[seneyka]

This is a new facility of retirement +assisted living community!
I have been on training and orientation, all I have done was passing meds, insulin, BG check, wound care.

Since the first day, I came in and started to pass PO med and the above mentioned right away until the 5th day! I was suprise that the nurse who oriented/trained me who appears also to be the DNS has been also an LPN for only 3 years! The training was insufficent! Before starting working there, I was given a punch of papers to sign on about policy and blah blah blah...despite the fact that I was not oriented to! All of the policy manuals are located in the office. But I am expected to read all of them, even though I was not given time to! The whole time was passing meds!

One more thing, in the last minute when I was about to leave, I was told to document in the residents' charts! The last minutes! Some I didnt even have time to assess or meet during the day (some's med were given by the DNS when I was running to pass meds to in another wing). I feel like I am being taken advantage of!

I'd like to see how the orientation(s)/training(s) anywhere else is/are! Was there any day of training that included policy and certain nursing procedures...! None I was given, only being told to pass meds!

I feel like I should just leave the place because it is not supportive and there's no one I can talk to (esp. if my concerns were about the DNS)! The executive director is brand new, only 1 month there, and knows nothing about nursing (and she/he would talk to the DNS if it was about nursing). I wonder what happened to the previous RN executive director...When I have some concerns and talk to the person, I don't feel like I can have the answer!

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One thing I'm concerned is if starting a new job, it'd be a disadvantage because of leaving the place so soon and it would negatively affect my future employment! The other 2 nurses have been here less then 1 year, making me suspicous because of the internal issues I have not known about (one mentioned "this place is very unorganized")! And the previous executive director was also an RN . One of the staff there also told me that there is a high ratio of nursing assistant turnover (meaning they come and leave the jobs)!

What do you guys think of this place? Should I leave and find a better facility to work for? In your opinion, what should I say in case of being asked why I left the position after only 1 week of orientation?

Any input is appreciated! Thank you for reading! I hope to get some feedback ASAP!