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How old are you ? What type of nursing do you do ? Are you a supervisor ?

How old are you ? Are you a supervisor ?

what part of the country are you from ? What kind of nursing ? How old are you ?

I am an RN. I need support. Would someone support me ?

I know how you feel. I have been terminated from one job. It wasn't an absolute termination because they offered me to work on another unit where there were less responsibilities. My dilemma was a bit different, but I know exactly how you feel. JUST BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. I know you did the hard work, and you deserve to work, but are you really happy being in that environment if you are finding it difficult.

wanting to hear from those that have left nursing....because I have. Things like , reason you left, how long since the change, and do you think about returning to nursing.

thanks Jolie, I am writing up the documentation right now. I forget certain dates, and of course, I guess it is not considered "harassment" if it is not based on race , gender, or sex etc. However, but how about demeaning comments and actions ? Isn't that harassment ?

thank you 9 lives. You understood my situation. It seems I am in for the long haul, because I do not have a second job right now. I think they might be jealous that I am probably the only one in the building with a BScN. the comments are not against race, or sex, or gender, but just nasty little disrespectful remarks. thanks for you story, Someone believes me !!!

There are two RN's that act like they are "irritated" with me because they think I am 'stupid' and can't do my job right. They are in medicine nursing and think themselves superior because they work in 'acute' care. What kind of issue is this? I review my work and make sure I do things right, and ask questions if it is not right. What can I Do ?

I think that a big problem was I did not know how to defend myself, so the bullying escalated. I guess they thought that they could walk all over me. Also, the unit was difficult for me, and I think the other nurses thought I constantly asked for help. However, I was a new grad , and put into a specialty unit, and that was hard for me. The manager just hired anyone to 'fill the spot'. (It was a 'problem' unit with a lot of turnover, and a lot of bad rumours-which were true). I thought I would ask less questions if I tried a slower area of nursing. Where I am now, I find I still ask lots of questions, but I am a little bit more independent. However, there are nurses that I feel still dislike helping me. My learning curve is quite different from others- my nursing school tried to help). I feel I am learning a lot, about my weaknesses and social skills etc. I hope the nurses like me. But I don't think so. I do a lot of at home studying when I am not working. Reading books over and over to increase my knowledge and skills. Maybe I need to make another change, to another area of nursing, that is even easier for me than where I am now.

thanks for reading my note, and thanks for the support. Getting a response is some form of support. I wanted to write details of my situation, in hopes of getting support in the right area, ----not to look for pity.

it is a serious post, I am not feeling sorry for myself. I don't really have any support. so ...sorry ...that I am over emotional. I have been nursing 'off and on' for 6 years. I never stayed long enough at any one area because of bullies causing me to quit the job. so, every where I go I don't really catch on fast. I am scard of nursing, and bullies, and being blamed for everything. I am below average in intellect.

I give up. I wish there was something else I could besides nursing.

I am a bad nurse. What do I do ? I guess the answer is obvious....leave nursing. I guess I am in denial or I'm a coward because I can't leave nursing.

thank you so much for your response. It's made me feel better about the whole problem.