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You are right. But she was distracted! Distraction can be dangerous!

You are right. But she was distracted! Distraction can be dangerous.

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I totally agree with MJB2010 and the other contributors with similar responses. Do your best to recover from this negative experience to that you can go to a new interview with renewed strength and positivity. But, it's important to let that garment of negative feelings drop! It can be a painful thing when you have tried to hard to do better each time and somebody is simply out to get you for whatever reason. But, you will rise again. I know you will;and on the next job you will feel so much stronger having this experience behind you. One more thin: whenever we find ourselves in this situation, we should be certain that Human Resource has our side of the story on file. They can tell if things are fair or unfair. They deal with this all the time. Sometimes the environment is simply toxic and even if you are let go, H.R. might still be willing to put something positive in your termination note on file. I'm saying this because it happend to a friend of mine He was told that in his file, they'd simple put, "employee and employer parted company on such and such a date". No other infomation. H.R. was willing to put in a good word the my friend and he got the next job. "The good you do and embody, gives you the only power obtainable." Mary Baker Eddy.

Please review your Facebook settings. I believe you can adjust it such that only family, friends, etc can read or write on your Facebook wall. That way, what people can view is restricted. I hope that helps. Anyway, back to the thread...

For as long as they are not resonsible for ensuring that you have a full time job, it's your choice to sign up with as many agencies as you choose. In fact no employer can tell you what to do with you extra time when you are not on the clock. So, yeah, I am active with about 5-7 agencies. It gives me a lot of optioins in terms of what shifts I want to work and what location. As far as be benefits, some nurses like to take charge of the own health insurance, retirement plans, etc. Remember, the agencies cannot guarantee a steady, full-time job. Oh and one more thing: Some agencies require that you take at least one assignment in a six-month period in order to maintain active status with them.

My male nurse friends have this challenge with families when it comes to pediatric home health. In fact some of my friends in home health nursing are not being given patient assignments because the parents of the pediatric patient want a female nurse; it does not matter whether the pediatric patient is male of female. For as long as the patient is a child, most families want a female nurse. It sucks when a nurse can't get a job because his gender is against him.

How about trading off those days in your schedule with another worker. We do that where I work. Both parties agreeing to the exchange just have sign a form that they agree to so. After that, supervisor also signs off on it. Both parties are then fully responsible for their new schedule. Does your friend have sick time available? Because using sick time creatively, under these circumstances might be okay depending on the availability of staff to cover. Also here is a very good example of why these things must be kept a secret :)

I understand your concerns. Have you worked in healthcare before? Maybe you should train for CNA, monitor tech, or some other job in the hospital, even if it's part time. I think that can really help you to get a feel of what it's like to be working with nurses and other health professionals. After that, you are the only one who can make the decision to become a nurse.

OMG! That talkertive patient could have been me at some point when I was sick. When you are sick, you want the whole world to care about all your non-sick issues. You have all these wonderful nurses who are so compassionate. It's like picking up a box of compassion from the grocery store, on sale too :) A friend asked: "Well, since you are a nurse, can you please tell me why patients have to wait so many hours in the ER" ? My response: "If your inconvenience (emergency) is not life-threatening, then it does not fit our definition of emergency. They will get to you as soon as they can There is abuse of compassion. People like to take advantage of nice people.

May all the good forces of the universe protect you all the way. May it be. :rckn::rckn:

Also please remember that when you are new, it will take quite some time before you feel comfortable about being firm. It will take a while for you to not feel bad about interrupting patients and preventing them from interrupting you. It's take a while to make patients accept your priorities. Your goal is to get your work done. So, I'd say, be patient and allow yourself to deal with them in a way that you are comfortable with. I had to learn to be firm, grow a thick skin, work in an environment of backstabbing, etc. Let time help you. First year is very uncomfortable. You are pushed miles outside your comfort zone.

My dear friend. There are so many evil things going on the the work place. I'm so sorry that you are in this situation. I have been there before. Basically the manager and I had a personality clash right from the start. There was somthing about me that they simply felt intimidated about. When I complained to another manager to ask her advise, nothing happend. I managed to establish a friendly relationship with the HR coordinator and I emailed her for advice just so she is aware of what is going on before they could set me up for termination. I got written up many times, and if I disagreed with it, I refused to sign it. I got a copy of the write up, made a comment on it and sent that copy to HR. With each wrong write up for false accusation, you need to write a rebuttal comment on it before you sign it. They will intimidate you. They will frighten you. But you have the right not to sign something you do not agree with. Whey do you think they want you to sign that stuff. The sad truth is that HR is fully away of all these bad things happening. You are not the first nurse the hear it from. On another note, I think you should try to find another job. When you are able to achieve that goal and are settled in your new job, then look at the contract again. If you have a case for a breech of contract, sue the old hospital! There is a reason why lawsuit is in existence. But, at the same time, you are the only one who can decide what battle is worth it. Sometimes moving on and having peace of mind is better. I wish you all the best.

The pay has nothing to do with whether it's busy or not. Most human beings I know are designed to sleep at night. When you work nights, the quality of day-time sleep is just not the same as night time sleep. It takes quite some time to get adjusted to day-time sleeping when you work night. Many night workers I know do get depressed very easily. You need sunlight. So the pay is for the sacrifice of health. Weekend pay a bit more because you are sacrificing you "fun" time for work. So it's an incentive to keep the night schedule staffed. Some places require a person to work a couple of weekends per month. But, for some, night is good because the are taking a class for a couple of hours a day, or spouse might be working day time, etc. I have worked nights, my sleep pattern is now screwed up. Now I don't normally do nights but, I've become insomniac. I get tired very easily because I tend to stay up late. It's a health issue. Certain things are not worth the money

I like your post. I must say that the manner in which pain is addressed (if it does get addressed at all) really does irritate me. Nurses are left to deal with a patient who is suffering. Patients automatically direct their anger to the nurses, and I don't blame them. Oh yes, I would page that doctor and ruin his/her sleep!!! If pain is not cardiac in nature, does it not require attention? Does the doctor only care about "vitals" ? Let's keep in mind that patients are not usually expert at ranking their pain on a pain scale. A patients pain 10/10 may only be the worst pain he/she ever had. There are so many things that could cause pain in the chest area. On point #4, You really want to avoid making assumptions that have no evidence to back it. The "drug-seeking" patient could go bad the next minute. Patients sometimes see several different doctors before they get the correct diagnoses. It happens all the time! Many doctors assume, assume, assume!!! Phenergan? Why does the patient want it. What does it do to the patient? Has the patient taken it before? As a nurse, I'm familiar with an amount of medical knowledge, including pharmacology. I tend to "guide" my doctor when I'm a patient because I know what could go wrong if I let the smart-aleck take total control Do you know that the number of young men having a stroke is on the rise? Do you know that the number of young people diagnosed with cancer is on the rise? The doctor prescribed antibiotics! Guess how many doctors the patients saw before having the correct diagnosis. So, yeah. If patient is in pain and call light is on. I check the orders, and I page for what is missing. Also, remember to document it each complaint of pain, and document each time you call.