NEooops

The monitor tech job sounds good. I'd love to do that just for experience with pt charts. Where I work, they set them up and put orders in and all that. If anything, it would get you a different perspective and working day shift would probably be better for nursing school(no changing sleep patterns). Also, the nurses will also be awfully close in case you have a question about school work. ;p

So I'm wondering what you all would do in this situation. I've been an NE for a little over a month now, and no one on the floor seems to like me. I am a quiet person, but I'm not lazy which is what some of the nurses seem to think. I was called into my supervisors office, and what she told me kind of threw me for a loop. She said that she had a lot of negative complaints about so far, that all I did was sit around, and that I didn't offer the CNAs enough help. The biggest complaint was that I didn't appear excited to be there. :/ The problem is that I feel like I do a ton of work. So far, I've helped the CNAs whenever possible, I also do accuchecks, change linens, clean pts, turn pts, answer call lights whenever possible, and chart on 4-5 patients each shift. Sometimes it takes me about 30 minutes to 1 hour to get to the accuchecks and everything else, because I have to assess my pts and do opening notes. I ask the CNAs if they need help all the time and they usu say no. They also won't come to me for help(turning, bathing, etc) What the h*** am I supposed to do? My supervisor pretty much told me that I wasn't going to get hired after this externship is over. I just want to do a good job. Any suggestions on what you would do to improve performance? It seems like they just don't like me. I do admit to being extremely quiet though, and people seem to hate that.