I Don't Get It!

[buildingmyfaith57]

how is it that these so call hospitals,nursing homes group homes expect a person to know everything on the first day on the job? you ask for more training the managers tell you they will give you more training but right now they don't have time to train you ok. than something goes wrong and guess what you're fired and some places do threaten to have your license or cna pull. you all may call me looney but this is the truth.

[UM Review RN, ASN, RN]

You're not loony, it is the truth.

Which is why it's such a good idea to check a place out thoroughly before you sign on, to make sure that they keep to their promise of length of orientation, pay, benes, etc.

Workplaces get reputations too, and it's not hard to get information about how good they are to work for.

You get burned a couple of times, you learn to leave places like that quickly.

So sorry this happened to you.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

They fit into two general categories. They are either small potatoes operations or they are owned by large companies that give them small budgets. That has been the norm for these kinds of businesses since I set my foot in them for the first time back in 1973. You will never get the kind of orientation or training in these places that nurses in acute hospitals get. When you go there to work you are pretty much expected to hunker down on the job almost immediately. Sorry, if that's not what you were hoping to hear.

That trade off is that you have a lot of autonomy in these kinds of places. It is still stressful, but the problems not as acute as in the hospital. You will also need to learn to be a leader and supervisor to keep the CNAs adaquately performing their work. Sorry you weren't aware of this going in.

[buildingmyfaith57]

yea but we're dealing with people lives, and the biggest thing is safety. does that really matter ? i can understand hospitals because you don't know when and accident or etc etc would accord.