vikingrn

I swim 30 minutes a day at least 5x/week. After I swim, I go into the therapy pool and do 10 minutes of stretching. After stretching, I go into the whirlpool for 5 minutes and then hit the shower. It is worth every penny of my gym membership!! I also take a 1.5 mile hike 3x/week. I eat a salad everyday. I also go to the park and watch the sunset, especially when the waves are high, just the sound of the waves instantly relaxes me. If I am off on Sundays, I sit and watch football most of the day. It's the only day I watch more than 1hour of TV.

There is no doubt there is lateral violence in my facility. I know this because as a new nurse who had to take all the classes with orientation, one of our classes was nurse to nurse hostility and how to overcome it. It was a 2 hour class and when the instructor asked how many of us new hires have already experienced it in the one month since we started, ALL 57 people in the room raised their hands. Here is a thought...instead of having new nurses take this class, have the seasoned nurses take this class. It may be the wake up call they need to stop the backstabbing, sabatoging, and hostility that occurs on the floors. This is just my opinion since I for one experienced this in the short time I have been a nurse.

Hi. I have a dilema I need some help with. I am a new RN and have been working in acute care for 2 months. At first, I thought everything was going well since I was doing everything for my orientation requirements and my patients LOVED me. I am not bragging, but at least once per shift, a patient would say I was the most caring nurse they had. I had patients writing nice notes about me, but I would never see them again. Turns out, my preceptor went to my managers and said I was hard to deal with and trying to pass my responsibilities onto others without ever talking to me about the situation which was a big communication issue. I was so stunned I couldn't speak to defend myself. It took me 2 weeks to go talk to my Manager to try to clear the air. She said she had no negative opinions of me and no one else had said anything bad about me including 3 other nurses who precepted me. So they change my preceptor and I again think things are better when I have a meeting last week and they say that I can't handle criticism, but in really, I am frustrated because we are so short staffed and I feel like I am neglecting my patients. So they say they are going to watch me and I have to prove to them I can do it or they are not going to prolong my employment. I asked in the meeting for tips on organization and they said that is what my preceptor is for and she can't give me any either. This is all after receiving an eval prior to the meeting saying I was on target. How can I be on target and have them thinking they are going to fire me?!! I am thinking about going to HR and seeing if I can be transferred to another unit. They are also saying I need to go to by old preceptor and apologize even though she is the one who was unprofessional by not coming to me and she also was mad at ME for other nurses her how I was doing!!!! Should I go to HR and try to get them to switch me to another area? I WILL NOT be fired from this job. I am 32 and have held 3 jobs my entire life with excellent reviews. Please help. Thanks!