First rotation hell!

kwagner_51 · Apr 17, 2006

Go to the DON RIGHT NOW!! Do NOT wait until the 2 weeks is up. They are planning on firing you!! I was in the same position! I had been told I was doing well, but then a whole list of dirty laundry came out in the meeting that gave me 2 weeks to 'prove myself'.

I tried to correct everything on the list. Then got written up for....are you ready for this?

For Proudly displaying my NEW Badge that had RN after my name!!!

I knew I had done something really GREAT!! They turned my accomplishment into a complete humiliation!! I passed boards on the 3rd of the month and was fired on the 10th!! I went to the VP of Nursing and she agreed that I hadn't been trained, but in her words she had "to take the word of her NM!"

Good luck and remeber, it is THEM and not you!! Look up the bullying site on this board and read it. I gaurantee you your eyes will be opened!!

Feel free to PM me anytime!!

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In His Grace,

Karen

Failure is NOT an option!!

nunurs05 · Apr 27, 2006

kwagner 51, I'm new...and it sounds as though you have experience under your belt. Tell me why they are going to fire her??

kwagner_51 · Apr 27, 2006

Go to these links and read my sad frustrating beginnings as a new RN:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/i-am-rn-but-am-not-getting-training-help-123845.html

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/i-fired-today-124313.html

Also, look up bullying and see what people do to each other in the name of power!!

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In His Grace,

Karen

Failure is NOT an option!!

ms_orion · Apr 27, 2006

When I precepted a new nurse we were to have weekly meetings (ideally)...and discuss the good-bad-ugly... objectives were written and a plan of action was documented. Was there not any documentatioin of your progress or lack of? It seems to me your preceptor is at fault here.

nunurs05 · Apr 27, 2006

kwagner....that is such a horrible thing that happened to you, I'm so sorry. This is what discourages me about starting...I'm a new RN having trouble with orientation. I've been bounced between preceptors like there's not a care in the world---how do i know if it's because they're testing me or the nurses just want me to take their patients. There's no reason your orientation should have went as it did...I can't believe that. It seems that's all my orientation is- is taking patients -training

Thank you for listening:mad: & god bless

grentea · Apr 27, 2006

You deserve a better and more detailed evaluation other than "lacking insight". That's not too much of a helpful evaluation if you're supposed to be making some sort of an improvement. You don't really deserve the kind of treatment you've had simply for wanting your sick time benefits. I've always been told that an orientation period is also a time for the nurse to evaluate their employer, and it seems like your hospital is the one who deserves a bad evaluation. If you're going to stick it out, I would demand a more specific evaulation of your performance with a concrete list of ways you can improve, that way they can't just pull something out of nowhere and say you weren't improving on it. I would strongly consider looking for a place where you are treated better, because after all the ball is really in YOUR court. If you're thinking about leaving, speak with your nurse manager and especially DON (since it sounds like she's more removed from the problem) and tell them that you could go somewhere else where you are not bullied and punished for wanting your sick time benefits. The mention of loosing a nurse should snap someone into action, if not, well.....they're crazy.