Wright007

Hi all, just looking for opinions. I am a new nurse 3 weeks off orientation. This was my first "full" week of 3 days as I still had to take a new grad course 2 days a week since coming off orientation, so I was only on the floor 2 days a week totaling 7 days on my own today. This morning I was informed I would be going to ICU to start orienting as we frequently staff them as floats. We are not short on staff that float currently. I honestly don't mind floating since my other nursing job is as a float for Drs. offices, but also I like ICU. But some of my co-workers were shocked I was going down there so soon because the other group of new grads that started before me did not start getting oriented in another unit until 2-3 months after being on their own. I really didn't think anything of it until I came back up to my floor on break, and the secretary approaches me telling me he had my back for things the night nurses were saying. I had a super busy assignment (the worst I've had so far) and 2 admissions that needed a lot of attention, one being ETOH withdrawals. I was scoring her frequently and a couple times she did not need Ativan, but the nurse who took my assignment told the charge nurse (who makes the schedule for the day staff I.e. me) that "I wasn't administering Ativan and nothing was charted and I didn't do anything during my shift". I double checked my documentation because I was paranoid and clarified with another nurse and it was done correctly. The secretary saw how busy I was yesterday and thankfully told MY charge nurse to back me up, and she didn't say a word to me all day and if he didn't tell me I wouldn't have even known. But I'm starting to wonder if she sent me to orient on another floor due to that situation? The issue with floating is usually we come back after 8 hours, which means we get a whole new assignment for 4 hours. I'm just looking for opinions on what people think about how soon to introduce a new environment to a new grad who is very recent off orientation. And if I'm crazy for thinking maybe there's a connection between my story and my schedule and what to do about it.

I’m a new grad (October) in my unit and taking my preceptors full assignment. Literally from the minute I step in the door to when I’m leaving I’m busy for 13 hours. My preceptor is technically extra help on the floor if needed. There was a situation last week with a huge communication error regarding something that needed to be done with a patient, but I was left out of the loop which seems to happen when you don’t have your own assignment because some people tell my preceptor things and not me, etc. Anyways, one of the techs was pissed off at me (or telling me knowing I would relay it to my preceptor) because she was saying she needs help, she’s only one person, she’s not doing all this extra work because “there are RNs that can be doing it” when really it was directed toward my preceptor. Now when it comes to me, I hardly ask the techs for ANYTHING EVER. And because of this situation the tech is STILL talking about it. My preceptor has not seen this tech since. I did mention it to my manager because the tech inappropriately was acting out in front of patients open rooms, but it does not seem to stop her from thinking I am doing nothing all day or making comments while assisting her in patients rooms saying “that’s ok I’m not afraid to work”. So I asked another tech if she thought I was just sitting staring at a computer screen and doing nothing all day, and all she said was “well I think people are mad because you don’t answer call bells, but a lot of people don’t”. And today she thought it was priority for me to help get my patient off the commode instead of getting my other patient ready to transport to the OR and giving her Ativan and metoprolol because she was freaking out. Luckily I had a different preceptor who straight up said NO find someone else, but I feel like this is all stemming from the other tech who claims nobody helps her out and now she’s spreading her sh** talking everywhere. I’m not sure what else to do at this point. Do I even bother saying something when some people just don’t understand? The whole situation has me not even wanting to ask for help because god forbid I could’ve done it myself and I’m sure I’ll hear all about it the next 6 weeks. Side note: my cell phone is never out. I keep it in my locker because I feel like it’s nasty having it in the clinical areas. I also don’t have time to socialize with people. So I’m not sure how this whole perception came to be. I’m not sitting there telling my tech to answer the call light while I go sit down and eat a snack and check the scores of the football game.