new grad stuck in a nursing home setting for now

meownsmile, BSN, RN · Sep 16, 2003

Why are you stuck? Tuition reimbursement can be repaid without working for them. I know it means taking a loan but if you are working there shouldnt be a problem getting a loan to repay. Apply at the hospitals etc and go for it. No reason someone needs to be "stuck" someplace they arent happy.

If you are a recent grad it shouldnt be to hard to transition now.

deadend · Sep 16, 2003

thanks for your reply

It is related to tuition reimbursement, but i think I may need to move on because I am not happy with this situation I feel I've been pressured into taking the ADON position, pays good but I would like to get some hospital experience

itsnowbegun · Sep 19, 2003

hey, i almost sgined a contract for a nursing home... and the day i had my interview and the offer for the job, i got a call from the hospital, boy did i jump on it..and i ened up taking the hospital job.. . i start my floor orietation tomorrow.

i posted these questions in regards to the pros and cons of medsurg and long term facility..go to long term facility/nursing home/geriatrics..and find my post there..i received excellent replies in regards to this issue...

and remember no matter where you go, they will always train you!

fab4fan · Sep 20, 2003

No offense intended, but you're a new grad working as an ADON?

Risky business, that.

If there is any way you can get out of there and get some solid exp., you'll be in a better position for that kind of role later. Staff are going to look to you to be a leader; you need exp. for that.

deadend · Sep 21, 2003

I answer to your reply, I have been working at this place for 12 years as an LPN and 8 of them as the careplan coordinator and completing the nursing sections of the MDS. My superiors have confidence that can do the job, the staff have always looked at me as part of nursing administration, My only problem is my immediate boss. I feel like I am taking on most all of her responsibilities she has not been trained in the US and does not have a clue as to how and what to delegate. :)

meownsmile, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2003

I dont know,, kind of sounds like they have let you put your neck on the chopping block. Be careful

Todd SPN · Sep 21, 2003

Originally posted by deadend
I answer to your reply, I have been working at this place for 12 years as an LPN and 8 of them as the careplan coordinator and completing the nursing sections of the MDS. My superiors have confidence that can do the job, the staff have always looked at me as part of nursing administration, My only problem is my immediate boss. I feel like I am taking on most all of her responsibilities she has not been trained in the US and does not have a clue as to how and what to delegate. :)

And you consider yourself a new grad (original post)? Sounds to me like you've been in one place too long and want to move on. Go for it. I had a LPN I was assigned to one of the first clinicals I did in a SNF. Later, when at hospital clinicals there she was. Seems she'd been working on her RN and as soon as she got it she applied and was hired immediately at the hospital. Good luck.

angelbear · Sep 21, 2003

Darlin go for the hospital your LTC facility is using you and you could be putting your license and or sanity on the line. The experience you will get at the hospital will be worth any bucks you may loose now. Once you have that under your belt then you can go for a ADON or DON position. Sounds like you will be the ADON doing the DON job where you are now. Let us know what you decide to do. Hugs and good luck.

fab4fan · Sep 21, 2003

Though it sounds like you have plenty of experience as an LPN, you do not have the exp. as an RN. You are going to be held accountable at that level...while the LPN exp. certainly helps, you are talking about a diferent licensure level, and if something happens, the BON is going to hold you to that level.

It also concerns me that you've been there for so long. It doesn't sound like you'll be getting a good background of acute care, which will give you far more mobility.

I think your employer is taking advantage of you.