10 months in and desperate for help!

[peacelovepeds]

Hi everyone,

So I took my boards september 27 2012, 75 questions and 40 mins left hysterically crying did the PVT and i passed. at this point i had been a nursing assistant in pediatrics since june 2010, small unit but loved it. I did my practicum in Pediatric Emergency of a large teaching hospital and loved it. I had an interview at the hospital I worked in and they had me interview for the heaviest medsurge floor we had and I was devestated but happy to be interviewing and thought Id learn alot and get experienced. I was right.

Now here I am, 10 months later. Miserable. my whole mood is sour and I am filled with anxiety the night before i have work the next day. I make mistakes at work, my manager hates me, and has written me up this month . I always get stuck behind all day and end up leaving 8pm - 830 pm rather than 730 pm like everyone else. I have been looking for a new job cause I have been unhappy from the start, but I think I need to get my s*** together before I go anywhere for reference purposes.

I am looking for any words of wisdom for help with time management, prioritizing, charting, ANYTHING. please tell me it gets better?

[RNperdiem, RN]

Having a bad job can be a good thing sometimes. You get a better job and will always have something to compare it to and your current job looks fantastic.

Some of my coworkers who came to my (fabulous) unit right out of school and don't have that perspective of what it is like to leave late every day, to have an impossible workload in a low-morale setting and survive.

Being a new grad is tough, and you have come far enough to start looking around for a better job.