I felt unsafe working

[yooniehime, MSN, RN, APRN]

I got a job in a post- acute/long term care facility. On my first day orientation they made me follow someone who is not a regular on the station that I was orienting, she told me she hasnt been on that station for 2 months, it turned out okay, I helped with the paper works and learned a little bit about the short term care patients. The second day of orientation, someone called in sick and they made me work (pass meds) on a long term station which, I have no idea who the patients were.( I also have a flu and I still went to work)

I got helped from the supervisor but I was really upset because it's my orientation day and I was forced to work, I got upset, I already told the DON during interview that , I never get proper orientation and I wanted to have one in this facility, but that didnt happen. I talked to the DSD and just vent out that Im upset, I was having xray in her office during break time then the DON called me and got mad at me that I should not tell the DSD my concerns. Another thing is they told me that I should be okay because the supervisor already did all the paper work for my station (which is not true because, I did some daily charting and weekly).

In the first place I should not be working on the floor, I should be orienting. I also got upset because my co- workers are telling that "oh you can do it by yourself now, Im gonna call and sick tommorow" and they keep asking me to do jobs for them because im new like putting sheets in MAR and passing the phone to residents whom I have no idea who they resident is because its from their station, I already saw how busy that facility can be and I dont know if it will be safe for me to work there. I do have a year of experience but I think what happen to me during orientation just shows how unorganized and how my life as an lvn in this facility would be.

I need advise on my situation, I am still waiting for one job for a call back in a allergist clinic. Should I quit this job when I got the job at the clinic? Or give the facility a chance though I know it will give me tons of stress. Help?

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

Wait until you have another job. If the other does not materialize, then you are unemployed. Only you how much stress you can handle

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

LTC facility orientations tend to be extremely short, perhaps only three days at the most, in the area where I live. This especially rings true if newly hired nurse is experienced, but new grads in my city also receive only a few days of training.

My advice is to keep this job until you have a firm offer elsewhere. Good luck.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

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[ED Nurse, RN]

I'm sorry, I can't answer or offer advice bc I'm having a very hard time understanding what you wrote. Basically, from what it seems, you are unhappy with your orientation? What does the policy dictate?

[tara07733]

I'm sorry, I can't answer or offer advice bc I'm having a very hard time understanding what you wrote. Basically, from what it seems, you are unhappy with your orientation? What does the policy dictate?

Hmm, really? I understood completely what she wrote.

Whatever the case, you got it right in your brief synopsis.

[Neural]

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Agreed. Walls of text are rarely even read, to be honest.

[Karou]

I understand the gist of what you said. You got one lousy day of orientation with a newbie nurse (short term rehab side), then you were on your own on the floor day 2 in a totally different area (long term side).

That's not okay in my book. LTC is notorious for crappy orientation/training, but I can't imagine anyone justifying that 1 day of orientation is okay. Especially when you expressed your concerns over orientation and were promised better.

I would hang around long enough to find a new job.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

paragraphs........

Agreed. Walls of text are rarely even read, to be honest.

The original post has been re-formatted to include paragraphs. Enjoy. :)

[Ruger8mm]

There are always better opportunities and fits out there. I'd suggest you just ride this one out and be as safe as you can (with exceptional charting for starters). Keep job searching and take the job you want.