NewGradRN_CA

First job as an RN and I’m so immensely grateful for the opportunity. It’s one of the best paying jobs in the county, I’m working shift hours I prefer, and everything about working in corrections seems to fit me perfectly. I love my job and feel up to accomplishing the expectations that have been set for me. My one problem is with management..  Maybe I’ve been too lucky in the past. I’ve been in the medical field for 8 years and have always been a favorite of my employers and friends with coworkers. Here I feel that I am reprimanded for the weirdest things. I do my job well for someone who is brand new but then get absolutely destroyed for things like 1. Asking if they have a fit testing class for their organizations chosen N-95 mask. (Was threatened to be sent home if I didn’t feel comfortable wearing an unfit mask on a COVID exposed dorm). 2. Not being “attached to the hip of my trainer” (I was only away for a minute to use the restroom). 3. Talking to a peer about his children after doing medication count during shift change (because his gf gets jealous and it was perceived as flirting). It’s been three weeks and I feel like I’m walking on egg shells. When I was hired my manager was overly nice and told me that they were like family on the unit. While my coworkers are totally chill I’m feeling a bit bait and switched from the higher ups. How do folks deal with hyper vigilant management styles? I’m at a lost. Signed, A new grad nurse just trying not to *** up.

*”walking in egg shells”.. see how unused to this feeling I am. I don’t even know the right phrase ? all advice is happily welcomed and appreciated, from registered nurses, or management alike. Thank you!

First job as an RN and I’m so immensely grateful for the opportunity. It’s one of the best paying jobs in the county, I’m working shift hours I prefer, and everything about working in corrections seems to fit me perfectly. I love my job and feel up to accomplishing the expectations that have been set for me. My one problem is with management.. Maybe I’ve been too lucky in the past. I’ve been in the medical field for 8 years and have always been a favorite of my employers and friends with coworkers. Here I feel that I am reprimanded for the weirdest things. I do my job well for someone who is brand new but then get absolutely destroyed for things like 1. Asking if they have a fit testing class for their organizations chosen N-95 mask. (Was threatened to be sent home if I didn’t feel comfortable wearing an unfit mask on a COVID exposed dorm). 2. Not being “attached to the hip of my trainer” (I was only away for a minute to use the restroom). 3. Talking to a peer about his children after doing medication count during shift change (because his gf gets jealous and it was perceived as flirting). It’s been three weeks and I feel like I’m walking on pins and needles. When I was hired my manager was overly nice and told me that they were like family on the unit. While my coworkers are totally chill I’m feeling a bit bait and switched from the higher ups. How do folks deal with hyper vigilant management styles? I’m at a lost. Signed, A new grad nurse just trying not to *** up.

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