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In addition to all of the this they showed me a patient complaint that was supposedly from a month ago but was not brought to my attention until my evaluation. It was stated that I did not get to the patient in time to have her use the commode so she had an accident. The family was upset over this. How can just I be blamed for this type of complaint? Perhaps I couldn't get in the room because I had 19 other patients I was caring for? There are other techs and also the rns who are able to help patients also. Due to this complaint they wrote on my evaluation that patient safety is not my first priority. How can they even say that?

I have worked in healthcare for the past 6 years however this is the first time in this position. I understand the stress. I am having a difficult time accepting what they are perceiving to be rude and disrespectful without specific examples or knowing if it is just one particular person. Like I said I am in my late 30s and in all my past work experiences I have never been told these things.

The other techs on my floor are all different cultures. We work well together except it seems like since the first day I've been there everyone seems to talk about each other and again the teamwork aspect gets hurt by this. The techs that trained me said they know the techs at night do not get along well and they're not sure why. The mgr for the entire unit is the one who does the evaluation along with the night mgr (my shift). The rns do not do our evaluation. It's very hard to hear that if they feel you're not "fitting in" that I have to feel like I'm getting pushed out or away. I'm still learning and getting use to it all. I've never outwardly told an rn "no" and if I can't do something at the moment they ask I will respectfully say is it ok if I do this first before I do that? Again with no direct examples it is a very broad statement that I am disrespectful and argumentative. That is basically saying we don't care what you say we believe the rns and don't want to hear your side of anything. I've worked with many Drs, nurses, and others in general and I have never had this issue. I know how to speak to people and how to act as a team player. I waited so long to get into this hospital system and now I feel like my image is tarnished and this is not who I am at all.

I understand my role in supporting the rns but I mean as far as us working as a team. I communicate with the other techs and have been told and realize that certain rns work better with others. For instance if I need help let's say with changing a patient I am told I should ask my rn. At times even though they may not be busy charting or passing meds I get told I should get another tech to help. At times that is not possible and then the tech will tell me I should ask my nurse. I find myself for most of the nights bouncing back and forth just trying to get my job done.

Hello everyone. I am a new PCT recently hired on 40 bed geriatric med/surg floor. Next week it will be 3 months. This is the first PCT job for me ever. I took a course at a community college for certification. I work ft nights. I just had my first evaluation with my mgr and do not agree with many of the statements written. Some comments include that I am disrespectful to the nurses, I am argumentative with coworkers, I am defensive and do not take accountability, safety is not my priority among other things. It feels like the list goes on and on. I am very upset because never in my life (I am 38 yrs old) have I had such strong words to describe me. I find myself to be the complete opposite of all that is being said. Being that my mgr does not work at night I can only assume that her comments are hearsay from others. I personally would like specific examples as to when I was rude or disrespectful or argumentative. Staffing is horrible at night and sometimes there is only two of us on the floor which means 20 patients each. My mgr is aware that I have expressed how overwhelmed at times I am especially being new and not getting the proper support from the rns or my coworkers as far as teamwork. I was told by many techs who have been there for years that the night shift on our floor unfortunately is like this. I also tried to see if I could move to day shift where they seem to have better staffing and I feel like I could perform my job better on that shift. My mgr told me she feels it's not a day or night issue and basically she doesn't understand what my problem is. I had my probation period extended for another 60 days but I'm not even sure if I should remain there and deal with the stress. I've left 3 times in tears already. I'm confused and sad. I was so excited to embark on this new career as I have a passion to help and care for others and I really don't know why this is the impression they have of me. I'm still so new and only had 10 days with a preceptor, 5 on days and 5 on nights. Patients tell me I should be a nurse with the way I treat them and I've had multiple patients compliment me when I draw their blood. All along I'm thinking I'm doing well and I feel blindsided by my evaluation. I think my Mgr is mad because I've brought up a few things that perhaps she feels I am criticizing "her team". She even made a comment to me to insinuate I have a problem with the "diversity" of the night shift as all the rns are Filipino. Please help. Any advice is appreciated. I am considering going to hr about all of this.