Right after passing my NCLEX, I began working as a temp (not thru an agency) in replacement of an RN on leave. I worked on the surgery floor and felt this would be a great start especially because I'd be able to network. Well, my preceptor wasn't the greatest. Although I was a mid-level employee, medical assistants pretty much ran the place. I'll leave specifics out but will mention the treatment from the MA's was pretty juvenile and when I approached the nursing station to give my MA instructions, things would get very quiet quick. Then bickering would continue after I left. Figured I was getting the "new girl" treatment. So because I was trying to maintain a professional boundary where I wouldn't get taken advantage of, I'd mostly stay in my office and do phone triage on non-clinic days. I really didn't want these girls to have any reason to go and complain because god forbid I miss a patient's call. So I'd be ready and would only leave for a few minutes for bathroom//lunch breaks because quite honestly I couldn't trust anyone. I was there for a couple of months and was hoping that my assignment, although temp, would at least give me a good 5 months of the usual 1 yr experience requirement common amongst getting into any nursing job. I never complained that my MA was never at her station and always late. Was really wanting to make an impression and show I could "hold the fort down". Quickly went south when that specific MA that I was responsible for, stole from me. She used my CC info to pay her bills. I didn't know what to do so I asked an older senior nurse that saw I wasn't happy and she was quick to say, to report it to HR. So I did. The proof was there. They confronted the MA, she denied it several times. The next morning, I was terminated. Make sense to you? I was a temp however, employed directly with the company. Any write-ups? No. Is that MA still there? Yes. I just am having the hardest time dealing with this because I hate that my first official job as a nurse started off on such a sour note and left a bad taste in my mouth. Anybody else experience anything similar where you're kinda outnumbered by MA's or anything like that?
