SteppinraeRN

Hello fellow nurses..... I am a newcomer and feeling a bit down today. I was fired from my third job in 6 months. I am/was a RN PM Shift Supervisor at two long term care facilities and tried my hand at teaching in between. I am not even sure if I was actually "fired" from the teaching job. The first supervisor position I was employed with for three years and that is a long story. Riddled with politics and back-stabbing, but the final straw was my refusal to chart something that did not happen, as instructed to do so by my DON. I am feeling so overwhelmingly sad about the state of nursing, or what my perception is of it:o I am honestly ready to go to work at Boston Store, or even shovel horse $#@&, instead of dealing with what is going on in nursing today. This last position, actually fired me twice. The first time was b/c one of the nurse managers had a beef with me and wanted me fired. She actually went as far as falsifying medical records to make it look like I had made an error. When I pointed this out to the DON and Administrator, they decided not to fire me, but made it clear to the other nurse manager to back off. Well, I made a few more errors, I forgot to write one order and the other order did not get faxed to the lab. I need to be more mindful, but this is an incredibly busy place and I am not used to having to do US work. I seriously hurt my back on Monday when I tripped over a wheelchair. How absolutely embarrasing. I called in on Tuesday and they wanted me to go into the doctor, since I did it at work. I was not interested in receiving Workman's Comp, but that is all that the employer seemed concerned with. Not once, did they ask me how I was. The DON even made a snide remark, "How on earth do you hurt your back, tripping over a w/c?" I walked into work yesterday and found my name crossed off on the schedule, but above it was written, "is supposed to be here." I tracked down my DON and asked her what was going on. She said, I was working. Then I asked the scheduler and she said, I was on, she made a mistake. Five minutes later, the Administrator pulls me into his office with the DON and fires me. "It is just not working out." Any support would be appreciated, I am feeling pretty crapped on right now. I am well respected by my peers and subordinates, I am a hard worker and my patients love me. I miss my patients and this is all just so unfair. SORRY SO LONG. How do I even apply for another job and explain what the heck has been going on!!!

I read your entire post and I must say that you are a very detailed person. Could it be that you are doing TOO much, to over-compensate feelings of "failure"? I feel your pain. Believe me. I joined this website tonight because I have just found myself fired from another job. Three in 6 months. I have no clue what is going on. I have been a nurse for six years, a CNA forever, and a Medical Assistant as my segway. I am starting to HATE nursing, I mean HATE it. The women, mostly the management, are absolute beyatches. One of the Nurse Managers had been there for 3 months, the other only eight months. The DON was also new, less than a year. Long term care is beginning to be nothing but a band of gypsies roving from one facility to another. My last job was working in a long-term care/Rehab facility that was absolutely nuts. They had a LPN running a floor with 20 step down patients! One wing had 34 patients, many with PICC'S, Mediports, Trachs, Tube-feedings, wound vacs, not to mention the 12 or so Medicare people that needed full assessments and charting on. The place was insane. I was going to quit, but I am not a quitter and wanted to fullfill my one year contract; they were also paying me very well. At any rate, the way that nurses treat each other, and especially the need to "eat their own young." I am just flabbergasted by the entire nursing world. Why nurses do not pull together and cover each other's assess anymore is a mystery. Hang in there and possibly find a "go to person" that you can talk to about what is going on at work. It is so hard to trust people at work, so be careful what you say and to whom. Good luck and just know when you leave work at the end of your shift you were a good nurse, no matter what your formal title is now.