yonalinz

Thanks for your replies!

For you nurses out there, in your hospital do you have a grace period if your BLS/ACLS have expired and need renewing. If they did expire, does your agency suspend you until you get your license, do they give you a grace period for which one can obtain BLS/ACLS as quickly as possible. What is your agency's policy??? Curiouser and curioser...

I have recently graduated with an associate degree, and have had no prior CNA or experience prior to nursing school. I have been getting certifications, such as PALS, ACLS, NRP, and have been volunteering in the community clinic. I was unable to make the grade to be hired by a SNF. I found that 8 shifts (to learn the facility, documentation, 30 patients, and regimens, the med cart) was not enough orientation to do what they required in 8 hrs, with no overtime allowed. They said they didn't want to give me anymore orientation time and that I wasn't fast enough. All I heard was that I had to go faster. I feel that I could have done it with more supportive training, but there was no organized training. I feel kinda miserable about my struggle for that job, but I am wondering what information is there about orientating to SNFs. This experience was not much like anything I ever had in nursing school. I wish I could have pushed through, but everything seemed rushed and overwhelming for me. I felt that my individual needs for training were more, or were they excessive? What is orienting to SNFs like for others? What info is there about this?