Not treated fairly

My main concern is that nobody has ever told me or given me any reason to believe I was lacking as an employee or part of the team. They had me training the 2 new people who started after me...

Last week I had a class scheduled and my boss pulled me out of it, and had me work while she allowed the two new people to attend it. I pick up hours, I stay late, I believe I went above and beyond. I'm not sure what the issue is and I'm very discouraged. Has this ever happened to anyone? What did you do?

She even said she had patient complaints about me. No nurse or MD has ever said anything to me regarding my patient care and I have never had a patient give me a hard time or even give off the thought that I may have done wrong. To give you an example of the type of person i'am, I sat with a patient who was dying last week, just holding her hand and helping her to remain calm while she passed. And then I stayed late to do post mortem afterwards because I felt that was the proper thing to do. I have plans to be an RN and I'm applying for school. I eagerly jump into anything the nurses need help with, and have a willingness to learn- I'm just not sure why my boss has such a bad view on me. If I was so inadequate at my job, why would

i have been allowed off orientation and why haven't people ever told me things? Or corrected me? I have made friends with my coworkers and we had a holiday get together which was great. We have a great bond. I'm very thrown off by this. I did speak and report my concerns to HR but I feel as if it was too late.

Have you posted these questions in a CNA/tech-centered forum? You would likely receive much more relevant opinions.

I needed to vent so I apologize for the book. I'm just rly lost. There has never seemed to be a problem and my boss has seemed to be tough on me from the start. Out of the 3 that she has hired, I'm the only one who does ekgs, and knows post mortem care. Only one with nursing school aspirations. Only one who jumps right in and helps. The only one who took free time with a dr and learned heart rhythms... I don't understand it. I have been told by the education person that I'm very intelligent and enthusiatic and I have a voice and people get jealous or take my willingness to learn wrong.

just wondering if anyone else has had these issues. I'm seriously questioning myself in nursing. :'(

So, what happened with HR?

you glossed over that point.

Also, could anything have happened at the party that might have ruffled her feathers?

HR is going to look into everything. I had wanted this meeting anyways because I feel like I'm worth something, and so didn't my education coordinator, and I was just going to ask for a switch to another department. But now that she's taken me off the schedule HR has to investigate and either terminate me or help me into another department.

and she didn't attend the party. She never even showed up for my orientation luncheon they held for new hires at work.

I had a patients family compliment me today and tell me I'm going to be a heck of a nurse and that working with people just seems to flow easily for me... And then I have this awful review. I feel like she doesn't like me for whatever reason and just wants me gone.

Let me also add that nurses are leaving. Nobody applies for our open positions. All the techs left at the same time except for one... It's just odd.

I also wanted to mention that she has made fun of my scrubs for not being ironed to an exact crease numerous times. She even went out of her way to ask if I owned an iron.

I would see what happens with HR.

I'm so sorry this has happened

Maybe it's a personality conflict. Often this overrules work ethic/performance. Did you speak with any of the nurses to find out their opinion?

After the pt was transferred to the recliner, her o2 should be put back on immediately. I don't even take it off during the transfer if it's avoidable.

In no way shape or form should a new employee just off orientation be training two new employees. It's like the blind leading the blind. Especially in an ICU unit. My hospital only has seasoned techs train the new hires.

There are two sides to every story... so if you don't get transferred to another unit, just move on gracefully. Take this as a learning experience into your next position. Good luck :-)

She ended up not going into the recliner. The RN was there the whole time. And I know better than to touch something like that. If my patients have pain or are in any sign of distress at any point during my shift I'm the first one getting a nurse. I was like that in LTC as well.

Nobody has ever said anything to me. The nurses are always friendly and helpful and one of them used to be in my shoes. She said she could tell I had a passion for this field and that I was going to encounter people along the way who were going to be jealous of the passion I had. She also said I was very outgoing and that sometimes people could read that the wrong way. I made sure when speaking to HR that if I had any character flaws with dealing with people that I wouldn't have been able to work with the general public for as long as I have. I have worked in insurance office, nursing home... Interned with a radio station which led to a job opening....

And I said that I didn't feel it was right to train someone brand new, as I was still learning. And the education liaison agreed. My boss said oh well, we have nobody to train people. The techs had quit and now nurses are starting to look for other jobs... We had one just quit with no notice and one going to Maternity. Our units open RN positions are never filled because people don't apply for them. And one of the techs that just left had told me that my boss is terrible to work with. I guess when the previous person took another position in the hospital, the nurses weren't too happy with my boss being the replacement.