Ever feel unsafe in your job?

[hs2005]

I have only worked at one facility so I don't know if it is the size of our hospital or if this is just how it is everywhere. I have worked on two different units and on both units I have hit a point that my coworkers and I are thrown into things we are not comfortable with. The theory seems to be if you have done something once or twice and you are the only one around then you are considered proficient. I don't mind doing things if I am properly trained, I don't like feeling like I have a pulse so I should be able to handle any situation.

I am seriously thinking of applying to other facilities because I don't like fearing for my license. It does not help that everyone is extremely negative and has the same complaints but has no one to take their complaints to. Does this go on everywhere? Is this just part of nursing? Don't want to go to another facility thinking the grass is greener.

[pitaya]

I feel the same way!!! I'm still in training but my preceptors seem to think that if they showed me how to do it once (without even letting me do it hands-on), then I will remember how to do it correctly. If I ask a question, they say something like, "I already showed you this" or "Didn't you learn this in nursing school?" But I really need to do something by myself around 5 times in order to be able to do it on my own without supervision. Maybe I am just not a quick learner, but it's very frustrating to me.