I am a new LVN and have currently been working at my job for a couple of months now. I had five days of training which I told them I needed more training, the scheduler told me that he “believed in me” so I was forced onto the floor in my opinion due to short staffing. Very high turn over rate at this job.
So ive been written up 8 times in the month of November, sometimes twice in one day sometimes two days in a row. I explained to the supervisor that I was never taught this and I should not be written up for something that I was never taught. She preceded to write me up..
I was also written up for calling out of work when I caught a flu and had an excused doctor note the supervisor said that it would be easy to replace me if I don’t want to work there”.
I am very frustrated because I didn’t come this far to not love what I am so passionate about. I’ve been yelled at by the director of nursing for asking for help. I feel like I am being targeted.
Who should I talk to about this? What should I do?
Do not do anything except submit your resignation in writing. Word it professionally. Express your regret that you must submit your resignation due to personal reasons, you have enjoyed working there (try not to gag), your last day working there will be (give 2 weeks' notice). Thank you.
You will regret doing anything but being professional and as brief as possible. You do NOT have to be specific. Just Personal reasons.
Do this preferably AFTER you get a new job.
When you interview, do NOT badmouth your current employer.
Of course, you might want to try having a talk with your current employer.
Say you are confused and not happy with the write-ups and would appreciate it if they/he/she would tell you what you can do to improve.
Convey how important it is to you to be able to do your job well. Ask for a written plan to help you reach specific goals.
Ask for a daily or weekly review, a brief one, to see how you are doing.
Tell them that you are frightened when they yell at you and that you don't want to be yelled at in the future. T
ell them you understand they have a heavy burden as managers/supervisors/directors, and that you want to be the best possible worker so that they can fully trust you, and would they please help you to become that.
I don't know how that will go. It might help if you express understanding of their heavy burden and all of the responsibility that they bear. Or they might ax you on the spot. I don't know. It's just a suggestion. Go into it with a pure heart, no anger. Be mature, try not to be confrontational.
Specializes in LVN Home Health Nurse/QA and Urgent Care.
Kooky Korky is right. Just resign in a profession manner. If a job doesn't put in the effort to train their employees sufficiently then their patient's safety is no better either. I'm currently working at an Urgent Care as a LVN and I had to be on orientation for 6 weeks before I am able to do anything on my own.
I’m now in another situation at this job, i did a med error onFriday and on the next shift the patient had to be sent to hospital. When I returned to work Saturday morning the noc shift asked me questions and that’s when I realized i made the med error. I acknowledge my wrong to the supervisor and asked her what to do far as documentation (because I’ve never been in this situation before)she said she will talk with Assistant Director of nursing. so i worked Saturday morning and in the evening after my shift the job called and said that I am suspended for three days and then in the same conversation she said I’m suspended until further notice but to come on Monday to speak with the Director of nursing. I was surprised she suspended me over the phone and then asked for a meeting after. This sound backwards to me. As much as I have already felt targeted this med error is the icing on the cake for them to fire me before quitting. I have three interviews this upcoming week and I was waiting to officially land a new job. I almost don’t want to go to the meeting because I feel they will fire me, but I have to document the med error since the supervisor didn’t tell me which documents To complete. What are your thoughts?
It’s their job to give you the papers for the med error. They haven’t done it in a timely manner and don’t wait for them to do their job. This place isn’t working out for ya. Just resign and don’t give them any notice. You are suspended anyhow, so they have already made arrangements to cover your shift. And just remember that once you sign for the med error, you can be sent to the Board of Nursing in your state and your license suspended. You would need to hire an attorney, which is quite costly and still end up suspended. So, double check your documentation for this patient on the day of the alleged error and be careful what you admit and what you sign. It can have irreversible consequences for you.
You don’t understand. You can be suspended by the board of nursing in your state (!!) from practicing as a nurse - your license suspended (!), not just suspended from the job, once you sign those papers. It’s too much against you already and the longer you entertain the idea of being there, the worse it’s getting. If I were you, I’d quit today. If you are not at work today - send an email with a formal resignation and request your last pay check to be mailed to you. Don’t even go picking up a check. By law, they can’t refuse mailing it to you in case yo don’t have a direct deposit.
You don’t understand. You can be suspended by the board of nursing in your state (!!) from practicing as a nurse - your license suspended (!), not just suspended from the job, once you sign those papers. It’s too much against you already and the longer you entertain the idea of being there, the worse it’s getting. If I were you, I’d quit today. If you are not at work today - send an email with a formal resignation and request your last pay check to be mailed to you. Don’t even go picking up a check. By law, they can’t refuse mailing it to you in case yo don’t have a direct deposit.
You don't have to sign anything to be reported to or disciplined by the BON. Luckily, losing your license is a rare outcome, though.
I would also resign now, as it sounds like there's a 99.9999% chance that you will be fired if you don't.
I'm sorry, Ms. Frank. It sounds like you were set up to fail by that horrible place.
Is right. But not signing a paper makes it a bit easier for her attorney to defend her and question the situation than not signing it. The board has their attorneys present too and it’s a battle between attorneys. If she has the slightest opportunity to make it more complicated for the board, she should use it. Dog eats dog. The board is not our friend and it’s not there to protect us. The board will use anything against her, so there’s no reason for her not to follow their pattern. There, fair enough. Good luck new nurse and be careful what you do in the future. It’s a learning process and can happen to anyone. Keep us posted, please :)
After the first couple of sentences it was easy to come to the conclusion that you need to resign and find a job opportunity that gives you a real orientation. This is beyond getting your first job to support your family. This is about not hurting or killing a patient and losing your license in the process.
You have to accept self responsibility for allowing to be bullied into a 5 day orientation knowing you were not ready, you are not safe and you are obviously struggling.
I would resign ASAP and choose wisely with the next job. Don't look at pay solely but their orientation process. It takes a year at any place to feel like you even get it. Make sure you ask lots of detailed questions and get their statements in writing before on boarding. Good luck.
Snatchedwig, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN
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Perfect your 'I quit ' walk into there like this.