One Of The Saddest Things I've Seen... Can't Stop Laughing

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So I went to work yesterday and our two new grads with less than a year of experience were precepting two new grads! I'm sorry but it's so sad. I just can't stop laughing. There's no more room for outrage anymore. One of them just makes me crazy. She leaves things half way done and we have to clean up after her sometimes when she leaves. Talk about cheap labor. I actually want to tell my patients to run for the nearest exit! I'm so sorry I just can't stop laughing! Look what healthcare has come to! (It's not really funny, but what can you do? I mean who in their right minds would authorize this? Like I said, there is just no more room for outrage. Sometimes you just have to laugh. I'm not in the US anymore. I mean you have two brand new nurse's practicing under the license of two fairly new nurses). He He He He!!!

Specializes in Med surg, LTC, Administration.
this is true...

but - i would hope folks to respond a tad more perceptively.

it was obvious to me that op wasn't talking about funny hahaha's...

more like maniacal and frustrated hahaha's.

no matter who vents about what, contextually it's all the same.

it's unfortunate that so many don't see that.

leslie

First runner up!

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Specializes in Med surg, LTC, Administration.
I was precepted by multiple nurses. One who had 6 mos and one who graduated 8 weeks before I did. The most experienced nurse on our night shift had 8 months. I was on my own with 6-8 patients before I was even licensed, the other nurses just passed my meds. I was charge the day my license number showed up on our state bon website, did not even have the paper copy yet.

I made multiple applications to every hospital and nursing home around but at the time NONE were hiring. I wrestled with my conscience every single time I went to work. I knew I was in over my head and was scared out of my mind. It was a miserable experience, one that left me on medication for depression and anxiety. I had to work because I am the only income in my family and it was that or welfare. Sometimes I think the more moral decision would have been to take welfare.

I am now one of the most senior nurses on my unit with 2 years in. We have a fresh crop of new grads experiencing the same issues I did. I have went to my manager. Her solution was to hire even more new grads. HR was not interested. It is very obvious to me after 2 years that neither she nor upper management is interested in fixing the problem, just continuing the cycle. I am very happy to say after two years my resume is finally getting some bites from other hospitals and I have two interviews this week. I cannot wait to get out of this place. I am not even sure I can give a two week notice if I know I have another job.

You don't owe them anything. Just go. This is what it has come too. As I see it, you gave them two years notice...so flee as soon as you can!

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Specializes in Med surg, LTC, Administration.
Jobs are scarce, and hospitals are taking full advantage. This is a crap situation, which the OP didn't cause, isn't responsible for, and has NO BLAME for.

Hospitals get away with crap like this because instead of getting behind our fellow nurses that have to put up with it, we blame them.

How dare the OP vent about a crappy situation!! She should be running to management, demanding they hire someone with experience, who would of course come to work for the paltry pay the facility is willing to pay. And hey OP, while you're at it, perhaps you could lower gas prices and bring our troops home.

At my work, we had all these nursing students that are being precepted by us instead of having an instructor. Well, have to have a BSN. So these two new grads (one who's kind of dumb too) were teaching the nurses of tomorrow. While our charge nurse, brilliant with ~30 years of experience, isn't qualified.

Made me laugh. Made me laugh a lot. And no, I didn't volunteer to take a student. Because I didn't want to. (I have other reasons, which I've made clear to my management team.) So OP, I'm destroying the world with my laughter along with you.

All you perfect nurses, feel free throw stones my way too.

2nd runner up!

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

"ok guys. let me clarify something because i thought you guys are intelligent to realize that i'm being sarcastic and it's not funny. it's plain and simply scary! (come on think about it?). the reason i took this approach is because i've got no more tears left. i've spent a year wondering when i'm going to loose my license. rather than cry or scream about it, i just choose to laugh. i mean this can't be right. it must be a joke. i've gone from the bottom to the top of the administration crying to them that we are not safe! but yet, when i come back to work the next day, it's the same traumatizing situation over and over and over again. don't you think that i'm shock and outraged by this? i know it's not funny. so please don't take it the wrong way people. patients lives here are at stake because one simple mistake can cause serious harm. "

i got that from your very 1st post. i guess a lot of people who responded didn't even read your posts because that is the only explanation for their snarky responses.:smokin:

it is a sad and pitiful thing, but the people who expect you to throw yourself under the bus demanding changes from admin (who won't change anyway) are out of their freaking minds. unless they are willing to pay your rent they have no right to demand that.

it is a dangerous and stressful situation for you as it would be for anyone. obviously you care about your patients and your license.

unfortunately in the real world people have to make compromises because they need to earn a living.

hope it gets better before it gets worse. hang in there op.

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Yeah, 7 months out at my last job they had me charge and precepting the newer-than-me-grads. That was because most shifts, there wasn't anyone else that had more experience than me b/c they were all smart enough to get the h*!! out! One shift I had a new orientee I was precepting, a new nurse who had been out of orientation for a month, and another new nurse who had been out 2 wks. I also had to do all the tele monitoring for the entire floor that night b/c I was the only one who could read strips! SOOOO glad to be outta there. Disaster waiting to happen.

Hope you can find something better, and asap!

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With all due respect, this post is dumb. Are you that gullible(for want of a better word) to believe that these "critics" do not understand sarcasm when it is right in their(our) faces.

Venting we understand and the OP, has every right to vent, except that her post reeks of something malicious. Imagine the new grad's feelings if she voiced her disbelief in the way she did here.

Sometimes, it's not just the words but the way(tone/manner) in which it is said.

Perceptive? Critical Thinking? I fear, yours is lacking, since you failed to discern properly.

I guess that people can always have a difference of comprehension of the written word. As I stated earlier, I don't believe that some of the people who responded read the complete post and realized that this was more of a commentary on the way nursing has been allowed to deteriorate at the patients expense. The maliciousness that you interpret, I read as sadness and resignation. I'm not dumb or gullible, and my ability to read the true meaning of a post may exceed yours. ;)

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Med-Surg, ER.

I graduated in May of 2009 and started working in late August of 2009. The girl who precepted me also graduated in May of 2009, started orientation in June and had only been working by herself since mid July 2009. She actually did a great job of teaching me the policies and how to chart on the computer system and stuff, but could not help me when it came to some big patient care issues, the both of us were constantly turning to others for advice. I really think both of us were done a disservice and although many nurses on our floor would say "I cannot believe so and so is precepting you" none of them stepped up to precept me themselves. I ended up figuring a lot of things out on my own, supplemented with a few kind nurse's advice and assistance in between. It ended up turning out good because I had to learn fast to survive.

I will say to you that although you want to protect your license you also have a responsibility to the patients on the floor and I would talk to your supervisor if you feel the girls chosen to precept have no idea what they are doing. Just remember they are creating clones of themselves so that's more people you have to clean up after!!!

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How about letting the OP vent a little..... sigh.... without 'high moral grounders' taking over the thread...

I was thinking the same thing....hate the 'high moral grounders' myself....sometimes 'they' just need to back off.

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Specializes in Operating Room Nursing.

For crying out loud the OP didn't mean she actually laughed like 'ha ha so funny'. I agree that some people take things just a little too literally around here.

When you're in a situation where everything around you is going to h*ll in a handcart and you've reached the point of desperation all you can do is just laugh at how bad things really are. For the past two months I've been floor co-ordinator and there have been times when I've reached the point of laughter as well.

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sometimes 'they' just need to back off.

Why did you put 'they' in quotation marks?

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We have a few new nurses on my unit who can run circles around the veteran nurses.

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I guess that people can always have a difference of comprehension of the written word. As I stated earlier, I don't believe that some of the people who responded read the complete post and realized that this was more of a commentary on the way nursing has been allowed to deteriorate at the patients expense. The maliciousness that you interpret, I read as sadness and resignation. I'm not dumb or gullible, and my ability to read the true meaning of a post may exceed yours. ;)

You probably feel you've made a point aye?;)LOL

I don't believe in generalizations- I believe in giving reasons for my actions/words(when neccessary). Not a childish battle of the "holier than thou" vs "the liberals".

Different interpretations are completely plausible and are to be expected- just refrain from lumping a whole group of people under one title:)

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