How long was your training as a new employee, although not a new graduate?
I just took on a job as a triage nurse and was expected to be on my own in 4 days. This is a new specialty for me and a new EMR. I was informed during my interview that training would depend on my needs, but now, my preceptor tells me, I'm on my own. She just walked away, shouted that I should look at my notes. She tells me that she is going on FMLA and apparently there is no one else to train me in this busy 10 provider practice. There appears to be about 50-100 triage calls which involve mostly med refills in a day, with the occasional walk in patient for triage.
The morale in the office is quite low and the manager is said hide in her office by the medical assist and my trainer. She has been on vacation since I started. The physicians come to me like I should know everything, one has a habit or rolling her eyes. I think this preceptor has been gossiping about me. I feel I did not misrepresent myself when I interviewed. It's hard to learn when the trainer is shouting at you. I did speak to her about this. It looks like I may get 3 more days, don't know.
I would bolt out of there, but returning to my old job is not an option because of the commuting that it involved (home dialysis). I simply can't do it anymore and my previous employer was upset that I was direction challenged and "inflexible". But nurses were asked to move from facility to facility, in addition to patient's home.
Now, I'm stuck drowning in a new job, with a preceptor who has no intention of training and is going on FMLA. I suspect this whole FMLA was scheduled purposely to prove herself indispensable. Moreover, this new employer failed to notify me that conditions had changed and I would not have a trainer prior to my start date. I can handle much of the medical questions, but I'm challenged with the EMR and refills because physicians don't send out many of their medication orders. The OB and Peds cases are new to me. I was told by my preceptor that manager does not know how to triage so she can't help me.
Is it normal to get 4 days training and set off on your own?
