know them, I still hated to be pulled, but I didnt complain. These residents are constantly ringing bells ajd complaining, which I do not have a problem woth. However, they are mean and demanding and treat you like slaves and are never satisfied with your work. Family members are always unsatisfied. None of the regular aides or nurses care to help and it is always short staffed. It is impossible to get paperwork done, and everyone is for themselves. I used to get severe anxiety if I thought I would get pulled. I work very hard for ALL residents, even if I do not particularly care for the floor, making sure they are changed and look nice. I expressed my concerns to the staff and I was not pulled for a few months. However, it is starting up again because their regulars are quitting. I am the only one getting pulled because it is a popularity contest. I am reliving my nervous feelings from when I first started. I never complain about being switched, and I go where I am told and do my best. However, I am back to feeling nervous the night in advance. I just keep telling myself that I can do it. Does anyone else face this problem? How do you handle it??

[funtimes]

I floated to different units at a hospital for a year and HATED IT. The techs on every unit you went to acted like they were your boss because they were familiar with the unit and you weren't(even if you had way more patient care experience than them). You might spend a few days or a week on one unit, and by the time you got used to things there you were sent somewhere else to work with totally different staff and ways of doing things. Think of how stressful it is to start a new job, then imagine EVERY day being like that, indefinitely.

As float techs we were basically jack of all trades master of none. It was really frustrating working with the techs and even RNs on some units who treated you like crap because you were new(to them). We learned to keep our mouths shut and just go with the flow, even if that unit did things in ways that seemed completely idiotic to us. Ironically the unit every says is the worst, the ER, is the one unit I loved going to the most and which treated us the best, although we rarely got to work there.

[Paws2people]

At my facility we all take turns. There is a book we sign so we can keep track of who's turn it is. This is the only "fair" way to assure everyone goes. Try suggesting this to your management. Good luck.

[ellaballet]

We take turns. I'm dreading going per diem because that means I have to float every shift.

[Compassion_x]

I didn't like it either. When I get comfortable with something I don't like to change a lot lol. I mean in retrospect it wasn't bad I just liked where I was at. But it has to happen sometimes. Working really short while other floors are at full staff or more is irritating, so look at it that way. If you are the only one ever being pulled to work at another floor, I wouldn't blame you for being upset. Although maybe they pull you more often because you are good at what you do?

[i_love_patient_care]

I used to hate that too, getting pulled to different floors. When I worked in facilities, though, it did help because I was able to work in the registry without breaking too much of a sweat. They send you to a different facility sometimes every night, depending on the need of the unit or hospital. If you can handle that, you can handle pretty much any floor they send you to.

[havehope]

At my facility we all take turns. There is a book we sign so we can keep track of who's turn it is. This is the only "fair" way to assure everyone goes. Try suggesting this to your management. Good luck.

We had this system in place too. However, my first and last time I got pulled I had 16 total care residents. That evening I told myself it was time to get out of there. I quit working and God made a way like He always does. A hospital job became open and I absolutely love it now. I have only been pulled once (been at the hospital almost a year now) to the ICU and I enjoyed it. The nurses understood I had never been to that unit before so they worked with me.