Some good, some bad....

So, I recently started my first nursing job at a local nursing home. I am a Charge Nurse in training... Today was supposed to be my 3rd day of orientation, except.. my "orienter" (the nurse I was to shadow) called in and I was completely alone!

Good:

I freaked out at first, but all-in-all I did pretty well! All meds were passed, all treatments done, nobody died, etc... A few situations arose (a new admission, a broken bubbler, a poop issue, an insanely clogged PEG tube, an aide called in sick, and a few other issues..) but I handled them with ease (yes!). This experience really boosted my confidence and I loved it!

Bad:

I felt some animosity from the aides. It was pretty obvious that they had some sort of problem with me being their boss. They weren't over-the-top disrespectful, but it still irked me. They were making a HUGE deal out of me being the "authority figure." One of them called me "Miss My-Last-Name" in a strange tone. When I walked around the corner, that same aide was at the nurse's station taking a personal call and yelled out "Please don't write me up!" and laughed. And they were trying to pawn off 5 sets of Vital Signs, saying that they'd be too busy since the 3rd aide called in and the other nurses let them do that yet they sat around.. I split the VS up between the 3 of us and 1 VS still didn't get done.. I don't know what the deal is with them.. I had worked with them both days of orientation and they didn't act like that with me or the nurse I was shadowing.. It may just be because I'm young and a new nurse.. I don't know. I was uber nice to them, didn't BARK orders or anything.. I just expect them to do their jobs and everything would be cool.