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Angels of Mercy
Posted on 08/04/2007 by Nurse Angela
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I'm still in shock about the treatment I received as well as the events that transpired which led up to my resigning from my job as a nurse on a post surgical unit at a sorry excuse for a hospital.
Ever hear of ward rage? Well, it is a hostile work environment in the hospital setting that is supposedly the result of understaffed, overworked caregivers. That is one piece of the pie at my former unit, 2-Surgery. The other part is: girls are mean! Even the so-called "grown up" ones.
The nurses I had to endure working with made me feel like I was reliving junior high all over again. They have their little cliques, they love to gossip and spread lies, and best of all bully and alienate any new nurse who dares to actually work on "their" unit.
I put up with the names I was called to my face as well as behind my back. Not to mention the blatant mistreatment I received such as unfair assignments, like all of the most difficult pt assignments, 2 admissions while other nurses have none, 8 pts while other nurses have 3. This is just a taste of life for a new nurse who hateful, borderline personality type nurses have decided they dislike simply for existing. Well, I will spare you a lot of gory details of my tenure on 2-Surgery and cut to the chase of how I came to resign. One night, I worked with 3 other nurses, well, it seems they got together and plotted to f*** with me big time. There are certain things a nurse can not do without another nurse being present. Well I was in the position of needing another nurse's presence in order to do my job. These three "angels of mercy" decided to refuse to assist me after repeated requests to their face.
I put my pts first and did what I had to do. I was punished by my nurse manager for this. I was seen as the one violating policy when in fact the nurses who refused to assist me were even more so in violation by refusing to assist me. Did they get in trouble? Of course not. They lied about me as a group and according to CRMC, if enough people get together and tell a lie about you, well then, it must be true. Oh, I still don't know what I was thinking when I actually thought that I could go to management and Human Resources for some justice. I was given a joke of a meeting that for some reason they didn't want me to have any witnesses at. I attempted to explain things but was told " now is not the time for excuses, we think everything that everyone(the 3 nurses lied and said I never asked for their assistance when questioned) has said about you is true." My nurse manager turned on me completely for bringing to light how poorly she "manages" the place.
As one of the 3 nurses admitted in front of the nurse manager that I asked her for assistance but she had no excuse for having not given it ( I confronted her in front of the nurse manager is how that happened ). Well, I guess, the nurse manager, let's call her "Miss Shady" was pretty pissed about my going to HR when meeting time came around. "Miss Shady" had no recollection of this nurse admitting to wrong-doing. I never expected that from a good church-going-lady like "Miss Shady." Well, I hope you can follow this complex chain of events somewhat. I was essentially railroaded to the door. I did not feel safe in staying there after all that had happened to me. I handed "Miss Shady" my letter of resignation. Other nurses have given their notices as they don't want to be associated with a hospital who rewards deceitful nurses and punishes honest ones. I fully understand why they say nurses make the worst pts. It is because we know how other nurses truly are.
I am not bashing nurses, but can tell you that on this particular unit, there are only 2 nurses whom I would trust to be my nurse. But that will never happen as I refuse to ever be a pt in that unsafe, corrupt little place. I take comfort in the fact that I know I did nothing wrong. If putting my pts first is wrong, then so be it. I didn't let my pts suffer because of the inexcusable, unprofessional behavior of my fellow "nurses". I can sleep at night because I know I told the truth even though these power abusers that be disregarded it. I don't have to be in a hostile work environment, there is a nursing shortage, especially at this little hospital who happens to have more nursing vacancies than all of the surrounding hospitals put together. A nurse shouldn't be afraid to go to work in a hospital or afraid to be a pt there. Scary thing is, I am not the first or the last to be abused by this place's corruption.
I will not even go into the unsafe pt care that is the standard in this place. Just don't get sick and go to the hospital when passing thru eastern NC if ya catch my drift.
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Wage Slave (08/04/2007)
You did the right thing by quitting! No one can work or be productive in a hostile work environment. After 1 year, I was transferred away from a sadistic boss. I cannot believe how the quality of my life has improved. For the last two weeks people at work and my neighbors have told me "Hey you're smiling again." Your situation will improve.
dumber than a box of catsh*t (08/04/2007)
The field of education is so similiar--but it isn't the colleagues that are the enemies--it's the kids and their parents. I've gotten to the point where it is about survival--let the kid suffer of the parent suffer--it's not going to be me!
hospital_hater (08/04/2007)
I hate hospitals, and I hate them more now. I would contact the Attorney General and file a complaint about how that hospital is run. Otherwise, we will be hearing about it in the news like in Los Angeles when that poor woman died right in the waiting room because no one wanted to help her. You are good to be gone from there or else you would have just become another statistic!
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