Bunny1975

Thanks so much for your advice. There were nearly 10 experienced day shift nurses who resigned in one year before I landed in this department. Most of them got bullied from the previous manager and ANM so they had to leave. One of the nurses who resigned last year said that she had worked there over 10 years and she became the target of the manager and ANM. She and her other colleagues reported it to HR but HR decided to side with the manager and ANM. Since I've worked there, the bullying toward me hasn't stopped. I have great support from my colleagues and they told me not to quit, just hang in there. They said the the manager and ANM will be very glad if I quit and they will continue use the same way to treat the people who they don't like in the future. I have no ways to report the bullying, definitely not HR. The union rep told me that I got attacked by the manager and the ANM, so HR will side with them no matter what. I'm looking for other jobs now but I feel so sad and angry that they use their power to bully employees when they didn't do anything wrong.

I moved to Washington in March and started a new job six months ago. There was a nurse who was assigned to be one of my preceptors. She only worked in that department less than a year and I could tell that she didn't have much knowledge and she constantly gave me wrong information and advice. If I raised my concern, she would get mad and blame me. My other preceptor was more knowledgeable, but the two are close friends. Long story short, this nurse doesn't like me. She and her friend gave me a bad review on my evaluation. It had nothing to do with my skills, but it was all about her feelings toward me. She even admitted this to me in person. So they put me on probation. Later she got promoted and became our assistant nurse manager. Ever since, she has used her power to put me down. In these six months working there, she constantly targets me and looks for petty excuses to criticize me or blame me for something. I've gone through one disciplinary talk and three meetings. Luckily I have the nurse union by my side, so I only received a verbal warning from the result of the disciplinary talk and she told me that my probation is over. They couldn't find anything I did wrong, but I have to go through these stressful meetings and talks. After these events, I thought everything should be calmed down, but her radar is still on me. She found another ridiculous and non sense issue and wants to put me in another disciplinary talk. She doesn't do this with other nurses. My coworkers are very supportive and like me. They all know she has a personality problem because she has given others problems in the past and they can see her bad intentions toward me. But they can't help me because she has the power now and she has no shame in using her power to make me miserable. Unfortunately, my manager also covers other departments and doesn't like to be involved, so she only listens to her. I talked to my manager about my concerns but she chose to side with the ANM. My health is getting worse from the stress. I really like my job and my co-workers. What should I do? Please give me your advice.

I've sent the license verification form to California last week and hopefully I'll receive the information soon. I plan moving to Seattle in October this year. Please let us know how's your job hunting going. Good luck!

Dear tntrn, Thanks for your information. I'll add it in my list. :redpinkhe

Dear EDSH_RN, Thanks so much for your info. We're total newcomers to Seattle. We love Seattle but we're concerned with the cost of living. We hope we can find a place that is not too far from down town. So far, we're considering Issaquah, Everett, Bellevue etc. One of my friends told me that there are some new hospitals still under construction in the greater Seattle area. I tried to google it but couldn't find much information. Do you know of a website where you can find a listing of Seattle area hospitals, especially ones with acute rehab? Thanks for your hospital suggestion, I definitely will check it out when we visit soon. Raejune

Dear all, My husband and I are planing to move to Washington this fall. I have been working in Acute Inpatient Rehab in Texas for over 3 years and I really hope I can continue staying in this field in Washington. I know the job market isn't that great. I wonder how the rehab nursing job situation in Washington is. For an RN who has about 8 years of experience, what's the pay rates I can ask for? Can anyone tell me what hospitals have acute rehab units? I know there are lots of questions here. My husband is an acupuncturist so he also has to leave his clinic and open a clinic in Washington. It's not that easy to find customers right away so I need to find a job as soon as we move there. We are going to Seattle at the end of this month to check out the neighborhoods and visit some hospitals and do some sight seeing, of course. I'd appreciate any input for a new comer.

Thank you so much, wsuRN09. I hope I can move to WA next year. :)

Yesterday, I took care of 5 patients and all of them were primary care because my manager said that she couldn't find a person to come in to help us out. It happens all the time in my unit. I think it's so wrong. The hospital is making more money when we are under staff. BTW, I am in Texas and there's no nursing union here. IS there a nursing union in WA? What's the nurse-patient ratio there?