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hi i am fairly a new nurse since sep of 2011 but didn't get my first job until dec in long term care worked there for about 2 months it didn't work out. now i work in homecare for peds with trachs my orientation for trachs was putting a trach in a dummy. since then i have had only one opportunity to put a trach in and that was with help from the lady i work for. she is a great person willing to teach her nurses that care for her child the things they should know how to do to do a good job. well i also work for another lady and she is just the opposite so quick to get on the phone and call the agency for anything and everything. well to make a long story short i have never had to put a trach in by myself i know its easy to do but have never had the opportunity to do so . well last night at this homecare job the childs trach came out and i had not notiiced it because the stem was under the gauze and he had a trach mask on an it looked fine to me. well the mom noticed it and i was honest and told her i had never had to put a trach in so she called the agency and told them her childs trach came out and i never put a trach. the agency called me and said why did i tell her that that it made me look incompentent. again its not like i put trach in everyday and i know i could do it just never had opportunity to do so, and that they had other cases coming in that they thought about putting me on but now they are not even sure. i am so sick it makes me so mad that they are treating me this way. i was honest but i am feeling like i should know everything no questions asked. I am so sick of nurses scared not to ask questions because then they will look like they are incompetent and when something does arise they get shafted because the employer will say you should of asked, its a no win situation. what do you think about this situation. oh by the way i work 3rd shift and the one case i work at the mother changes out the trach and other place i work at the first shift nurse changes out the trach and i am sure she was trained because she too is brandnew like me and the women we work for well the first shift nurse went to school with her so i am sure the mom helped her change her first trach. I think i need to get out of that home. And it makes me mad that the care coordinator of that agency was once a homecare nurse and i am sure she must have known everything and never made mistakes (yea right) I feel just like calling them up and say I quit give my two weeks and find something else. I don't know who you are but i read your post. any suggestions or opinions or am i just a incompent nurse. thanks

hi i just happen to run across this posting and like the others said i wouldn't do it to have to move your family and then you don't even know if you will like it and then what, I wouldn't take the chance

i would have screamed. speaking of ghost stories in the nursing home where i used to work, i was sitting behind the desk with another nurse finishing up last min charting and there were a couple of CENA's on the other side standing in front of the desk. Well over to the side of the desk there was the med card with a blood pressure cuff on it. well anyway it was late and a couple of the girls were talking when all of a sudden the nurse next to me said did you see that, i said see what she said that the blood pressure cuff did a 180 really fast. there was noone standing there and the funny thing is i heard something but i didn't see it happen. i asked her if she was sure and she said yes it flipped around in a circle really fast. now i don't know what to make of that one, that was really weird.

Hi sounds like your just overwhelmed if your working in a nursing home i can understand why. I have just recently started working homecare and its so much more relaxing and i am actually applying skills and learning new ones along the way. the money is good in a nursing home and i enjoyed the residents...actually they made me laugh but the stress level is something else.more politics and paperwork then anyplace i have ever worked and you barely have two minutes to spend with each resident. you rush around and do treatments as fast as you can because there is always something else that needs to get done before the shift and it is very easy to make a medication error....when dealing with polypharmacy, i totally understand where your coming from. i have never cried but i worried endlessly and would beat myself up. homecare is very different and it takes an adjustment but so far its working out and i have 3 cases working with pediatrics clients with trachs and vents. i have been newly trained with vents so i am still learning and yes its kind of scary but the more you learn and become comfortable with you gain self confidence with your skills. those feeling your having are very normal and will be very difficult to combat as long as your in a nursing home caring for 25 or better residents. I think the crying has to do with your trying to hard and beating yourself because your trying to do the best you can. I worked as long as i could at this nursing home until i quit or else get fired, so i quit before they had the chance to fire me. i do not normally go around qutting jobs but i took the chance and now the good lord has opened another door/avenue of nursing

Hi sounds like your just overwhelmed if your working in a nursing home i can understand why. I have just recently started working homecare and its so much more relaxing and i am actually applying skills and learning new ones along the way. the money is good in a nursing home and i enjoyed the residents...actually they made me laugh but the stress level is something else.more politics and paperwork then anyplace i have ever worked and you barely have two minutes to spend with each resident. you rush around and do treatments as fast as you can because there is always something else that needs to get done before the shift and it is very easy to make a medication error....when dealing with polypharmacy, i totally understand where your coming from. i have never cried but i worried endlessly and would beat myself up. homecare is very different and it takes an adjustment but so far its working out and i have 3 cases working with pediatrics clients with trachs and vents. i have been newly trained with vents so i am still learning and yes its kind of scary but the more you learn and become comfortable with you gain self confidence with your skills. those feeling your having are very normal and will be very difficult to combat. Right now i am trying to study about vents i am alot intimidated....but i have reason its what keeps the child alive. i was told today that before a family can take there family member home from hospital with vent they have to be trained for two weeks, us nurses get two hours:( I think the crying has to do with your trying to hard and beating yourself up its very easy to do so. I worked as long as i could at this nursing home until i quit or get fired so quit. there was no way i was going to listen to them tell me all about my mistakes and run me down.......that's what there good at and i wasn't goona have it....normally i do not go around qutting jobs but i took the chance and now the good lord has opened another door. I am still trying to get adjusted to this change my now i can actually do some decent charting:) So dont think its not normal to feel that way or that your not as good as the next nures because that is so far from the truth!

I have a job just started homecare its different but i am learning and applying nursing skills. I am even fortunate enough to have the mom of the child i take care of to teach me things that we did not even get a chance to learn in nursing school but only talked about. I feel like a nurse now not just a pill pusher. Hope this job leads to other opportunities where i can gain and use more nursing skills. God does answer prayers i have been praying and trying to keep my faith that the lord will allow me be the nurse that i want to be. Thankyou lord for opening a door. thankkyou thankyou. and to others just keep praying

hi i know what you mean about job however i did have a job for a couple of months and worked my butt off in LTC and did the best job i could caring for 24-27 residents. i did however make a few mistatakes but no harm was done. to make long story short i qut that job not that i really wanted to but i had feeling that i was going to be fired so i thought if i quit it would look better then being fired, so now i am having a hard time finding a job. its very depressing knowing you worked very hard for your license and the money into the education and no job. i totally understand. I keep hearing from others something will come around you will see everthing will be fine, well i just wish i could see, it makes you feel good though when others have such an optimistic outlook and brings your spirits up for a while. I have been to a couple of interviews and it ****** me off to hear questions like "have you ever been promoted" or what are your greatest achievments what does that have to do with nursing. Well i hope you find a job and me too. I am so sick of this nursing market. Well i hope you find a job. God bless and best regards and keep your chin up you worked hard for your license and are just as good as the the next nurse maby better.

Fake it until you make it trust yourself, trust God learn from your mistakes and move on. Having a good mentor helps:)

thankyou the bottom line is i have thought about how can prevent this from happening again. I quit that job before they fired me just because i had a hunch,gut feeling instinct. My instincts are usually accurate. Well update: my instinct was right on but i will not go into detail how i know this. One thing i have learned from this is your right Frankie Trust Noone. Sad to say but watch out for those wolves in sheeps clothing. Pay close attention to body language, eye contact and read between the lines, don't say anything that can and most likely will be used against you at some point and time. Be strong, self confident even when you don't feel that way sad to say but i guess that is the only way to survive nursing. Thanks for your support

Frankie I have read some of your post and i have to say that i did get a good laugh or two, you sure don't hold nothing back.

Frankie you crack me up, i have read some of your post and i have to say i did get a good laugh or two, you don't hold nothing back.

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You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. Now that is volume......Maturity Games?????. Get Real