tHE PAWN

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I remember 1 month out of nursing school my first nursing job was at a ltc. There was a nurse who had worked there 11 years. She had a permanent hallway. Whent i started working there. The don called me into the office and told me they wanted to schedule me on this hallway and that the other nurse would be moved to a different hallway. They did not tell this nurse, they just changed the schedule and when she came in i told her they assigned me there and moved her. She had 2 cows and a baby. She started yelling at me and telling me she wasn't going anywhere i was new and i dont have the senority to bump her. So we had to call the don at 6 in the morning and this lady got moved anyway.she rolls her eyes at me, doesnt speak to me . I did nothing wrong. I wonder why supervisors put you in these positions.( ive had it happen more than once) and why these people want to be mad at the pawn:jester:

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Please do not post in all caps. It denotes yelling and is hard to read.

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Specializes in LTC, Home Health.

Since the previous post offers no support I will say "that stinks". I do not have anything to offer except that you should take it as a complement. You are being offered a floor and getting a more experienced nurse moved. It kinda makes me laugh. You are all powerful! Love it while you have it!:jester:

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Please do not post in all caps. It denotes yelling and is hard to read.

new to the threads as you can see i just joined today excuse me for my miseducation (not being sarcastic)

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Sorry. Did not mean to be unsupportive. I agree with LoveBug.

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Specializes in ICU.

Yeah, I would consider it a compliment too. Maybe they wanted to get that nurse onto a different hall because she was getting 'too close' to the patients. I believe the patients should have the choice of a variety of nurses, not the same one everyday. There could be many reasons why they wanted her off that hall, but I bet that for some reason, she had worn out her welcome there.

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Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.

Maybe they wanted to show her she isn't as " high on the totem pole " as she may have thought. Or maybe she made one too many errors? Too many call ins, etc.

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Specializes in NICU stepdown (PCA).

It stinks that nobody told her that she was being moved and that you took all the heat :(

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Specializes in ER.

Honestly? My employment experience tells me that she probably didn't have the guts to tell the woman herself and she decided to let you do it.

I am always wary of people like this, they often appear to be backstabbers later on because they have no spine and can't stand up to people. Consequently, they look like they agree with you, the other party and everyone else.

This behavior makes everybody mad and then adds to their insecurities about confronting people since the end result of confrontation is that everyone hates them. Expect to stick up for yourself in this job. Don't confide or expect the support of the DON in disputes.

She probably wanted to change hallways for this nurse for some reason that is obscured from all of us in cyberspace. Its not really relevant though. The behavior is.

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When another nurse and I got downsized out of our jobs many years ago, I found out when she called me at home. She told me a full four days before the DON got up the courage.

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