Day 4 of 8.

It's very demoralising to be constantly criticised when working as hard as you can. There are very few nurses who go into the job expecting praise and gratitude all of the time, but to have to put up with relentless comments, snipes, dirty looks, tuts, and criticisms is soul destroying. I worked 10 hours today with a 2 minute break, which is when I threw a sandwich down my neck because I was starving. Sister E was in charge this morning and although it was impossibly busy again, it was a nice natured shift and the work got done. Sister A was in charge this afternoon and the atmosphere changed. I was helping another nurse for the last couple of hours of my shift because I'd handed over my patients to sister A. She came around to see us both to tell us that we need to make sure the risk assessments are being done because they're not being separated from the main notes and they're getting missed. I think it was aimed at me because she had taken over my patients. She seems to have it in for me lately. It's just so horrible, feeling like crap nurse #1 when I'm trying so hard. Maybe I'm not cut out for this. I need to chase up my officer application. Maybe it's time to move on. :-(