dswan7

I have been in the ER for a year and have been a nurse for four and half years. I have got the perception from the rest of the nurses about this particular assignment. They all hate it. They always say ewww you got the that assignment. Which doesn't help me it makes me stew and get more angered on the inside. On the outside I just smile and take it. I am an easy going person and I don't complain at work. I just complain on here and to my husband and friends. My close friend that works with me that has been in the ER for almost three years told me she thinks it's unfair as well. I should talk to my charge nurse that I think doesn't like me. I actually know that she doesn't because when I first started and was just learning the ropes of the ER she would literally yell at me in the nurses station in front of families and coworkers. I have sucked it up! I feel I could talk to her now though. I do realize that tough work is in the eye of the beholder but this is tough. I do love my job I have learned so much but I would like to learn other aspects of the ER rather than just this assignment. I don't think I am learning anything more by having the same assignment every time I come in to work. Thanks for the input everyone.

This particular assignment has the two trauma rooms is what I meant by difficult and I psych room. Which we have recently been getting a lot of lately and I have been getting the same assignment every time I work and there is no way to know if I am getting that assignment the next day because they have hidden the assignment book so we can't look ahead. I feel like I am complaining maybe just tired of the same old thing. Thanks for the advice psu_13.

I am an Nurse that works in the ER I have been working there over a year. I work day shift. I constantly get the same assignment when I work and I am part-time. I always get the assignment that is more difficult. Sometimes I just say they give it to me because I am a great nurse and take great care of my patients but other days I think they do it just to be mean. I have a particular charge nurse that doesn't like me. She didn't like me from day one. I never did anything wrong but she just didn't like me and the feeling is mutual. Sometimes I feel she is out to get me but I can't say anything to my manager. If I said something I would become even more hated by this charge nurse because her and the manager talk. I get along with everyone else in my department including the manager. I feel at a loss and I don't want to complain. I don't know if I should say anything but I feel it is unfair.

I know this is an older post but I understand the favoritism the can happen in the ER. I constantly get the same assignment when I work and I am part-time. I always get the assignment that is more difficult. Sometimes I just say they give it to me because I am a great nurse and take great care of my patients but other days I think they do it just to be mean. I have a particular charge nurse that doesn't like me. She didn't like me from day one. I never did anything wrong but she just didn't like me and the feeling is mutual. Sometime I feel she is out to get me but I can't say anything to my manager because like you said the talk. If I said something I would become even more hated by this charge nurse. I get along with everyone else in my department including the manager. I feel at a loss and I don't want to complain. What did you end up doing so you didn't get the same assignment everytime?