BradleyRN

I would say the best move would be for all nurses to drop to PRN status. Then when they are begging you to work, you can give them stipulations, like either give me PPE or no coronavirus patient. I don't see how a nurse wouldn't feel responsible for the rest of the patients he or she could be infecting by knowingly taking care of patients without protection. Should you go to the grocery store if you know you did that? Should you even go home? There must be a better way than risking the lives of ourselves and everyone we come in contact with, just because hospitals don't want to spend the price gouged amount. They cant say that saving $6.30 for a mask is worth all those lives. Pay what it takes. Or, the nurses behind the desks always deserving Oscars for pretending like they don't understand the nurse's plight can get on up and put their families and patients at risk by working without PPE. Go PRN!

School barely prepares you for the real world. It takes a year, and everybody did it. So regardless of how others act, they were once like you are now. Ask questions. Don't do procedures you haven't been shown and then overseen performing. Be a new nurse, like you are. You aren't supposed to know anything.

Nurses stab each other in the back all the time. They will talk about the girl who isn't there, but when she's back, she will be in the circle talking about someone else who isn't there. Bored, unhappy people. Who cares what they say or think. One bad apple can spoil a whole unit. It sounds like yours has a few. Just remember this, treat new people good, and don't ever join in on the gossip. You are better than them. They didn't know squat when they came out of school, I assure you. Good luck! ?

Come on now. Half your post is blaming mean patients. Is that really the main reason you want to quit?

You seem to try to exonerate yourself for being late just because they hadn't started report. "That was considered late", like you don't know that. And then the "unfortunate mistake of oversleeping". Haha. You can't be late, missing classes, taking your cues from a coworker like that counts, instead of contacting the teacher or notifying your manager that you missed it, all while on orientation! Trying to belittle the severity of your mistakes makes it look like you don't take them seriously and may not correct your course as a result. If that is the perspective you take in every situation, then maybe that is the real motive behind your termination. Good luck.?

Companies just sent 280 million masks overseas. Those shipments should have been stopped and redirected to our facilities. Trump still hasn't released the supplies promised by the Pentagon. 1000s of ventilators apparently don't work because Trump let the maintenance contract expire last year. He didn't accept the tests from the WHO months ago, and is still delaying testing around every corner. It appears that it is not just an accident that we dont have equipment. It looks like a result of precisely calculated moves by the White House to make things worse than they need to be. Face it. We can work at a big hospital for years with loyalty, dedication and sacrifice, but they have rarely been on our side. If they have to bid more to get the same supplies that used to cost a lot less, well that is what they should do. We are the ones thrown under the bus through all this. Thus, I wouldn't mind if a nurse doesn't want to risk hurting themselves or their families or patients by exposing themselves intentionally to the virus. Kudos to those who risk it, but kudos to the ones who don't. Who am I to tell them what to do? Who am I to tell on them if they don't agree with me?

Nurses have the right to refuse any assignment they feel to be unsafe.

That is ridiculous. "Equipment is never guaranteed"? Ludicrous! You would willingly spread the virus to your grocery store clerk, your family, other patients and your fellow workers, trying to be a martyr. You do what you want, but leave me out of what is only your choice. (Of course, you sound like you're hiding in an office, pointing fingers at everyone else, terrified that if they won't do it, you will have to.) You don't tell me what to think like you know something. If a shortage should occur? Oh, a shortage is going to occur, so break out your scrubs. Then, we will see whether you want your PPE or not. "Full action should be taken against my coworkers! "Pfft.

If you take care of a patient without appropriate PPE, you risk contracting the virus and taking it to the rest of your patients for 2-14 days until you realize you are sick, as well as family members, grocery store clerks, etc. You could kill several people accepting an unsafe assignment. Don't do it.

The title of the thread is "I don't get the "anxiety" part of nursing"? You're telling people not to cry? You seem a little flippant about the things you "occasionally miss", and perhaps that gives you an edge in the anxiety department. And I'm sure the pills help as well. In my experience, there are many specialties to choose from in nursing. Being in the one most suited for you will go a long way in reducing anxiety. But, of course, the main vein of anxiety seems to flow throughout nursing and is caused by the conditions and workloads that we continuously accept. If you can't do your job safely, it makes you want to cry. And there's nothing wrong with that.

It is the lack of true disciplinary action in LTC that gives CNA's this "untouchable" attitude. It is due to such apathy from the DON and administration, that i would recommend to any floor nurse to handle the discipline on their floors themselves. Many nurses take lots of disrespect, especially in LTC, but they surely dont have to. The word is already getting around that you will not be disrespected, and in the long term, your job will be much easier as a result. :)

Do you have a little bit of disrespect for CNA's as well? Pompous! :stone

All you need to do is write them up...If you ask them to perform their duties and they refuse, then that is insubordination. After you write people up a few times, word will spread like a ripple in a pond that you are a real charge nurse, and the people that show up to work your floor will know well in advance that they will have to work tonight! :wink2:

Happy Birthday Tait! :BDCk:

That was a beautiful post Mentos. A few med aides have told similar stories to yours, and they all seem to paint the same frightening picture. If you ever need any help in any subject while working towards your RN, please let me know. The world needs caring nurses like you who can advocate for their residents.