baymar67

Update: I recently quit this job and am starting a new job. My manager called me and asked if there was anything she could do to make me stay. I said no. She asked me if I thought the job was to hard? I said no. She then asked if I had problems with other employees and I said "yes". She asked why I didn't come to her and I told her the truth. The last time I meet with her she told me I have " to earn the other nurses respect"and said maybe I was being "to sensitive". This told me that I was expected to take everyone's crap( I didn't say this to her). She immediately became defensive and said my excuse for leaving sounded like a cop out. I couldn't believe it! She then asked me to give 3 weeks instead of 2 weeks notice. I explained my new jobs training starts in 2 weeks. She then said she has to mark me non rehirable then. Well this just proved I made the right decision in leaving. There is so much more to this story and I tried to not make waves but I've learned that I need to open my mouth from the beginning.

Wow thanks Banterings. When I talk about this with some of my family members, who are also Nurses, I refer to it as hazing as well. I also believe these things should of been gone over by my preceptor. Sometimes I felt more like her helper then her student. I told her time and time again to leave me go and I'll ask questions but I think she was doing the smaller things and not filling me in on all the steps. I have learned a great deal but obviously there were some very important things left out. As stated, there is no time. I take no lunch or breaks and am there for 13 hours ( no one does). When I get report and I have never had a patient with this condition or illness, I always ask the nurse if there is anything I need to know/do. I will just start going in early and doing my research and hope they don't change assignments on me

Oh boy-been there, done that- your absolutely right! I have let them get away with this crap but not anymore I've been given this advice from other nurses which are not on my floor. Almost every nurse that has to float to my floor, hates doing so. We have a reputation of having B!^$#* nurses. It's so sad!

Thanks. I completely agree. One if our hospitals core values is "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". This was one of the reason I wanted to work there.

Thank you everyone for your words of encouragement! To answer a few questions; I was a customer service team lead for 15 years before this. I knew the job very well and always treated my reps I was working with, with respect and professionalism. This may be why I'm having a hard time accepting this behavior I'm getting. I don't want to lower myself to their level but I am going to stand up for myself. The one thing I was yelled at for was stopping a heparin drip and 6:30 am and not calling the doctor right away to get a new order. I never had one heparin drip on orientation. I was going to call the Dr but then the morning nurse wanted report. I told her this and she went off on me calling me incompetent. Another nurse did say something to her about educating me and not yelling. My manager was aware of this incident because she asked me what happened. I didn't tell her she yelled at me in front of other nurses and that she called me incompetent. I told her I learned from it( though I'm sure someone told her). The other things I was belittled for were not faxing a form to dialysis, for a patient that was going to have dialysis that day(new to me), giving said patient her blood pressure med at 7 am before dialysis as the order stated. I asked another nurse if i should give it because we didn't know what time she was going and she said now.(she went at 8:30). The nurse coming on said I shouldn't of given it until dialysis called with a time. Not knowing to restart fluids for a patient going to have a colonoscopy, not hanging new med sheets in the patient's room when no meds had changed, And not putting a new admits chart together. I know all of these things now and I do take them as learning experiences I just think the delivery of the message is demeaning. I am documenting the incidence now and do plan on talking to our nurse educator to go over protocols. I want to be a good nurse and make sure my patient's are safe and we'll taken care of. I'm just afraid my health is suffering from all the stress but I'm the one who needs to stop it, one way or another.

Hi, I am a new nurse working my first job in a hospital. (Volunteer career change at 46) I am on a monitored care unit with up to six patients. I feel like I am belittled by one co worker or another every time I go to work. I have been publicly reprimanded 3 times, by 3 different nurses, for things I didn't know I had to do. I've been laughed at and get the eye rolling by another nurse whenever I have to give her morning report. Been told " I can read" when going over the patient's history. There is so much more but this would be way to long. I'm so afraid to give report in the morning because I don't know what's going to be said to me. I try to prepare with labs, history and test results, but it never seems to be good enough. I'm still learning(I'm just starting my 2nd month on my own)and I'll get "did you do this? Did you do that?" And it's always something new and I've never been told I need to do. Then I can tell that the day nurse is totally disgusted with me for not knowing I had to do it. I always say "I'll do it now", but they say "forget it, I'll do it." I do ask questions of my team mates when I get something new, but they are busy too, and it seems like there is something left out. I am a very strong person but this experience has left me feeling like a failure. I would never treat anyone the way I've been treated. Thankfully I've had great experiences with my patient's and they are the reason I'm still there.