After being fire from 2 jobs before the 90 day mark I need some honest opinions here, what am I doing wrong so I can stop making the same mistakes and be successful at what I enjoy doing.
The first job had a rocky start, at my one month review I was told I wasn't rooming patients fast enough, which was true I was new and very nervous. By the second month I was much better but I went to them because no one was showing me the paperwork side of things like prior othorizations. I was set up with a very smart CMA for 2 weeks to teach me what I needed to know and felt much better about how to do the paperwork.
Then right before my 90 day review they had some thing which certified CMA's went threw, it had nothing to do with our real certification but everyone had someone following them around. No big deal to me I thought since I do everything how I was taught and by the book. We only deal with adults so when taking heights new patients get there hight taken and anyone with osteo... will always get a height check. All others the height shouldn't change so I just take it from the previous height check.
I was was fired for committing fraud. So they say, they think every adult should have a height check every time they come in or its fraud. I asked my teacher and 2 of my doctors about this they all called bs on this.
On to job number two. A small family owned business with family members working there. Everything seems to start out ok expect for the daughter at first all she does at first is give me the cold shoulder. I try to start a friendly conversation with her since I found out she is studying to be a CMA but I get nothing.
Ok ok so I get to my one month and I go to the doctor and ask him how I'm doing. He gives me lots of praise the only thing he says I need to change is the way I document. I document the way I want to and I need to remember to document the way he wants it documented. Ok no big deal good thing for him to point out and I change and I'm happy with life.
Meanwhile things with the daughter get worse really bad. I tried to talk to her one day and it was like talking to a two year old she would not let me get a word out. It was insane.
Things got wose from there, one time I was waiting for the doctor to leave the room because I needed a quick ok from him this was all rush rush. So while I'm waiting because I didn't want to knock on the door the daughter walks by and says to me " Just standing around doing f****** nothing". Another time I was using the copier and she took
all my copies threw them on the floor so she could use the copier.
Anyway it just so happens the day I was fired I made the mistake of using company email to email my husband because of something she had done again. At this point I was keeping a journal of the insudents and happened to mention it in the email.
The reason I was given that I was fired had to do with lab errors. One I remember and I could still kick myself for this mistake. One of the tests this patient was getting was a PT/INR and a grabbed a violet tube instead of the blue tube. Agh don't ask me why I don't know I remember doing it and everything. The second one I'm not sure it was me that made this mistake just because of the way i mark my tubes, I always double check, but I guess it could be. They claim I put the wrong year on one tube for a patient DOB.
What do you think I need to work on so that I can be successful at my next job or at least make it past my 90 days. I really love being a CMA but being fired twice I feel like I have to change something.
All these simple mistakes it sounds like you are very uncomfortable at your job and very nervous. When you are nervous you start to make mistakes especially when you feel like some one doesn't like you like the daughter. You need to remind yourself that you can do it. You got certified right so you know you are properly trained. Don't be so hard on yourself
Thanks, I did graduate with a 4.0 and passed that stupid test with flying colors. I honestly think the daughter has some kind of personality disorder, with my 2 semesters of psychology I should know LOL. But she was constantly trying to sneak up on me and watching over me which made me nervous all the time. There was just something off about her, it wasn't a she doesn't like me thing she was socially off, if you know what I mean.
I start a new job on Monday and my nerves are over the roof. I feel like I have this horrible track record now. I really need to prove to myself that I can do this, it's what I've worked so hard for.
This place uses the same EMR that the doctors office used but it's much more in depth so I'm worried about my rooming timing. I know it will be slower at first because there are a lot more questions to go through. My boss even told me she expects me to be slowed down but she believes I'll slowly start picking up on it and everyday I'll get a little faster.
It's nice that I know a lot about the other parts of the EMR. I know the rooming and getting my timing down to 5 minutes will be my challenge with how this EMR works. Hopefully I'll learn some shortcuts from my cohorts that have been there a long time.
Ive taken a few screen shots and I might need to take a few more but I've been going over them at home to help me out since I can't really practice at home how I'd like to. Hopefully this will help.
Thank you you for your help I'll need to remind myself I can do this next week when my nerves start up.
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It sounds like your boss knows you're going to need more time at first, but has faith that you will be able to pick up after a while. Now you need to have faith in yourself. You can do this!
FutureLPN35
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All these simple mistakes it sounds like you are very uncomfortable at your job and very nervous. When you are nervous you start to make mistakes especially when you feel like some one doesn't like you like the daughter. You need to remind yourself that you can do it. You got certified right so you know you are properly trained. Don't be so hard on yourself