EricaFrost

Right now its 7 hours a day 7 days a week and apparently thats my schedule the next month goes to 12 hour days. Im ok with that the part that im not ok with is I feel like im being shoved into this with no orientation or communication at all. There is no nurse going off shift to get report from and the director who hired me is not communicating with me all he does is text and says he is trying to get the other nurse to come. Ive explained to him I do not feel safe. I just dont know if my feelings are warranted or this is the norm for a new lpn.

Is it normal for a new nurse to start a home health job with NO orientation with the company at all. This is my first job and I just got my tb and physical yesterday and my boss informed me im working 7 days in a row with no training at all. My client is a complicated one to say the least and its very nerve racking with no orientation. I havent even met another nurse. No clue who to call with questions ot anything. It just feels very unsafe to me. And yes they knew I was a brand new nurse.