Mrokayrn

I've decided to stick it out. For now. Just have to closely investigate every single patient and question the doctor if someone really does not belong there. Once I called the doctor and asked if this patient should be on a cardizem drip. Next thing you know they changed the status from observation to CIC(critical step down.) I'm just tolerated the all manners of crap they send to us. All the altered, drunk, demented, and whatever else people. Lesson: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I took this position because the hospital I came from had just opened a CDU and all the nurses I talked to looooved it. Guess every where is different.

Some of my classmates became CNAs during nursing school. I never had any desire. I can see the benefit in learning how to interact with your patients and how being familiar with the CNAs scope can help you as an RN, but it sounds to me like you've gotten all that you can out of the job. Nursing school is stressful, I found a job that I actually really enjoyed while I was in school (working in a hotel bar/cafe if you're interested- got awesome hotel discounts too!) You've got the rest of your career to do 12 hours shifts and take care of people, I'd say find a new job until you graduate. CNAs are overworked and underpaid.

It can be rough. I think most people including myself get into nursing to help people, not realizing there is a ton of ....what's a nice word for bs? Some days I think to myself, if I had known all the stuff that came along with a job in healthcare, i might have thought twice. The mental exhaustion is the worst part. But I still do get patients who tell me what a difference I've made in their day. Reminds me why I decided to pursue the career. Seems like perhaps she's not able to attain that relationship with her patients right now given the rotating/condescending preceptor hovering over you reminding everyone how inadequate you actually are. But she will get there.

It bothers me being here but my deciding factor was finding out that I will be bullied into taking unsafe patients. It's the 24 hour observation unit and they'll send us hospital overflow including patients that belong in the ICU. Like I said, if they threaten to fire me, I will let them rather than jeopardize my license.

Hey all, I recently relocated and began a new position at a hospital. I thought the new position would be a perfect fit for me while I was adjusting to all the other changes in my life. I've been in this position for approximately two months now and it is VERY different from what I was told in the interview when it comes to what types of patients i would care for. I thought I must have misunderstood during the interview but I have been told by other nurses that everyone was told the same thing. I could live with that (although it bothers me to be told false information by a manager) however since coming off orientation I have held several near misses where I have almost been given (in my opinion) an unsafe assignment. Talking to the other nurses, I learned this is common and the supervisors will end up threatening nurses jobs if they try to refuse a patient. I was very fortunate to have a wonderful mentor when I was a new nurse who taught me that I can always find a new job, but I only get one license. I will stand up for myself and if a supervisor tries to bully me I will gladly let them fire me before I put my license in jeopardy. Rather than wait for this to happen(from the way my co-workers talk, it is inevitable) I'm looking to transfer to a different unit- specifically hospice/home health where I can enjoy much more autonomy. There is a policy that an employee must be in a position for 6 months before transferring, but new hires were also told that a lot of resources go into training new hires and they would rather work with someone than have them quit or be fired. How do I talk to HR about why I want to leave my current position without telling them I was lied to/I'm being put in unsafe situations- each of which I'm sure makes management very defensive/angry. Thank you for any advice you can offer