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All of my coworkers are suprised that i'm barely being left alone on the floor. Everyone else says they got 4 days of orientation and were left by themselves. I think thats just crazy and unsafe. i dont think im providing the time my patients deserve because im always in a rush & to me, my DON says "don't worry i've had nurses do worse. You didnt harm anyone." Then she goes behind my back and says something totally different. I was not the only one that caused a deficiency because of a stupid thing. Our facility ended up with 20 deficiences.

So I started working at a LTC facility 3 1/2 weeks ago. At first, everything was really overwhelming w/ all the paperwork but I was slowly getting the hang of it. We're short staffed so on my wing there are 2 nurses. Me & somebody else. I would do the floor (med pass, tx's) and my coworker would be at the desk. So this week the state surveyers showed up, and they asked to see me administer insulin. Well I withdrew insulin from a flex pen with a syringe which youre not supposed to do. but thats the way I was taught there at work. I was so nervous I didnt think to not do that. Anyway, that got us a deficiency. The DON was pissed. Then under all the pressure my coworker quit now i'm by myself and the DON said she doesnt want me working any of her wings by myself. I feel like everyone thinks i'm stupid. I think im learning way too slow, i should be able to handle the whole wing by myself but I still have so many questions!!!