My first year of nursing is draining

[Lovethenurse2b25, ASN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN]

I dread going to work everyday. I started working at a rehab in septemeber. I was so excited to work for this company because i heard great things. Only to realized that it is not a great place to work.

People are either being fire like crazy or quiting it is insane. Since working here we have been so short staff to the point where the nurses are required to do all showering and am care because we hardly have any techs. Our techs also do not take vitals or blood sugars. The are suppose to do hourly rounding charting with us many of them don't at all. Some days i have 12 critical care patient to give meds to and half the time i am late because of being overwhelmed with other things. It is also my responsibility as a nurse to pass out the food trays because the kitchen does not have enough staff. i was told by my superior to put a hoyer lift patient in bed by myself after asking for assistance.

I am in training but my preceptor leaves me to do everything myself. She stated i can not stand over top of you as if you are a child.

I have a lot of questions i would like to ask so that when i am on my own i would not exactly what to do. And to top it off i was told when i got hired i would get 12 weeks of training now I'm being told thats not gonna happen. Throughout my training i honestly don't think i’ve learned anything more then i did in nursing school. We are suppose to have a checklist to sign off on but my supervisor keeps giving me the run around. I still have not received it.

Please tell me this is not what nursing is all about. I am not one to give up easily but boy am i overwhelmed.

[JKL33]

You need to find another job, pronto. This is not safe for anyone and you are not going to get an objectively solid footing for your nursing career in this scenario...and you run the risk of disaster, besides.

There isn't even a problem with what to say to a future interviewer. I would say something along the lines that you found out after on-boarding that the position offered wasn't actually available.

[llg, PhD, RN]

Learn from this experience (as you leave it). Now you know what types of questions to ask during an interview. You want to avoid such horrible conditions in the future. For example, ask to see a few shift assignment sheets so that you can see how many patients each nurse is responsible for. Ask to see a schedule, etc. Find out the staffing levels of the various team members, etc.

If you can, do at least some communication through e-mail so that you have promises such as orientation length in writing. etc.

Now you know what to watch out for as you look for your next job. Use that knowledge to find a better one than the one you have now.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

get out of there as soon as you can. Be professional, give proper notice, do what you can, document unsafe conditions as you can, but get out. What you are experiencing is not normal.

[Lovethenurse2b25, ASN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN]

6 hours ago, JKL33 said:

You need to find another job, pronto. This is not safe for anyone and you are not going to get an objectively solid footing for your nursing career in this scenario...and you run the risk of disaster, besides.

There isn't even a problem with what to say to a future interviewer. I would say something along the lines that you found out after on-boarding that the position offered wasn't actually available.

Thank you i will consider mentioning that. It just so difficult for me because i prefer to get one job and stick with it.