15 hour shift question, PLEASE HELP!!

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So I started a new job as a Resident Aide. I was called in last night to 3pm-10pm, no problem.I'm not supposed to start yet, but okay I will go train. Once 10pm rolled around no one showed up, they tried to call people and at around 11:30 I was not asked I was TOLD that it was my responsibility to stay since no one else was coming in. I was told that if I left, I would be the one written up. The girl who was a No Call/No Show has faced no consequences even with the No Call/No Show=No job rule in place. Instead I was being threatened to stay. It was my first day there and I had no idea what the night shift routine was. So I was forced to stay, having no clue what was going on. If I was asked I would have had no problem, but being told that I had to stay or get written up. Is this even right? What should I do?

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Who told you to stay? I'd speak with my supervisor about what happened. I would've lost my job because I'm a student and I cannot work outside of my hours of availability. My advice: Keep looking for a new job.

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First of all, who was training you from 3-10? Whoever was training you should be the person responsible for staying.

However, it is common to get mandated to stay in this line of work. Someone has to take care of the patients, so if your relief doesn't show up...then guess who's staying. So the issue isn't really about being forced to stay. The issue is that you should be on orientation & not really count as part of staffing right now.

I would keep looking for a new job, and I would follow up with the manage about this happening.

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Yeah I got called in to work my orientation is Wednesday. The girl training me couldn't stay past midnight because she had kids.

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Yeah I got called in to work my orientation is Wednesday. The girl training me couldn't stay past midnight because she had kids.

Kids, schmids. She was the employee, you were the trainee who not only doesn't have the responsibility to cover but shouldn't in the interests of quality of care. She was the one who needed to stay, not you. Horrible position to put you and the residents in.

I hope you read the employee/facility manual and talk with your supervisor. Maybe even get a different trainer. Personally, if it were my trainer and she wasn't counseled and/or written up, I'd quit. Not worth working in a rotten business culture.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

What should you do? Run, and don't look back. A place that will call in someone to work before they're even supposed to start speaks of poor staffing and poor management, and most likely poor morale. The fact that they told/threatened you to stay with barely any training and for such a long shift is asinine and very telling of the work environment.

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Specializes in Long term care.

This is a very good indication of what the working conditions are like. It seems that this is a place that is ALWAYS short staff and you will be forever working short and being mandated to stay....especially since they did this to you as a new employee IN TRAINING! (showing no mercy!!).

It is not unusual for it to be like this tho. :sniff: It is the rare nursing home facility that doesn't mandate often or at the very least, are short staff... even more so if you work in assisted living!

I work for an awesome LTC and we work short more than we do full staff. Luckily we have an awesome team and we all work well together and help each other out.

Expect more of this same thing in the future. Its a very real part of being a CNA.

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Specializes in CVICU.

I would quit without a second thought.

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I would bust out of there ASAP and look for something else.

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