ANNOYED! HELP!

1 Okay I need to vent. I recently graduated nursing school and passed boards. I am an RN. I took a job in a LTC facility in my area so I can do RN to MSN online. I work per diem, but I do work at least 30 hours a week. I am constantly hounded with questions from full time people on how to do things, when to do things, why to do things, I want to say you are full time you should know!!!!!!!!!! It comes to the point where I feel like im being short with people, because sometimes I think they ask me because they want me to do it and they want to "watch". I am newer to the facility and its like some people are just CLUELESS! Its like everything I do they want to know what im doing can they watch me so they can learn? Learn what? Didnt you go to school too? I thought maybe they wanted to make sure I was doing things right because I am new, but no, def not the case. Some people generally just do not know the procedure for how to do things properly. I like helping others out and teaching but when its common nsg practice and its over and over and over again I start to get annoyed. I feel like its the young nurse eatting the older nurse but I cant help it.Okay I needed to vent... THANKS!!!!!!!!
Sounds like you are being manipulated and you have figured it out. I would get very, very busy doing my own assignment or turn it around on them. Tell them you would be happy to watch and give them honest feedback. It will eventually occur to them that they can't get you to do their work any longer and they will bother you less.

i felt like i was being "tested" a lot by older nurses when i was new. they would ask me to do things that they could do, should do, (i.e. had time to do) etc., but would ask me to do and most of the time they KNEW it was something i hadn't done before or hadn't done a lot of. some of the things i had done, but i knew it was things they thought i might not be familiar with. i felt like you though. a lot of the things i did know how to do and had done several times, but it was like they weren't sure if i knew how so they'd go out of their way to ask me to do it. there's one nurse in particular who will still say, "did you....X..." because she KNOWS i haven't done it and knows i probably don't know that i'm supposed to (which is why i haven't). it's very frustrating.

Im just frustrated. Like oh you are fall charting? Im not sure how to do that all can I watch? when they are full time. I work all the shifts so Im familiar with how the charting goes, but how do they not know? I stood up and said I dont need an audience you can do the charting. They wanna gossip and mingle while orders need put in because they know I'll do them because theyll say "oh you're faster anyways". COME ON! I def needed to vent today lol. Its like they leave things to the end of the shift because they know I will just end up doing it. The pay is good where I work, I just need to formulate a plan that will allow me to do my work and others to do THEIR work.

I thought that was it for awhile. Then I realized that they really just didnt know what to do. Someone isnt voiding. Should we straight cath? well is there an order? do we need to call for order? Did you palpate bladder?. There are steps to go about doing. Its like every little thing is a question and if they cant find me theyll call a supervisor to help them.

Quote from finallyrn10Okay I need to vent... I am newer to the facility and its like some people are just CLUELESS! Its like everything I do they want to know what im doing can they watch me so they can learn? Learn what? Didnt you go to school too? I thought maybe they wanted to make sure I was doing things right because I am new, but no, def not the case. Some people generally just do not know the procedure for how to do things properly. I like helping others out and teaching but when its common nsg practice and its over and over and over again I start to get annoyed.

Thats a great way to look at it to be a strong link. I dont feel superior though, I feel like the interruptions will make me make an error. I dont feel like I have enough experience or confidence yet.

I'm just wondering why anyone would need to know 'what to do' in a LTC working environment. What r they doing there if they don't know what to do?I would tell the NUM/CN/DON and ask them to make more training available.

Gee- if I didn't feel superior- like I could do these tasks when others couldn't, and feared making an error, then the feeling I would have would not be one of annoyance. It would be one of, well, fear.THEN, with fear being the motivational factor, I would have to not put my Patient care abilities on a Priority Focus Status. I would not want to jeopardize Patient Care or my Good Standing as a Nurse.So. if I were in Your Shoes, I would have to Prioritize, Focus on my Duties and Responsibilities, and assist my Colleagues in meeting Their Needs after I had fulfilled My Own.

Its very strange that they arent sure of the steps to take in situations. It makes me wonder because I know I had a good orientation experience maybe they did not? I def focus on my work I just feel bad basically telling them to ask someone else. However, on a ligher note NURSING IS AWESOME, and into my first year it feels great to be a nurse!

Quote from finallyrn10Its very strange that they arent sure of the steps to take in situations. It makes me wonder because I know I had a good orientation experience maybe they did not? I def focus on my work I just feel bad basically telling them to ask someone else. However, on a ligher note NURSING IS AWESOME, and into my first year it feels great to be a nurse!

Quote from finallyrn10I thought that was it for awhile. Then I realized that they really just didnt know what to do. Someone isnt voiding. Should we straight cath? well is there an order? do we need to call for order? Did you palpate bladder?. There are steps to go about doing. Its like every little thing is a question and if they cant find me theyll call a supervisor to help them.

I find it just a little hard to believe that you're a "pillar-of-knowledge new graduate" who knows more than the experienced, full time staff. What are you leaving out? There's more to it, right?