Encouraged!

[labrador4122, RN]

working in a busy surgical floor for almost a year has had it's challenges.

the other night that i went in to work, i was suprised by a complaint that was made about me..... when in fact, i was the most attentive, and helpful to the patient and the mom (i'm a peds rn). i washed the patient after she made a tremendous large liquid stool, i had to go out of my way to get her a sandwich from the staffing office---even though she had ordered her own dinner from the room service---i was so attentive to her--- and then she complaints.

little things like this make me so mad, that honestly, i see other co-workers of mine going to school for their masters--and i definitely have been encouraged to do the same. i thought that once i became a nurse, things were going to be different and people, patients and their parents would give me the respect as a professional educated person---evenso, even if i didn't have a degree--as a human being we need respect --degree or not-- and of course, infront of my face, she was the nicest, thanking me and everything. but if she reports me to the administration, i will tell them the truth.

but i am definitely going to work to get my degree--

[Melinurse]

I just want to wish you lots of luck as you go through this. Similar situations have happened to other nurses I've worked with. For them, the administration did nothing to the nurses in question. They asked them for a statement, that was it. They said they knew the nurses reputation for being very caring and comforting to their patients. Good luck as you plan to continue your education.