Orientation at a new job

[DeeDeeMoon]

I just started at a DaVita facility as a new dialysis nurse. I have to go through technician training first, then nursing. I am new at all of this. I have some previous experience as a nursing home nurse. They knew this when they hired me. I was asked on the side by one administrator if I wanted the job considering my age. That stuck in my head. Ever since I started, it has been chaos. Orientation things not completed. I have to keep asking. I am supposed to do computer work and not clear on which ones to do. My trainer has a thick accent and is nasty. He is constantly hollaring at me in front of patients. He knows I can't understand him so he has to make it a point to scream that he told me something or that I made the mistake.

I really thought I would love dialysis. I actually still do but hate this trainer. I do not know or can't tell whether this administrator is for me or against me.

My question is, If I don't get through the training portion on time, do they let me go? Does this company work with people?

I am three weeks in on the training. I just dread going into work. Where do I go from here?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

These are questions you should be directing to your manager, such as extending orientation if it is needed. Additionally, if it is not working out with the person assigned to orient you, try asking for another person to take over.

[Lucky724]

If you read other threads here and reviews of Davita elsewhere you will see that by and large your experience w/them is not unusual. It's why they have high turn over and a lot of employees leave during the orientation period or shortly thereafter. I was one of them. Though I was not yelled at the orientation was moved 3 different times to 2 different facilities that were 2 hours from where I lived, the computer "classes" where not in order, etc. I was never told even when I asked where orientation would take place that I would be assigned to clinics "up to 6 months" elsewhere. There was more but you get the picture.

There are other/better dialysis companies out there. Take a look at them and my unsolicited advice: for the safety and well being of yourself and your license - find another place to work as soon as you can. If you can afford to leave, do it now. It will only get worse if it's anything like the Davita I was at.