Please i need help

Mistorri · Dec 23, 2004

Yes, the can fire you without notice. But you need to go to the source, first go to the manager face to face, find out what they are thinking, and if there is anything you can improve upon. By being on orientation do you have a preceptor? Where is this preceptor and why aren't you getting any help? Speak up for yourself. Tell who is making the assignments that they are unfair, and ask your coworkers for help. Personally, I'm usually so busy I have to be asked for help and then I gladly give it. I'm sometimes into my stuff so much I don't realize someone may be drowning. So speak up.
But most of all it seriously sounds like you need to quit. Sounds like a dreadful place to work. If it's this bad on orientation, don't expect it to get better without some proaction on your part.

I agree with this, sounds like you are too stressed out. That is normal with a new grad. But, you are a valuable comodity. There are other jobs. I stayed at my first job for 1 month and quit because I thought some things they were doing was wrong. For instance, you don't put a child in solitary confinement to make them mind if that is what was done during their time of being abused. It only brings on more bad memories. That was only one. So, I know you can find another job little sister. I didn't even use these as a job ref. I have been a nurse for nearly 10 years now and jobs aren't that hard to get. I do believe in staying with a company, but only if they treat you fairly and don't abuse you. God bless you. You will make it. Just keep trying. I do agree that you should go talk to the Supervisor first.

Justmeandmycat · Dec 23, 2004

hello
i feel like i ned to vent because i'm feeling so frustrated and desperate. what would you do if your employer is trying to force you to resign by giving you the hardest assignment and no one is offering any assistance? i feel like i'm sinking so badly. the end of my orientation period is coming very soon and i dont know whats going to happen when that day comes. there is a rumor going around that i'm going to get fired. do you think employers have a right to fire you without warning, or do you think they have to give their employers a week of notice before discharging them? i'm feeling very frustrated because this is my first nursing job and if i resign now i wont have any work experience. but at the same time, i feel like everyone is so against me and always setting me up to get into trouble by not telling me about important things. what do you think i should do? please help!!!

listen to caroladybelle. there's poor management in the picture somewhere and you are too inexperienced right now to effect change. you haven't swum with the sharks long enough yet to get it but there is no point in becoming chum so early in your career. find a safer spot and get going on it!

Thunderwolf, MSN, RN · Dec 23, 2004

Orientation is usually only as good as the orientation offered...which also entails the support that is offered or not offered. It is meant as an acclimation period. Yes, they can discharge a member without notice during this period. You might want to turn it around for yourself in that "do I really want to work here?...I'll give the employer the orientation period to decide for myself, then make up my mind as to whether or not I want to work for them or to work here"...sort of like what Julie Andrews did in Mary Poppins. Also, one thing to consider is whether or not your employer is in a state that is an "at will" state...which means they can release employees at their own need or desire without much heartache on their part. I always thought mentoring was an important part of orientation...but, that is just MHO. Unfortunately, the field still has nurses who believe it is a sink or swim situation without the need to throw out a life raft on occasion. We lose too many good, or potentially good nurses, this way right from the onset. Do what your heart tells you. If you did your best, walk away with a good heart that you did so and shake the sand from your feet as you leave them. Maybe, leaving is for the best...for you. I wish you well.