I'm a nurse starting out in Dialysis. I started in Sept. The company that I started with sent me to a place that had almost nothing to do with the job that I was training for (different machines, different protocols ect.). Then in the middle of November I was finally sent to the Acute unit that I was going to be working in, it was like a whole different universe!! Nothing was the same and the four nurses that I was to be working with were  not very intrested in having me there, and the nurse that I was precepting under was more intrested in shopping for underware on line than she was in helping me get to know the machines and protocols. January second arrives and we had a new clinical coordinator start in our unit, (she had worked in this unit before and was best friends with my preceptor) she is incharge of scheduling, hiring, firing, and desk work. Between her and the other four nurses sitting at the desk talking and running outside all of the time for smoke breaks( a smoke break is twenty minutes), they get very little done. Me, on the other hand, I have to run between patients answering machine alarms, doing vitals, and taking care of turn over. I'm still new at this and I have made a few mistakes, nothing major luckily. This past Monday morning the clinical coordinator told me that I have two weeks to have everything down perfectly or I'm being terminated. I feel like I've been set up to fail and I'm extremely heartbroken!! I love this job and the last thing I want is to get fired because I don't fit into the clique and my training was lacking any real training. The worst part is that everytime I ask the clinical coordinator how I'm doing, she has a degrading answer or just makes fun of me. I've spoken to my higher-ups and they can't do anything about it.  I love my job and I need my job, what else can I do?

Do you know this almost exact thing is happening to me also. I have been a nurse 17yrs and most of years were at a nursing home but I decided I wanted to do a 190 and I went to work at a hospital on a surgical floor which was so  so soooo different than the nursing home, from the beginning the supervising nurse seemed to have a problem with me and one of the tech's doesn't really like me, if I ask her to do something she says "Why can't you do it," or tells me what things she is not going to do. Our unit manager goes along with whatever this tech says. I don't get it at all, I find this tech sitting in rooms on the cell phone, she takes hour lunch breaks and seems to sit around a lot. I have learned so much on this unit and I love the work but I can't fit in  with the few people who treat pts rude, it is amazing some of things I have heard tech/ nurse  say to pts and I am the one who gets taken to the office for not doing a good job, which I have been told that I am being picked on. I have always worked really hard and love being a nurse and I have never worked as hard as I work at this job. This is the first time I have run into this kind of group, I have cried when I get home, last week decided I didn't want to be a nurse anymore wondering if maybe I have slipped but you know what, I have not slipped I am a good nurse and I try to the best of my knowledge to do what is right for my pt's I just don't fit in this kind of group I will be looking for another place to work but I really love everything that I learned there and I met some really great and wonderful nurses also but the stress of this job is getting to me. Anyway I know how you feel and I am sorry anyone has to deal with this behavior from grown people.

Thank you to everyone who has replied.

Emtpixie, you're right about thinking about working in a place that treats me this way. I have been thinking alot about this and a job that you love shouldn't make you scared half to death about showing up in the morning and wondering if I'll make it through the day still employed. I'm filling out applications and hoping for the best. I refuse to give up! I've spoken to the higher ups and they more or less feel that the coordinator works in the unit with me so she knows best. I've only been a nures for 2 years so I'm really, really trying to keep things so she doesn't put any black marks next to my name, so to speak. 

Nursegirl1963, is there a way you can go to your Director of nursing? They should be able to put an end to what is happening to you. Can you transfer to another floor?

Nursejenny1310, thank you. These people know how they are acting and they cover for each other. True, there is always Karma, and from what I've seen, Karma is a very big dog with an even bigger bite.....                                                                                                                                   Thank you again for the wish of luck. 

Hey, Broomrider...congratulations! You got (kicked) off of a sinking ship that the rest of the people you worked with don't realize is sinking. They can't work like this forever. Eventually the patients will notice the negative atmosphere and go elsewhere. Don't be down on yourself over this crap. Yank up your bootstraps (or in this case your shoestrings) and go get a job you enjoy and are appreciated in. Healthcare is still viable in this econony, you're skilled, GO FOR  IT! I'll tell you the same thing I told my husband when he was laid off a couple of years ago (he worked for Capital One)...it may not seem like it right now, but it's probably the best thing that could have happened to you. He thought I was nuts. Now he understands it. Go easy on yourself and take care of yourself, you will find it much easier to find a job and get hired. Good luck! Keep us informed! 

P.S.- I just looked at your profile and saw where you were working. It was an eye-opener for me. I just put in a resume with DaVita! I'll be re-thinking that decision!

Broomrider I am so sorry to hear that, we have a nurse, a really good nurse, that got fired a few days ago and the reason was to make room for a friend of the unit manager. So you getting fired had nothing to do with your skills, I am not sure why this stuff goes on at work we are all adults here trying to provide for our families and the group of nurses you worked with sounds like high school crap. I have to say the most of the nurses I work with are wonderful infact I told some of them about what happened to me and 4 of the nurses I work with went into the managers office and told her they thought I was an excellent nurse, so my manager told me she had heard good things about me. I thanked each one of the nurses for doing that for me  I felt for the first time my hard work had meant something, I know it did to the pts but I was so worried about getting fired the stress was really getting to me. This of course does not mean that I will not be back in the office in the future but right now it is okay. My contract in up in April and I have spoken with human resources about transfering to a different floor when I sign my new contract but I really love my job so maybe if the staffing is good I might re-sign there, I would sure most of the nurses I worked with but I need to do what is best for me and my family. My mom always said "When one door closes another ones opens, you just have to be ready to take the next step." I hope you will find a wonderful job that is better suited to you. The good thing about a nurse is that there are a lot of job out there.

yes i feel the frustration, fear, cold feeling that courses thru my veins everytime i go to work. I graduated last june took a job at a major hospital in tn in ICU. I have felt picked on, The nurse manager is always calling me into her office for every manner of things. I felt it was justified at first because I was new and made some mistakes. But the last time she called me in under the guise of a review, she just started nit picking. asking me how I felt I was doing she has asked me this question enough times and everytime I ans that I think I am doing alright she shoots me dwn, i feel like it is a set up. She will then tell me how she has heard reports about me. So now everytime she asks how I am doing I say I am getting comfortable, kinda leave it open ended. then she starts asking if I am studyong at home, that i should be availabe to help people when i have nothing to do, if I am asking questions on and on(things i do naturally). I dont think she has a basis for all of this but? . then after she finished bringing me down, she says i show no emotion what ? does she want me to cry? what does she want from me? i heard her boasting about how she made someone cry. i thinksomeone told m to keep a notes bcos it could be harassment. i dont wanna leave cos i like the challenging work and i havent even completed a yr there.