I am going to lose my mind! I have just started working and new to the field, I’m a respiratory therapist- my workplace doesn’t have any respiratory therapists, most come from a local college for Polysomnography so I’m looked at differently- they don’t train well at all, and I’m still slow with hook ups- again still new, about a month in and I’m doing them in 40-45nin- I’m being compared to those who secretly tell me they don’t measure, but I have to and be as fast as those seasoned techs who don’t measure-hook ups I need to just keep doing, but the tech got annoyed with me and said that my patient was chatty- yea so? Most people want to know information, and I do not stop my work, and if I’m measuring I tend to say so and they wait before talking again or asking another qurstion- I know I’m supposed to speed up, I’m not dumb... the tech told me I need to get down to 30min and to tell patients that I have two other hook ups to do after them and that they will understand that you can’t talk- that is by far the most asinine thing I’ve ever heard!! Patient education is important! I’m not about to make people feel uncomfortable because we are short staffed and have 3 patients to do- I have zero complaints from any patients on the post surveys, and I think I have good bedside manner- literally being told to not talk to my patients is ridiculous!!! I’m also not in the click, I’m different for being respiratory and to get my boss to get off the phone with her friends and come SHOW ME how to do something is pulling teeth- I also got told I should know how to do some simple computer stuff and that my trainer is very good and why don’t I know this- I right away put her in her place and said- no,she doesn’t have time and wants to get those documents done quick so she hasn’t had me practice at all- the girl later apologized and said she is stressed about equipment problem she’s having and that’s why she was short with me- i am told that I will eventually get it with scoring, but no one is willing to explain to me things about it because they’re too busy- saying yes or no isn’t good enough sometimes and asking for an explanation isn’t being given- yet they get annoyed with me- then train me!!! Stop chatting and ignoring me and guide me just a little bit with the scoring! Same with the equipment!! The girl won’t get up if I need help and if she does she won’t show me what to do, she quick does it and is annoyed—
I really do love this career, I enjoy my patients more than my co workers, but I feel like they are going to fire me or something, nothing has been said but they clearly gossip when I leave the room- they’re desperate for employees and can’t find anyone
Is it possible to stick it out until I get my clinical hours for pathway 2 and take the rpsgt and say BYE! And pay my dues for quitting before 2 years? If I get my hours I’ll gladly quit and pay whatever part of salary I need to return from the work contract, I’ll consider it tuition for starting my career in sleep! Can you quit and then will get approved for pathway 2??