msmona

Thank you for sharing one of your most humiliating and degrading moments of your lives. These posts have given me enough encouragement to keep trying-WE ARE NOT ALONE. I do think that at least both sides of the story ought to be heard or none of the story. I have noticed more hospitals are instituting internships. Unfortunatly, none of them are in my area. I'm not letting this experience burn me on nursing but am pretty well burnt out on floor nursing- for now at least.

I have had a similar nightmare first RN jobs. I was fired after 6 mos. My question is: How do I handle the questions that come up during an interview? Actually, I haven't even been able to get an interview because I was "terminated." Unless I go throught the whole story, prospective employers seem to think I am unsafe or something even if my old employer doesn't say why I was canned. If I talk, I am perceived as running down my last employer and how does that play out? There were many problems with the preceptorship and as a May grad, I needed feedback and guidelines and protocols and didn't get them. I wasn't even written up for anything until the day I was fired- then they said there were "issues"-WHAT?????

Oh Yes!

SOOOO GLAD for all you who shared your story. I did not pass my 3rd semester clinicals and really have been tossing a lot of stuff around in my head. Thanks for letting me know I am not alone and it CAN be done.

Re: Post by Daytonite: I'm just a student but I'm wondering- is this what they mean by nurses eating their young??

This bothered me too, thanks for puuting it so gracefully into words.

I am a student in KS and our CI informs us we are NOT operating under her license.

Thanks for asking that question. I have my LTC clinical tomorrow and will keep all this in mind. MsMona

Maybe we should address this with patients at the same time we discuss advance directives and the like so the patient can decide if they would like to allow family to observe or not. Then family could decide if they wish to observe. I think we underestimate the understanding that many families have. I don't feel it is our place to decide such personal things for family members. For myself, I feel less confident in a person who does not want me around than I do in one who doesn't mind. The one who is comfortable and self-confident enough to have me around as a family member is the one I trust enough to leave alone with my loved one.

Keep advocating for the patients. I saw so much of that when my mother was ill it provoked me into nursing school! We need compassion out there so don't let 'em get to you, let 'em inspire you.

What is the title of this Dale Dublin book? I can't seem to find it on the net.

Safe to say student nurses not able to assist?

YOU are so right! But really I AM SOOOOO SORRY- IT TRUELY WAS JUST A MISTAKE AND I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER---PLEEEESE FORGIVE ME! Sometimes some of us just plain FORGET until it rings and then it is SOOO embarrassing! That happened today so I just had to let that out-thanks.

DITTO and AMEN If we don't come out and stay out the stigma will always be there. If the stigma stays, many people who would get help and would be productive are too ashamed or intimidated to get what they need. GO FOR IT