floramary

I'm a retired nurse, grad of 78'. With you being a "new"nurse, essentially, and you are at the 1 yr mark, you may not be hitting the benchmarks for your eval. It's hard to play catch up when you're new to a job and a new nurse both, we have all been there. She may be pushing you to get your best out of you. She see potential that you haven't reached. If you feel loosing your job is a real consideration, it's better to resign than get fired. There are lots of jobs out there and 1 yr experience may lead you to where you'll be happy.

1st be descriptive and specific, not a time for modesty. Projectile vomiting, explosive diarrhea, ect. Colors might help. 2nd dr note always helps. Why as nurses we have to jump through these hoops is ridiculous but there it is.

Nurses need the right to say no without the fear of retribution. You've worked your shift, you need to rechg to be the best you can be.

My opinion only. I believe we have set the nurses up for failure. There was one sentence that referred to nurses who have worked 30 years vs new grads quitting so soon. I will guarentee they were trained totally differently. From the moment new nursing students start training, it appears the orientation is to meet goals to pass your board's. The old training, beside classwork, was immersion in the nursing experience. By graduation you worked a full patient load. The new grads have no idea of the reality awaiting them. Hospitals should be training their own CNA's so a close working partnership can developed between RNs and CNAs. Saving money has got us here. It has to stop

We need to remember the insecurity of not fitting into a group of nurses, nightshift, plus if she was emotional herself. Bulling happens all the time in our profession, don't sweep it under the rug. What is sad is no one came forward to get her the interventions she needed.

I have to admit I'm scared for my old pts and myself. I'm a 65 yr old retired nurse with injuries = chronic pain/ Tramadol & neuropathy. I had pts that were on a cocktail of opioids at home with only partial relief and now here I am. lf they reduce my meds for pain relief that I have fought to keep at a minimum , I can see myself understanding suicide ideation in practical everyday life better. Bureaucracy has no place in medical decisions. Physcians know their patients, their history......not the pencil pushers. Geez

Times have changed and at times I feel that nurses need an internship similar to Dr's.I am a "old" nurse,3 yr RN from a hospital based program. We were trained to hit the hospital floors running.I agree with some of the comments that you learn to to pass the exams,only. Never stop learning, watch from the best and try not to pick up bad habits. Hang in there