New grad in LTC needs advice

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I was wondering if I could get some advice on here and I wasn't sure what thread to put it on. I figured this thread willl be good. Ok so I have been working for nights in LTC for 3 months and absolutely hate it. I just have that gut feeling that it's time to resign and move on. I don't feel like I received the proper orientation and I have been starting to get reprimanded for stuff that I had no clue about. Every time I see my manager she is on me for something and she also talks to the nurses like two years old. I also feel like I am doing more paperwork and quality control and whenever I ask for help on paperwork (because no one ever showed me how to do it) nurses just turn away and watch me drown. The more senior nurses keep telling me that I need to watch what I do because I will be next on their target list. They are currently giving out warnings to this one nurse for really stupid things. Also, since I work nights, there is a night shift supervisor who is starting to give out warnings for ridiculous reasons. She has gotten a few aides fired for not changing residents in a timely manner. I am so worried that I will get a warning from her too. For past couple of weeks, I have been leaving there feeling like I just want to give my notice. I leave there feeling like I am dumb and not a good nurse. I had a patient fall last week and my manager yelled, infront of other employees, me saying that the man shouldn't have fallen and I should have been watching him. How could I be watching hime when I giving meds out to 40 other residents? Also, she doesn't speak to any other nurses that way when they have falls. I don't want to risk losing my license. I have worked so hard to become an RN and I am now taking BSN classes, to further my career. So I have been saying I want to quit to my boyfriend and family and they are telling me no and that I should stay on for another 3 monts in order to get 6 months exeperience. My goal is to get into a hospial and they say all I need is 6 months experience. I know that's what I should do but I really can't shake this gut feeling I have. I do have a home health job that I am starting during next week. So I am torn and was wondering if any of you can give me advice on where I should resign or not?

Go with your gut on this one and good luck!

Specializes in CHN, MH & Addictions, Acute Med, Neuro..

Screw ém. and when they ask in your interview why you only stayed three months, tell them it wasn't the right place for you and that you wanted to follow you passion.

You know you're working in a toxic environment. You don't have to.

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