i just started orienting for a full time 7-3 charge nurse. the charge nurse that was there before got transferred to another facility for a reason i do not know. what i have heard is that they love that nurse and she didn't want to leave. so now it seems like the CNA's hate me because i replaced their charge nurse before. it's like im not welcomed in that station.
having 47 patients does not help at all. i fell so incompetent and them not respecting me as their charge nurse doesn't make me feel any better. i mean some of my nurses are nice but there's two old ones that don't like me. like today, we readmitted a patient and he was really close to one of the CNA's so we asked her to help us give the meds to the patient. and when i was going to inject something to the patient, the CNA was like "no,
help! how do i get them to respect me and to see me as more competent. i felt like crying earlier because i don't know how i can finish everything with so many patients, and my CNA's being witchy and stuff didn't help at all.