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When approaching my NM would it be better to have other nurses who have experienced this to be with me, or should it be a one on one?

These issues have been noticed by other nursing assistants and nurses as well. I can count a handful of coworkers who have asked me if this has also happened to me, where I realize I am not the only one experiencing toxicity at the workplace. I think that is good advice because I may not get anywhere with this issue since it doesn't seem like she wants to change her behavior with fellow coworkers. I don't need to be enabling bad behavior at work, we don't allow patients to be abused, so why allow our fellow coworkers to bully each other?

Nurses, I have tried talking to a rude and lazy nursing assistant about her behavior. By the advice of a coworker, I discussed it with the assistant nurse manager. I know the CNA and ANM have known each other for quite some time, but nothing was resolved. I myself have taken her aside to talk. She defensively told me the nurses are lazy and never do any of the patient care aspect, and that these are YOUR patients not hers. I was angry, but controlled myself and said these are OUR patients, we need each other as a team to work well together. When you do not support each other, we fail together. She seemed to let it go in one ear and out the other. Several months later, and not much has changed. She is still getting away with being lazy and rude; specifically to the young and new nurses. Those that are well-liked she will never try to offend, but me, I'm having trouble getting used to my day shift. I'm not comfortable with public confrontation even if they are obviously rude. i.e. disposing of liquid pain medication. I asked a nurse if it was okay to throw the cup into the bin as well, and she looked completely horrified, and stated loudly at the nursing station so everyone could here, " I CAUGHT YOU, YOU'RE THROWING AWAY THE CUP AND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO! THIS IS WHY WE GET DINGED BY JCAHO, THE NURSING MANAGER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS!" My nursing manager never pursued this with me, fyi. I responded, "I asked you because I wasn't sure, but now I know not to throw the cup away." I should have told her it was unprofessional, but its a sticky area to breed confrontation on my unit. It's very unstable the way everything feels. Cliquey, people who are not happy with what they do, and frankly don't seem to care to much to do their job. Nitpicky/micromanaging, people complaining about trays not being taking away immediately and how lazy the nurse is for leaving it on top of the trash bin, while I'm behind closed curtains cleaning my patient up because he just had a bout of bed-filled diarrhea. It's either just me, or the unit I work on. But I was a lot happier working as a nursing assistant with my fellow happy RNs at another hospital. As an RN in this new hospital. Workload is still physically demanding but the people just feel so toxic and the nursing knowledge is like a cesspool. Teamwork is a word you say, not something you do. I'm thankful they do allow me to be proactive on the unit and learn as much as I can. But, I can't deal with this nonsense, it's draining. I do not want to run away or avoid my problems anymore, I want change to happen. What can I do to make a difference?

I have to let it go. Completing this project is more important than dilly dallying on a coworker's behavior. I will have to learn to work with a variety of attitudes. At least, this coworker is inexperienced and may not be aware of the ripple effect of being lazy and leaving other coworker's behind to pick up their slack.

My problem is with one particular coworker. Today, I felt like it was the last straw. I'm usually annoyed at her quips and childish behavior that other coworkers notice, but always smile sweetly at. I ponder is it because she's related to high personnel at my workplace? Or am I just "too serious"? She constantly thinks of me as almost her personal servant, "Can YOU get the schedule book and tell me if I work Monday?" "Can YOU just spoonfeed me the information?" Oh I'm joking! *then waits for me to spoonfeed her information* "Can YOU do all the work?...oh I'm just joking!" "Oh I need to use your computer, can you get off, so I can use it?" (even though she's already on another one...) The silver lining is...at least she asks, and usually I turn down her request when they're ridiculous. I'm tired of working so hard on this project, making sure we are seen as educated and well-respected nurses, and I entrusted her to present the research part at a meeting. A meeting she planned the day before, and decided to flake out the day of. A meeting that ended with the chief of nursing educator wondering why we were wasting her time? What puzzles me is her fellow coworker and friend, didn't seem bothered that she wasn't there for the meeting, but instead was blaming the nurse educator/chief for making us do this project. And I certainly did not feel like it was safe to talk to her to validate whether this is something I should bring up to the other coworker. I feel like she has contributed nothing to this project, and yet wants to appear like she has done all the work. I'm thinking about leaving this great opportunity to showcase our ability to be involved with the unit, and provide evidence-based changes. But she has not been pulling her weight. And I do not want to be a part of a project where I'm doing all the work and taking all the blame; while my partner does nothing and receives credit. Should I just remove myself from this project? I don't know what to do.

South Bay, CA $44.26/hr (pension! (Hooray, rare these days) +great benefits) New graduate RN with 1 yr acute care exp as a CNA Spinal Cord Injury (Acute Rehab)

On 04/10 I got my official job offer from VA Palo Alto, along with the salary. It doesn't state that I need to reply, so should I just show up to orientation or give them a courtesy call that I accept?

Hello everybody. I'm surprised nobody created this thread to date yet. I recently applied to the VA Palo Alto the day of the application cycle ended. I put in a tailored cover letter detailing why I wanted to work for VA and what experiences made me a great candidate for the position, one page resume to summarize all of my experience (even though USAjob says put in a 3-5 page resume detailing all experiences), and the other 5+ forms they needed to have scanned and copied to them. I got an interview about 10 days after putting in my application for 2 positions at the VA. Both were panel interviews and I basically gave my on the spot answer with little preparation. I got an offer for the unit I wanted, and am now going through the background check. Side note: nurse manager said she was excited to have me start ! My question to anybody who also got a tentative job offer is did they say when they will give the actual written job offer? How long this background check should take? And do they contact you directly if they need additional information or somehow hit some sort of obstacle?

Dumb luck for me? I'm interviewing this Friday for a Critical Care Residency in Arizona from California. Its a rural teaching hospital, and off the bat they require a 3 year contract if job offer is accepted. If contract is broken, you must pay back tuition $$,$$$(makes sense, they invested so much and now you're leaving them high and dry). ICU, yes in big teaching hospitals are quite common. I usually see cardiovascular ICU, step-down PCU, but very rarely critical care unit. But usually 100+ applicants, 10-20 candidates and 1-3 position to fill. Very tough to get into, some of my nursing classmates got into CVICU at a big name hospital in California because they had someone high ranking work there, or they had a manager who liked them and overlooked their behavioral assessment.

I just got a phone call from UC Davis today for the Burn ICU, unfortunately I do not have burn experience but they are still sorting out their candidates for interview. Good Luck!

I applied for the Feb/March 2015 New Grad on last Sunday. Heard back from them the following Monday. They responded real quick!

Hello! I live far away from Allentown, PA, like the other side of the coast, FAR! Recently, I was invited for Lehigh Valley's group interview. It's stated that it'll be 3 hours long, I'm wondering what could the interview entail for it to be so long. Most I have been to only lasted maximum an hour and a half, and the interview part was only 20-30 minutes. And, how does the choosing the unit work? Do they pick you, or are you bidding for units, like you do in a sorority? If you end up not getting picked by the one you want, and not choosing the one that wants you...does that mean you won't get a job offer? And lastly, is it a one-time interview, or will there be follow-up interviews?

I only used Kaplan on demand (Mainly for their trainer, and qbanks) I browsed through part of their intro and medication. Then I realized it was too time consuming to watch. I used Michael Linares Nursing videos on Youtube to brush up on content and the 35 page nclex review that's been floating around on here that helped me memorize the infection control, and which precaution each diseases were. I took my NCLEX on 09/08 with 75 questions and found out I passed today. The decision tree that came with the Kaplan training course helped ease a lot of fears on how to tackle questions that I was not confident about. I paid $400 but I don't regret a single penny of it! BTW I work at a hospital 40 hours/week as a CNA so I studied like so for 2.5 weeks meanwhile working full time and still passed. My honest opinion is only study as much as you can handle each day. When you go in, respect the NCLEX test, don't take it for granted. If you study enough, you can only know so much. The rest is up to how safe and effective of a nurse you can be. I'm not a type A student AT ALL! Eat well, rest well and the information will settle in your brain. When I walked into the NCLEX, I had mix of calmness, a minor headache from being overwhelmed from studying, and a little nervousness. I felt actually good when it shut off at 75 questions, did not think I failed. Lo' and behold; my feelings were correct. One nurse taught me to be prepared to take the test until 265 questions. Don't expect it to stop at 75, and if it goes over 75; doesn't mean you've failed or you didn't do well enough. Just means it needed more questions to ensure you are a competent nurse. KEEP GOING!! Do not let your anxiety get a hold of you. If you do, I believe you have already lost half the battle. Take a breather!! On NCLEX day, take a break when you start feeling overwhelmed. I took two breaks; one at question #25 and another at like two hours. Then 15 minutes later my computer shutted off, and I told the proctor, "I guess I didn't need that break." She laughed. Now I'm crossing my finger and hoping to get the RN job at my workplace. Anyways, if you have anymore questions please PM me!

Hello fellow nurses! I recently had a discussion with my nursing manager about prospects of hiring me as a new graduate RN. I have been working on the unit as a CNA for over half a year. I've gotten stellar compliments from nurses and especially patients about the wonderful care I provide. As I discussed my future option with my nursing manager, I was nervous, and apprehensive about the answer I got from her. It sounded like, the creation of a new graduate RN position may open up in the near future. What's holding my manager back from saying straight up, "Yes We Have Room For You!" is that this position is for an Clinical RN II that is leaving, and she struggles to tell me that it seems she would prefer an experienced nurse to fulfill the role. The 8 shifts orientation for experienced nurses vs 20 shifts orientation for new graduate nurses seemed to be steering her in the direction of saying basically there will be no opening for which I am qualified for. In addition, she seemed to dislike the 'curriculum' the hospital provided for new graduates. I want to talk to her again tomorrow about the merits of having me on board as a RN and not just a CNA. I'm already oriented to the unit, and she's seen great work ethic. Orientation may not need to be as long as she predicted, and in addition, she already knows I'm a good fit with the people there. I am not sure if I should also state the fact that although orientation is longer for New Grad RN, I plan to stay at the hospital for many years therefore the hospital would not be wasting money on training me. I wonder, how should I approach her again? I would like to at least plant a seed in her mind that may be training a new RN is not such a bad idea.

This has always been a question I wanted to know about. Many nursing students have not passed a clinical or a class. Some of these nursing students failed because they simply had taken more than they can chew, and had deaths in the family that caused them to lose focus. Others were failed because the clinical instructor deemed them 'too arrogant' even though they arefully competent at their nursing skills. With these reasons in mind, when a hiring manager notices you took an extra 4-6 months to complete your degree (if they notice), does that play a major role in whether they want to hire you as a new grad because of not passing a class?