My Immediate Supervisor wants me gone!

[Spritenurse1210, BSN, RN]

Can anyone tell me how to deal with a hostile Supervisor? I am a Medical assistant/ Certified Nursing Assistant in a medical office (i am going to school for my Nursing Degree). i have tried everything I know how, to coexist with the office RN. I was a new hire as of January with little office experience, and i was quite rusty with injections and venipuncture, due to haveing to take a job in a nursing home for 6 months prior to me getting this job. I have done my best to absorb all she was teaching me, and i havent seem to pick up as fast as she would have liked. She constantly complains to the office manager that she needs to find a replacement for me and that she is tired of having to teach me everything. I have confronted her about her behavior, as well as spoken with the office manager and the physician. when confronted the RN says "oh you're just learning, these things take time, and you are doing fine." when i turn my back she bad mouths me. when i spoke to the office manager she said the same thing, and the physician constantly praises me. I dont know what to do or think. Can someone please help me?

:angryfire

[Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN]

Give it a little more time (a month, two, whatever you think). But find out precisely what the issues are first in a private meeting with your boss.

Then if you agree that those are probs for you, work on them and improve. Have another get-together with your sup after the above selected time and ask that she re-assess the last month (or the period chosen).

At that point you should have a clearer view and picture of what to do.

Good luck!

If it's still not working out, thenb months

[Gabie Baby]

You have already done what I would have suggested, which is to directly ask the nurse what she was unhappy about in my performance. So now she has either lied to you or she has told you the truth but you don't believe her.

I guess I'd say wait it out a little longer. The boss is apparently satisfied to wait it out and see how you turn out after a little longer orientation. The nurse might just be a lousy teacher, someone who has no patience for students. Maybe the office manager and doc know that. Or maybe they are interviewing other people for your job already and just don't want to let you go until they have you replaced. There are so many crazy situations in life - this might be one more of them. Hard to say, I just don't know but I hope you get some answers soon and that they are good ones.