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I just want to know has anybody ever been told by their nursing instructors that they could not be a nurse. If so, how did you cope?

I have a question. Was yesterday the 1st time you spoke up about the situation? If so then refusing to work with her is a bit drastic. What should have happend is you should have pulled her to the side as soon as you noticed this pattern of bad behavior and let her know how you feel. You should have told her you needed help on the unit. Then if she still does not want to help you bring it up to the charge nurse... work the chain of command. However, since the damage has already been done and she is talking mess about you I think that you should approach her and let her know how you feel in private ( if you don't feel talking to her in private alone is a good idea have a mediator there with you e.i. charge nurse). Just let her know that you sense that she has some hard feelings with you and you want to know what you have done wrong. This opens the door for her to let you know how she really feels ( brace yourself... you might not like what she says). If she says that she feels you are the one that reported her to nursing admin... explain to her that you didnt and that the only reason why you didn't want to work with her is because you felt she doesnt help out enough on the floor. Then apologize for not coming to her 1st about the issue and refusing to work with her(if you are a prideful person suck it up). Also, let her know that you don't like it when she talks about you on the floor to other people because it hurts your feelings or whatever and that if she has a problem she can always come talk to you about it 1st. Listen, I don't think you are in the wrong fully, and you shouldn't feel bad... never feel bad about being and avocate for the patients... you are their voice.. sometimes we are all they have. However, what I do think is that you made a small mistake by not intially pledging to your peer and letting her know how you feel. What you did was let the your other coworkers know 1st which caused some tension. If after you talk to her and work the chain of command she still doesnt want to pull her weight, let your superior know that you dont want to work with her because she doesnt help out on the floor even though yall have already talked to her. I hope the advice I gave is helpful. Good luck.

The reason I say to make sure you speak up is because during the summer time its all fine and good to have a heavy load because you dont have the stress of school to worry about. However, when school starts it can be pretty overwhelming. Remember your biggest focus is to get into nursing school and stay in. You sound like you will have everything under control.

No glove... no love.

I have been a cna for 2 years. I am in NS and I graduate next year. I love being a cna. I love caring for the patients. It makes me feel like I am making a difference in the lives of others in a very big way. I know that nursing is where I am suppose to be because when I go home after a long 12 hr night shift and my legs hurt from moving so much I remember the smiles I put on the faces of my patients and it makes me happy. I remember the tears I wiped away, the hugs I gave and the prayers I prayed that makes me happy also. Sometimes we are all our patients have and I hate to see them neglected. I hate to see them not getting what they need so I bust my behind trying to make sure the get it. The job is hard but we never know where we are going to be when we get old so its good to treat people how we would want to be treated.

I first want to congradulate you on your new career move. I know you will do well because you have the zeal and you are excited... I must admit that there is good and bad to working in the float pool. When working in the pool expect to learn a lot. I say this because by floating every where you will be exposed to many different areas of nursing. The best advice I can give you is to take responisbility for your own learning and you will learn plenty... so much that by the time you get to skills in your 1st semester of NS school you will feel very confident. Take advantage of learning opprotunities and ask questions. Never be afraid to ask a question if you dont know what something is or how it works. The more you know the more efficient you will be and when working in as a float pool cna efficiency is a very good skill to have. Now the bad.. When working in the pool expect to get dumped on. When moving from one floor to another people will try to take advantage of you because the floor you are on is not your home. Sometimes you will get the crappiest, neediest, total care patients, and the sickest. Sometimes you will get on a floor and you are the only cna and the floor is full and the nures are lazy and do not want to help. The best advice I can give you is to not be afraid to ask for help and speak up for yourself. People are only going to do to you what you let them and I am telling you you dont want to get the worst assignments all the time bcause that is how we burn out as nurses. Other than that you should have fun and learn plenty. Good luck!

Depending on what your goals are I would not be so picky if I were you. If you are going into the field of nursing to make a quick dollar then be as picky as you want. But if you are going into this field for he long haul... to be an LPN or RN then if I were you I would do what ever it takes to get your foot in the door. Where ever you are working you will get plenty of experience. And if are are trying to become a nurse make sure you are an advicate for your own learning. If you do this... by the time you are ready to become get into NS you will feel very comfortable.

I have been a CNA for 2 years and I graduate with my RN next year. Take whatever path you need to take to get the RN. If you are going to do the LPN path make sure you bridge over to RN because I know that one day the LPN position will disappear.