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Sep 29, 2009 08:38 PM

My Worse INTERVIEW EVER!


I was excited being a new grad about this 'suppose' to be great position in a major magnet hospital that still does team nursing on a med/surg 44 bed floor..... until I got to the interview and the job matched nothing of the job description I applied for.

I'm in shock right now. I've spent 4 years in a level 1 trauma hospital that doesn't hire LPN's as a CNA in the trauma/neuro critical care and yet I have never seen something so badly managed as I have seen today.

So the job was 7p-7a and the job description said that the LPN would be under the supervision of an RN doing med passes and wound care and supervises CNA's. Well the unit manager tells me today that she will pay me 12.25 an hour (that's including shift diff) to work on nights with 4 other RN's and NO CNA's!!!!!!!!!!! As we are sitting through this interview I'm hearing call lights go off every 5 seconds and so on, staff running frantic up and down the halls and I'm thinking... you want me to do this, pass meds, and plus act as your CNA? cause I know those 4 RN's sitting behind that desk back there who are 'charting' their assessments are not getting up to help me wipe a single butt, and your gonna pay me a whole 2 bucks more than I'm making now doing a job in a less critical area? COME ON!

THEN for 20 minutes as I'm thinking I really do NOT want this job and little ticked that the job was nothing as of the job description I applied for, she tells me how she is new at this and how there will be no Unit Secretary at night either and how she has only been manager of the unit for 6 weeks so far... ::: puke :::

I told the lady I would get back to her, that she was my first interview since I had my license, which is a lie, but I do have 3 other interviews this week.


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No. 1
from O2BSN2B
Old Sep 29, 2009, 09:31 PM

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OMG at least you had a chance to see what you were in for. I hoped you warned your classmate about what you saw!!!
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from KAYBDT6
Old Sep 30, 2009, 02:30 AM

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I agreed! worst interview indeed when other LPN makes between 19-25$. Good luck in your job sear & interview!!
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from kat7ap
Old Sep 30, 2009, 04:20 PM

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That's despicable! I wouldn't get out of bed for that kind of pay!
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from systoly
Old Sep 30, 2009, 06:01 PM

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The pay rate is soooo far beyond any reason that I'm thinking she may have looked up the wrong number. At any rate, as a new nurse you'll definitely want a strong unit manager. Just be glad you found out about this circus before accepting a position.
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Old Oct 02, 2009, 09:12 PM

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Thanks! I'm glad I wasn't the only that felt insanely mad over that interview and I did warn my classmates, although a few of my classmates seemed like they wanted the job. (they have never been a cna before that's in a world ruled by RN's either.... not that it's a bad thing. LoL...) I just know for that type of work I should get paid more, especially if I have a license and education that backs me up.

I have taken a job through NHC skilled nursing home company. They seem wonderful so far. I'll start out on 3-11 shift at 16/hr (which is above average pay in my area for new grad LPNs by like a dollar). They will pay for 4 of my uniforms in full and every 6 months I get two new uniforms. Bonus's every March & Sept as well I'll get a raise in January based on performance. My D.O.N. is really nice. I am bummed that I can't use my nice uniforms I've had for awhile now with my previous job, but I am very glad that I don't have to worry about coming up with the money for the required scrubs for my job.

So far so good.
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Old Oct 02, 2009, 09:40 PM

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Congratulations!
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from SmilesNoir
Old Oct 04, 2009, 02:40 PM

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doing the math:
44 beds
4 RN's
1 LPN
0 CNA
0 Unit secty
0 $$

This does not add up!

Why no CNA's on 3rd shift or unit secty?

good luck w/ your new job
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Old Oct 04, 2009, 03:19 PM

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It's normal for that company to have 10-12 PTs per an RN . And it's own by a big business that owns 8 hospitals in the area and that's how they do things. The Lpn was going to be used as a CNA. Somehow they get away with it.
All the other hospitals who have rns with 10-12 pts usually have a Lpn and cna on their team. And other places that don't hire lpns have one cna to 15-30 pts with an rn to 6-8 patients.
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from SmilesNoir
Old Oct 04, 2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CynicallyVexed View Post
It's normal for that company to have 10-12 PTs per an RN . And it's own by a big business that owns 8 hospitals in the area and that's how they do things. The Lpn was going to be used as a CNA. Somehow they get away with it.
All the other hospitals who have rns with 10-12 pts usually have a Lpn and cna on their team. And other places that don't hire lpns have one cna to 15-30 pts with an rn to 6-8 patients.
thank you for answering..
This is eye opening. Yes $$ rule the world. But, pt care has to be . Is it my understanding that they only wanted 1 (you) LPN to take care of 44 beds? They wanted to pay you $12.22 to do 2 jobs of 3 or 4 cnas. Does this hospital have a high turnover rate ?
Also, I wonder was DON wrong in what she told you?

Hmm, this is making me think
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