I've been working dialysis since my consent order became official. God forgive me, but I hate it. I hate every second of it.
On top of hating the actual job, there has been issues with me being bullied/used. One coworker printed and read my consent order out loud, on the treatment floor, in front of patients. No one was going to do anything until I went to HR. I am literally treated like a slave, the new guy who has only been there 3 weeks asks why I am asked to do EVERYTHING while others who was free were able to sit behind the desk chatting, even when I'm swamped. When I'm in the weeds, no one comes to help. They tell me "time management" is important... but today, the same coworker got 2 other techs and the manager helping her, and they couldn't even handle the pod between the 4 of them. I have 17 more months left on probation. I have no idea how I'm going to keep going like this for 17 more months. I've been told several times in dialysis, I'm just a tech (I'm an LPN), but they use my license as the second nurse or let me actually be a nurse when they don't want to deal with an issue.
I've have so many call backs for positions I've applied for, but once they hear my narc restriction, I'm either told no or ghosted. I understand the other company's view, I really really do. But there has got to be something other than just dialysis. I'm getting my narc restriction lifted July 2026.
Any tips/tricks to deal with this? This is starting to wear me down, like really bugging me tonight.
1. The reading of your consent order to patients is a criminal offense. Even though it is technically public knowledge, that public knowledge may not be used in an attempt to cause you harm. The coworker should be reported to the BON by HR and you have the possibility of hiring an attorney and filing a civil suit against the coworker who read your consent order and if no action is taken to discipline the coworker by the organization you work for, then you likely have a workplace harassment/civil suit type case against the organization for unsafe work environment. I am NOT telling you what to do. I am simply giving you my opinion that you have some options further here, IF you choose that path.
2. I read your past posts on here and you have said in the past you are in Georgia. The place to look for work in which you will not have to have narc privileges are in local underserved clinics. Atlanta metro will have multiple. Savannah, Brunswick, Macon, Valdosta area will have 1 in town also, maybe 2 in Macon. These are outpatient clinics that cater to underserved, lower income, vulnerable populations. Many of them do not have narcs in the building. Many of these jobs don't pay much and are not the most highly desired, but they are better than Dialysis. Many of the staff will have recovery backgrounds. It's a busy job as techs and LPNs generally check in patients for the Doctors and NPs to see, and you do treatments such as labs, UAs, vaccines, resp treatments if needed, etc, but generally these facilities have no narcs in the building or very very limited. These little outpatient clinics will have names that may seem just like any other medical clinic, so you have to investigate. You want to apply to the ones that cater to underserved populations and a good Google search would start with, "Atlanta Metro Low Income Clinics" and then go to those websites. If you see a bunch of things on that website about certain programs that are free, HIV items, LGBTQ, immigration services discussions, etc, then this is likely one of those clinics. The reason is that they rely on private, state and federal grants which are tied to a portion of their services to underserved populations. These places are often hiring and have a higher turnover because they don't pay a ton, but the work can be fulfilling and you are providing a great service.
I had a coworker print and read my stipulations at the nurses station and then tell everyone at work what I did. She then questioned my manager about passing meds because they assumed I couldn't pass any meds. I reported her to the BON. I loved the unit but I couldn't handle the coworkers who treated me like I was some broken thing that had to do whatever they wanted because it was a second chance. It's funny I felt like I deserved it at first but really, I didn't realize how bad it was until I left and don't have the same anxiety.
I had a coworker print and read my stipulations at the nurses station and then tell everyone at work what I did. She then questioned my manager about passing meds because they assumed I couldn't pass any meds. I reported her to the BON. I loved the unit but I couldn't handle the coworkers who treated me like I was some broken thing that had to do whatever they wanted because it was a second chance. It's funny I felt like I deserved it at first but really, I didn't realize how bad it was until I left and don't have the same anxiety.
Also, nobody had even known I was on probation but the nurses on that shift look up every new nurse that comes into the unit to see if there's anything wrong with them. Like WTH 🥲
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I had a coworker print and read my stipulations at the nurses station and then tell everyone at work what I did. She then questioned my manager about passing meds because they assumed I couldn't pass any meds. I reported her to the BON. I loved the unit but I couldn't handle the coworkers who treated me like I was some broken thing that had to do whatever they wanted because it was a second chance. It's funny I felt like I deserved it at first but really, I didn't realize how bad it was until I left and don't have the same anxiety.