Struggling at SNF

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I am a fairly new LVN been working here for 7 months and its going good, but I work PM shift and I hate it. I asked to be put in line for a day shift. and I reminded her a couple months ago about it and she remembered and said i was second now. so then now like a few days ago a fellow pm shift nurse told me shes going to days now permenently. I was just in shock! and I was so mad. the person in from of me in line had just got days and then it was me. Well they gave it to her. So i am going to talk to her about it tomarrow any heads up or approach addvice would be great. I mean I'm just really upset becuase she started 3 months after I did. wel any advice would be great!! thank you.

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Does the other PM nurse have more experience than you? Has she been a nurse for far longer than you? Does management generally like her? Nursing is infiltrated with workplace politics, and management tends to do nice things for the nurses whom they really like while leaving the others behind.

If you were the next person in line to be considered for the day shift spot and they gave it away to someone with less seniority and less time with the company than you, it might be because management might not think that you can handle the faster pace of day shift. They might secretly think of you as a weaker nurse than the person who received the day shift spot. For example, one of my former coworkers worked the dreaded evening shift for a couple of years while constantly asking to be switched to days. However, management considered her a weak nurse and, therefore, passed her up for day shift several times while giving the desired spot to nurses who had been with the company for far less time. To make a long story short, this former coworker never was given a day shift schedule.

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Thank you for replying. No, we both a have the same length of experience and I have been there longer than her. the other co- worker does have young kids too. And I have noticed the whole buddy system there. But that doesn't mean its right. they put me on days for about a month to see how I handled the fast paced setting and different med passes. And they told me I did great and thats when I reminded her about me wanting a day shift position. I told her when I started. And I told her when I first started too. If it is about performance or what she thinks of how I'm doing then I think she should have came and talked to me about it. Instead of giving to someone else with no warning.

thank you for the reply.

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I would be very careful, if you show your bitterness she wont think you are a team player. Go in and state your case but dont badmouth her or it will get back to her and you will be stuck on pms forever. I have been doing this a long time and that is my advice.

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No, I wouldn't do that it's not her fault. I just want to know why. Or what happend there's got to be a good reason. Or not.

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