This Is My First Post, I Am A New Nurse, And Am Working On Med-surg Telemetry, I Love My Position On The Night Shift And Enjoying My Coworkers. My Problem Is That Before I Hit Six Months On The Job, They Wanted To Float Me To Another Floor, I Wasnt Comfortable With That And Told Them That I Had Not Been Working For The Six Month's Required Before Floating Someone. They Looked Into It And Said Ok And Sent And Icu Nurse Upstairs, Who Was Not Happy, Because She Says That Its Not In Her Job Description, The Only Floors She Is Suppose To Float To Is Telemetry Or Pacu. Anyways She Went. When I Did Have Six Months, To The Day, I Was Sent To The 5th Floor, Med Surg Without Any Orientation To The Floor, I Went But Did Not Feel Comfortable And Told Management, . A Per-diem Was On My Floor And Should Have Been The One To Go, But She Said She Was Not Comfortable About It Either So I Had To Go I Was Sent, Even Though She Has Been A Nurse For Over 2 Years. Well , It Happened To Me Again Last Night, I Was Not On The Schedule When I Arrived For My Shift And Was Told That I Had To Float To 5th Floor, , So I Told My Manager That I Didnt Feel Comfortable With This And Was Not Happy Again About Having To Go Without Any Orientation To The Floor, But Of Course I Went, Had No Choice. I Got Up To The Floor And The Nurses On 5west Said That I Was Not On The Schedule For 5 West, And I Should Go To 5 East Ortho, I Went To 5 East And Was Told Again That I Was Not On The Schedule For 5 East, Go Back To 5 West, I Did Go Back But Called My Supervisor And Told Her The Situation, And Long Story Short I Ended Up On 5 East Ortho Unit. I Was Totally Upset By Now And It Was Around 11:,15 Shift Starts At 10;45, Nurses Were Chatting And I Sat Until 11:50 With Not Report, While At The Same Time Er Was On The Phone Wanting To Give Me Report On A New Admit That Was Going To Be My Patient. I Called My Supervisor Again And Told Her The Situation And That I Did Not Feel Comfortable About Getting Report On A New Admit Without Even Seeing My Patients, She Said Hang In There And That She Would Talk To The Resouce Nurse To Clear Up Matters, And To Take Report, Which I Did And Got Report On My New Patient, Then Report On My Other Patients, While The New Patient Was Allready Getting To The Floor. Anyways, Im Not Comfortable With This, And Felt Like I Was A Mess All Night, I Know That People Say Welcome To Nursing, And That This Is Just How It Is, But It Doesnt Seem Right. Is This Just How It Is? And Am I Just Being Paranoid, I Felt Like I Was A Real ***** On The Floor, Because I Was Not Happy, But Honestly I Felt Very Uncomfortable And Unsure Of My Self, Ortho Is Different Than Telemetry And I Just Felt Lost? Any Suggestions.
