Drama on my unit and it's only my 2nd day. WOW

[FaithGurl93]

I'm a CNA going to school for by BSN and I got a job at the hospital right down the street from my school. The first day on the unit the manager what talking with me to see what days would work for me. She was very nice and allowed me to have Sundays off for religious purposes and to come in an hour late on Wednesdays because my class doesn't end until 3:30pm (job is 3-11). She knows that I live an hour and a half away and I take the bus so she was gonna let me get off a little earlier but I said it's okay let's just see how it goes today. So I get off work and don't make it home until 1 still had homework to do but just went straight to bed. So the next day I go to tell her about it and she says "get a car" and walks off. Why one moment she's all nice and the next she's just like whatever. So then my preceptor that's showing me the ropes I told her about it and her and one of the nurses was like "yeah she's irritatiing that's why most of our CNAs leave". So later that evening I'm walking back to the nurse's station and I hear my preceptor and the nurse talking about saying "that's not an excuse, she needs to get over it, we made it" and some other stuff. Then when I come and sit down they hurry up and change the subject. My preceptor also asked me if I could work a day for her because she wants to go to the christmas party and I said yes. She I tell her no since she's talking about me? I'm the youngest one on the unit and this is my first time ever working as a CNA. How do I handle all of this?

[Alnitak7]

This back-biting in healthcare has been going on forever and they get away with it.

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

There's nothing in this situation that's unique to health care. You'll find drama and backbiting in every large work place.

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

Another thing I would suggest to you is not asking for anything extra at this point. Your boss really has already done you a huge favor by giving you off on Sundays and letting you come in late because of school. How long it takes you to get to and home from work isn't their 'problem' and the special treatment will only cause contention between you and your co-workers.

My advice is no complaints.. get to work ASAP after school and work until it's time to get off. People don't tend to have a lot of sympathy for the plight of other people, even if they wont say so in front of your face. Years ago I worked a full time, Mon-Fri job and a co-worker who was a student worked 15 hours a week. Her days off were Wednesday and Sunday. She constantly complained about not getting 2 days off in a row, and she didn't want Tuesday or Thursday, she always wanted Saturdays off. I worked 6:30- 3:30 every weekday and she constantly called in on Saturdays because she had a big exam, a headache, a dentist appoint.. you name. Our boss put up with it for over a year.. the straw that broke the camel's back was when she came in and told my boss that she needed to have Saturdays off because she had no choice but to take a Saturday class for her degree (a lie because it was a core class, and offered every day and night of the week). Being that I was the only employee (there were only three of us) that had weekends off (I was the only one who COULD work all week during the day) she expected our boss to make me work so she could have it off. My boss told her "sorry, but I can't accommodate your new schedule".

While I understand students sometimes need the work, and bosses should accommodate as much as they can, every 'extra' you ask for will create friction with the full time employees who are expected to pull the extra weight.

[FaithGurl93]

Guys......this is a really old post lol!!! I'm cool with everybody on my unit. My manager and I are cool. I've learned how to juggle work and school now lol. But thank you all for the advice?