mcdmom

Dear Nadz02RN, You did not say but I'm guessing this was an interview for your first RN position. Is that correct ? I am an older and now retired RN who has had her share of interviews and done a few as well. Times have changed too much for me to have any really good advice but I'd like to say how sorry I am to hear you were treated so rudely and unprofessionally. My hope is that this is one of those moments you can learn from. Hopefully you have learned something about interviews that can help you be more selective about the places you choose to work. The fact is that the interview process is a time for you to check out a place to see if you would fit into their work culture. Even when jobs are harder to come by. ( what happened to the nursing shortage?) Sounds to me as if you may have dodged a bullet with this work place. Ask yourself if this is how they treat their potential nursing staff at interviews, how do they treat them in the work environment. You may want to ask yourself why you went through all of those years of training and study and what you want to get out of your Nursing Career. That will help you refocus your thoughts. I don't believe it was to be treated like a whipping boy by frustrated interviewers. You can not change what has happen to you, but you can change how you think about the experience. Just some food for thought and a hope that you don't give up on yourself because of some unprofessional policies a work place may have as their hiring policies. Good luck in finding your area of nursing, mcdmom

Dear Dutch, "Pain (any pain--emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: "We would be more alive if we did more of this," and, "Life would be more lovely if we did less of that." Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away." This is a quote from "life 101."...maybe it will help here. You did the right thing, sorry it is causing you pain. The other nurse needs to learn form her painful mistakes. We all react differently to pain....she needs to learn new ways of dealing with her pain, as well as, what the pain means to her, as a person and as a nurse. She sounds very young. Good luck working with this person.

Dear Moe, I like the way you think. :flowersfo :flowersfo

Dear Sunny, This is a hard lesson, but it sounds like you are an honest, caring, nurse who deserves the good luck you are having with this situation. You will get over this, and come out on the other side a better nurse for learning this very critical lesson. You can count your blessings that your patient was not injured and that you are being given the opportunity to do better in the furture.(Good job to the charge nurse and DON). I can say this from first hand experience having made a med error in my first year of nursing too. No matter what type of error we make as nurses, because we care, it will be a life altering experience. I think that is the part of the job we have to struggle with, so keep on caring, just remember to care for yourself too. Good luck, and keep on caring. mcdmomhttps://allnurses.com/forums/images/icons/icon7.gif <

Hi there. I hope you don't give up because you seem like the kind of Nurse who actually cares about what they do to their patients. Nursing is never easy when you believe it is just like the text books, and/or, you want to be perfect. It sounds like you are expecting each nursing situation to be like the tests at the ends of each chapter; when it is not you beat yourself up. Try to give yourself the benifite of the doubt, and stop comparing yourself to others; everyone learns things in their own way, and with your knowledge base and caring attitude you can become a great patient advocate. So in my opinion I feel you should find a councelor to talk to, get some sleep, and change your thoughts about your nursing skills. This is all just my opinion, so I hope I have not hurt, but helped you. If I have said anything that has offended you please feel empowered to say so, because I know I mean no harm. Good luck. McD <