Hello, Im 25 and have been in LTC since I was 17 starting as a CNA. Im in school for RN to BSN and desire to be a clinical instructor one day. I've done personal care and home health as well. After 7 years, I became a charge RN and supervisor at the facility at which I was a CNA for 7 years prior. I stayed almost a year and had to leave due to a company takeover, poor management, and horrible work ethic among the staff. I just could not watch it anymore and management never follows though with discipline, basically undermining me. I came to the VA but the only job was LTC. My mom has been there 45 years and convinced me that its better and I would be able to get another job soon. I've been there since April and suffering working yet again night shift. It's like a glorified personal care home and the people are just as lazy. I do far less then I did as a supervisor and do paperwork all night. I never even see the managers and they are not knowledgeable or supportive. Any time I make a suggestion for a residents benefit its met with opposition. Everything is on paper and things get missed. Theres very few patients and no workload yet they all complain. I use no skills other than helping the CNAs and LPNs and basic secretarial paperwork. I have horrible migraines and its difficult for me to get through the night no matter how much I sleep. My husband works as a NP and I never see him with his hours. I've put in for multiple med surg jobs since I started that go nowhere. I enjoy the benefits but I want to be a real nurse and use my skills and feel meaningful like the people I went to school with. It took a lot of paperwork to get into the VA but I don't know if I can make it past a year. Is it too soon to quit. I try my very best every day but its so hard when not even the cnas or lpns care to provide basic resident care.
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Hello, Im 25 and have been in LTC since I was 17 starting as a CNA. Im in school for RN to BSN and desire to be a clinical instructor one day. I've done personal care and home health as well. After 7 years, I became a charge RN and supervisor at the facility at which I was a CNA for 7 years prior. I stayed almost a year and had to leave due to a company takeover, poor management, and horrible work ethic among the staff. I just could not watch it anymore and management never follows though with discipline, basically undermining me. I came to the VA but the only job was LTC. My mom has been there 45 years and convinced me that its better and I would be able to get another job soon. I've been there since April and suffering working yet again night shift. It's like a glorified personal care home and the people are just as lazy. I do far less then I did as a supervisor and do paperwork all night. I never even see the managers and they are not knowledgeable or supportive. Any time I make a suggestion for a residents benefit its met with opposition. Everything is on paper and things get missed. Theres very few patients and no workload yet they all complain. I use no skills other than helping the CNAs and LPNs and basic secretarial paperwork. I have horrible migraines and its difficult for me to get through the night no matter how much I sleep. My husband works as a NP and I never see him with his hours. I've put in for multiple med surg jobs since I started that go nowhere. I enjoy the benefits but I want to be a real nurse and use my skills and feel meaningful like the people I went to school with. It took a lot of paperwork to get into the VA but I don't know if I can make it past a year. Is it too soon to quit. I try my very best every day but its so hard when not even the cnas or lpns care to provide basic resident care.