lost my first LPN job

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Hi all, I need some advice, I am a new grad and passed my boards (sept 07) I had trouble finding a LPN position, everybody wanted a years experience. I finally got a LPN job in a nursing home but was asked to resign with good references, I was two weeks short of my 3 month review. I agreed to resign. the problem they say is that I was too slow in passing meds, and I just could not keep up with multi-tasking and all the paperwork. I got real confused over the way I was trained. Management wanted it done by the book and on the floor it was all about cutting corners. I felt unsafe to cut corners I felt like if I did this I would loose my license. My work load was heavy with 23 patients. Most had dementia and most had to have their meds crushed and several were somewhat violent and others refused meds, or trying to get out of wheelchairs or trying to leave the facility. I was switched to three different areas and everyone did things differently.

With that being said and awfully depressed that I failed at this job, how do I explain my resignation at an interview? Im applying for jobs and getting no responses mostly because I dont have a years experience. Since Im new to all this how do you handle your work load and do you cut corners. where else can I find employment with little experience? I thought there was a shortage of nurses?

i just got hired at a privately owned nursing home (ltc facility). well... they were clear.. if i can not make it by 5 days they will let me know and get rid of me. i have to take the chance. i am a waitress and i am used to run and make everybody happy. hungry people in usa are very spoiled and cruel. i am ready to take care of patients in need of my attention because i know they have no other option, it is not a restaurant. i have to be patient and understanding, be fast, and careful. god help me!!! moz-screenshot-2.jpg

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:redbeathe i just got hired at a privately owned nursing home (ltc facility). well... they were clear.. if i can not make it by 5 days they will let me know and get rid of me. i have to take the chance. i am a waitress and i am used to run and make everybody happy. hungry people in usa are very spoiled and cruel. i am ready to take care of patients in need of my attention because i know they have no other option, id not a restaurant. i have to be patient and understanding, be fast and careful. god help me!!! :bowingpur

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:redbeathe i just got hired at a privately owned nursing home (ltc facility). well... they were clear.. if i can not make it by 5 days they will let me know and get rid of me. i have to take the chance. i am a waitress and i am used to run and make everybody happy. hungry people in usa are very spoiled and cruel. i am ready to take care of patients in need of my attention because i know they have no other option, id not a restaurant. i have to be patient and understanding, be fast and careful. god help me!!! :bowingpur

the residents are usually the easy part, it's the mountains of paperwork, families, and management that are the problem. families expect miracles, want the impossible or cruel, (i want mom up by 7 a.m. and don't want her in bed unitl after supper. nevermind if she's had a stroke), management expects perfection and all of your work done in 8 hrs while being understaffed, (which is the norm), and on and on. just remember to prioritize and take care of the important things first. everything else can wait. don't worry about the 5 day do-or-die orientation. if they let you go, they have probably done you a favor.

tonya

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