Discrimination

[nerdynurse7]

I am a new graduate LPN that has been looking for a job. I had an interview with a long term facility which has two floors and about 40 patients per floor. I met with the DON before my license was issued. The second interview was today and they offered me a per diem position. The DON kept saying since you're younger the older CNAs might not like that you are younger than them ( & other phrases along those lines). I am 22 and might even look younger, yet I do not think my age should affect my work ethic or determine other staff members personal problems with having someone younger as a supervisor. She also told me that they would be putting me on mostly as a med tech so the other staff could get "used to me" and basically since I was younger than other staff I would have to ease into more hours...I was confused but when I left there I put everything into perspective. I felt like I was discriminated against because of my age and will not feel comfortable working in an environment where that type of mentality is condoned.

I will be declining the offer, but wanted to hear others thoughts on it and what you think I should say. Thanks for the feedback in advance.

[nerdynurse7, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN]

If you see no point in my post then why comment? Ive stated everything I needed to say, now I am moving on from this topic. Goodbye and have a nice day. Thank you for commenting.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

If you see no point in my post then why comment? Ive stated everything I needed to say, now I am moving on from this topic. Goodbye and have a nice day. Thank you for commenting.

I'm not the only one confused by your post. Did you even bother to ask those interviewers any questions or did you just march out of the interview upset?

[Buyer beware, BSN]

I do have other offers lined up but I think that is besides the point. I do not think it is wise to take an offer even if it was the only one available. I have a license as a nurse and do not think working as a med tech is much of an opportunity or else I wouldn't have gone to school and gone through all the classes.

You know neerdy nurse I was very surprised that the DON told you what she should have been only thinking when she told you that you were young and could present a morale/culture problem with the older CNA's.

It's obvious to me that she has trial balloned this idea before and it didn't work out due to old and in the way workers who should not tacitly yield the power to hire or fire.

This situation though is really a reverse discrimination scenario as it is usually the younger workers who displace the older. But who knows? Possibly the older nursing home clientele are more comfortable with older caregivers. Anyway you look at it though there's politics going on and you should be happy to exclude them from consideration. Maybe the DON is in a way doing you a favor but I would accept the PRN job as a second job back-up. Tip: every nurse needs a back-up job in case push comes to shove which it often does in this biz.