What should I do about my job?

I have been a nurse for about 2 years...prior to that...I worked as a STNA for about 3 years at this nursing home (3rd shift). And mind you, after I became a certified nurse I still was working there as an aide waiting for a promotion as a nurse. A month went by back then...and still no promotion. So I put my notice in and went somewhere else to work. I have recently went back to the same nursing home for employment....and work as a nurse now on 2nd shift (which is not the shift I wanted but I needed a job) So I have been back there about 4 months now and it is totally different...they treat me so diff and bad now...Like after being there approx a month the DON and my immediate supervisor called me into there office and said that I needed to start doing better bc of complaints from the STNAs, another Nurse and a family member of a patient....and I can take criticism ok... (look down for continuation)

And the complaints were that I was going out to smoke too much with this particular nurse aid...which they swear I favor but i promise you I dont...she is just friendly and we talk sometimes. Another one was from the nurse aides saying that I dont help them and that I am giving them certain jobs to do that are out of there descrpition...which I dont, but I do ask them for help with procedures some times...and then the complaint that a family member said about me was that I was sitting at the desk charting and that they stood there..but I never agnolliged them or spoke with them when they wanted to talk with me....I didnt see them obviously or I would have..ya know? So ok...they wrote me up for that stuff....Well about another month went by and they called me in again to there office about favoring this nurse aide.....and I have a pretty good idea who is saying this about me...another nurse aide. But I am a very nice person to ppl and dont give anyone a hard time. (cont.)

a nursing home is a hard place to work.. been doing it for years.. just recenlty got hires as a home health nurse with better pay, better benifits and better hours.. you might want to check your employment options out.. sounds like they have a hard on for you and you wont have any peace as long as you work there.

Ah office politics, aint they grand? I agree with the above comments. You can try to bring your concerns to the DON and speak frankly with her, but I have the feeling things won't change. I think it's time to look through the want ads--nurses are in demand everywhere, and there is always the billing side of things. Good Luck!