how long should I hold out before I switch rotations?
I'm 6 months into my first nursing job, and I'm not getting along too well with my two nurse coworkers (I get along fine with my charge nurse and the tech, who are the other employees on the rotation). We keep having minor flare-ups. I THINK that I can ride it out, with my new "lie low and shut up and don't do anything to annoy them" philosophy. However, I'm just thinking about another option, switching rotations. (In my hospital, you work three days one week, four days the next week, so there are two rotations for each shift.) I've worked a couple of times on the other rotation when I'm doing overtime, and I seem to get along fine with those nurses. The charge nurse and the tech seem cool, and the two nurse coworkers are a lot more laid-back, less hormonal, less in general IRRITATED by me, friendlier and more accepting/open, more helpful.
Not that I've made up my mind toward trying to switch rotations, NOR an I even leaning towards it, since I think it would be good for me to ride out this storm with my current coworkers, and since I've only been with the other rotation a couple of times, so I don't know if this is a true reflection of how we would get along.
However, how long should I give it before I seriously consider switching? If I'm still having difficulties in another six months, should I try switching? Would that be a heads-up to management that I'm not a "team player," since I apparently can't get along with my coworkers, and something that they'll always keep in mind about me; or is it no big deal to them, just whatever works for me and whichever nurse I hypothetically find to switch with me? Is there any way for me to casually ask around about it without starting another brush-fire?
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I'm 6 months into my first nursing job, and I'm not getting along too well with my two nurse coworkers (I get along fine with my charge nurse and the tech, who are the other employees on the rotation). We keep having minor flare-ups. I THINK that I can ride it out, with my new "lie low and shut up and don't do anything to annoy them" philosophy. However, I'm just thinking about another option, switching rotations. (In my hospital, you work three days one week, four days the next week, so there are two rotations for each shift.) I've worked a couple of times on the other rotation when I'm doing overtime, and I seem to get along fine with those nurses. The charge nurse and the tech seem cool, and the two nurse coworkers are a lot more laid-back, less hormonal, less in general IRRITATED by me, friendlier and more accepting/open, more helpful.
Not that I've made up my mind toward trying to switch rotations, NOR an I even leaning towards it, since I think it would be good for me to ride out this storm with my current coworkers, and since I've only been with the other rotation a couple of times, so I don't know if this is a true reflection of how we would get along.
However, how long should I give it before I seriously consider switching? If I'm still having difficulties in another six months, should I try switching? Would that be a heads-up to management that I'm not a "team player," since I apparently can't get along with my coworkers, and something that they'll always keep in mind about me; or is it no big deal to them, just whatever works for me and whichever nurse I hypothetically find to switch with me? Is there any way for me to casually ask around about it without starting another brush-fire?