Quit during orientation

[Themostsupreme]

what are my chances of ever working in that hospital again?

I recently quit this past week my 1st ever tech job as a Nursing student b/c i felt it was unsafe. I had to juggle up to 15 patients, some mentally unstable and some being total/complete care with not much help from the nurses/techs and unsupportive management. I thought i'd be gaining valuable skills but all i did was clean patients for most of the day. This was something i was already taught in NS, so i dont need the additional practice. i felt like i was doing all the grunt work. The nurses were mainly charting and giving out meds, but they too seemed busy but their work is alot less physical. I was thinking of just working at my friends dads company as an administrative assistant until i graduate. It pays more and its a lot less work....It was a nice hospital, id like to go back, but only as a nurse.

[noelly10]

I don't see any problem with the path he is taking: get your foot in the door that will hopefully garner more opportunities for future employment, take a job that allows for more study time (as long as the employer is ok with this). All smart moves. What many are finding distasteful is his apparent laziness and unwillingness to do jobs that he considers beneath him, as was evidenced in one of his previous threads and a little more mildly in this one. His previous thread really set the tone for this one; if I'd just read this one, I might have thought that he simply used poor wording.

Agreed. I initially read this and thought he sounded a little over confident and explained that being a current employee never guarantees a job. And the way it was worded in this one, I knew it was headed down a bad path. Then I read the other post and my head spun around a couple times.

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

Oh really now? That's great.

I'll probably just do some comment watching while I'm in the area.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

I think NOADLS made a shell account and is punking us.

I don't know about that. NOADLS is actually funny once you get used to him, and quite the satirist.

He's also brief and to the point. This doofus runs on and on, until it's just a bunch of "blah blah blah". If anyone has made a shell account, my vote would be the loco parentis guy. He has diarrhea of the keyboard too.

[BecomingNursey]

So you'll just quit a job until you find one that is "easy" instead of learning time management skills (or any other skills)? Yeah, that'll look good on your resume.

A) Do you think as a nurse you will never have a clean a patient?

B) You talked so ill about the nurses at the other hospital & how they "didn't help", why would you want to be like them?

Why didn't you "suck it up" at the other PCT job? Are you going to work far & few between as a nurse? You'll have to work weekends & holidays as a nurse.

Wow, really? Then stay behind the desk. I wouldn't suggest someone like you become a nurse in the first place.

If you don't work that often, they won't remember you. There are a lot of PCTs who are students & busting their behinds & working a lot more than you. Honestly, you think it's easy to get a job & it's not. If you are on the forum you would know that. Yes, it helps to work as a PCT but you need to make an impression when you work there. If you don't, how will you stand out from the other RN applicants?

There is so much ignorance in that I don't know where to begin. Ok, good, become a nurse. But from where you started you won't last long. I already touched on how you won't necessarily have an easier time getting an RN job just because you're a PCT. Big bucks? What is the cost of living? Do you live in California where the cost of living is expensive so they pay is high along with it? If not, then don't expect the "big bucks".

I have a feeling this will all come to a head when you're a new grad & you get off orientation. Are you gonna come back here crying NETY? I feel bad for who has to orientate you.

I was waiting until you arrived @organizedchaos :) And now I pull out my popcorn! Lol

[Postpartum RN]

I think you are getting too much grief from the posters on here.

From my understanding I thought the hospital is paying some tuition...

I'm glad you have a job that you enjoy now, that's what matters. Nursing is a huge diversified field, and there are plenty of specialties where RNs assist minimum with ADLs if that's what you want.

Good luck in school and strive to be a great employee at your job so that you would get noticed. Be nice and go the extra mile for the nurses, that's what will help you get a job once you become an RN.

There's a CNA that I work with now, and she's amaZing, the best I've seen because she does things without me having to ask her and does things that she is not "required" to do around the unit, I would recommend her in a heartbeat to a manager.

[cdsavannah59, CNA]

Reality check, your RN duties are still gonna require you to clean a lot of unpleasant messes.

[Leonardsmom,LPN]

Oh my, here we go again. OP hopefully your attitude changes before you graduate nursing school when it comes to patient care. There are times that as a nurse you are going to have to do things that one might consider unpleasant for the sake of the patient you are taking care of, and there are worse things than helping someone clean up after a bowel movement. Pressure ulcers that have gotten so bad they are to the bone. Or a patient that is on a trach, or on a ventilator and needs suctioning. These are all situations that a nurse may experience and more, which is nothing compared to performing adls.

As for this new job making it a piece of "cake" for getting hired in as a RN when you graduate from school there is no guarentee. It may open some doors, but it is nothing definite that you can count on.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

I think you are getting too much grief from the posters on here.

From my understanding I thought the hospital is paying some tuition...

I'm glad you have a job that you enjoy now, that's what matters. Nursing is a huge diversified field, and there are plenty of specialties where RNs assist minimum with ADLs if that's what you want.

Good luck in school and strive to be a great employee at your job so that you would get noticed. Be nice and go the extra mile for the nurses, that's what will help you get a job once you become an RN.

There's a CNA that I work with now, and she's amaZing, the best I've seen because she does things without me having to ask her and does things that she is not "required" to do around the unit, I would recommend her in a heartbeat to a manager.

Where did he say he was getting tuition assistance from the hospital? He applied at the first job as a PCT then quit during orientation. Now he is working at the second "easier" job. All during his orientation & first post he ranted about how he hated cleaning patients, hated doing "lowly" CNA duties & wanted to do RN tasks since he is a RN student.

I'm sure if he was getting tuition assistance from the hospital it would've been gone when he walked before orientation was over. Plus I don't know any hospital that gives tuition assistance for PRN employees.

[OrganizedChaos, LVN]

I was waiting until you arrived @organizedchaos :) And now I pull out my popcorn! Lol

I made the popcorn but it wasn't enough to keep my mouth (fingers) shut.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

I find this very strange. You said this was a nice hospital, someplace you'd like to work.....yet in a matter of days you found yourself being "banded against", a boycott in place against helping you?

Doesn't that seem strange to you? I'm thinking either there WAS no such group effort to work against you (and that kind of conspiratorial thinking will do you in at some point) or there WAS some type of group-think working against you (and you'd have to ask yourself just what the heck you DID that might have caused it).

I'm not saying it's ever appropriate for that to happen. I AM saying that if it DID happen....some more questions really need to be asked. You want us to believe that your MENTAL well-being was really at risk? So far...all you've said is you didn't like the job. Not mind-shattering, truly.

IMHO.....your worldview of this hospital and its staff seems skewed at best, paranoid at worst.

You did yourself your own worst turn by quitting the way you did, nothing the staff could have done during the week or so you were there was nearly as bad as your walking off the job without notice.

You said that you didn't want to "ruin your reputation" by working under such....awful?....conditions. Well. You succeeded in ruining your reputation as an employee: you proved yourself irresponsible in quitting the way you did, you proved yourself to NOT be a 'team player' in the manner you did it, and you think you HAVE a good reputation to tarnish at this point? Why?

You want us to believe that it was really safety concerns, etc that had you walking off the job, but I believe that your initial post on this thread was much closer to the truth, not the re-written version you just posted. It doesn't put you in a better light, at least not to those who believe your FIRST post was more like "how it was".

Given the attitude that comes across loud and clear even in black and white (and so must be unmistakable in person), I don't find it surprising that the established staff decided not to help him.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

So I've been off of my orientation at my pct job. I'm thankfully learning skills and the work load is not high as compared to my previous job. It's still a considerable amount of work but less cleaning since most patients can take care of themselves and i don't work on the morning shift, so thankfully, i don't have to do any AM care. My training was full time for 2 weeks, 1 week class (which i liked), and 1 week on the floor, which was kind of brutal, but i sucked it up. I'm required to put in 2 shifts per month as a per-diem employee so im not doing this often. At my other job, i had to work every weekend, 8 shifts per month.... And im still working part-time in an office which is great since it gives me a lot of time to study and get paid at the same time. I couldn't be any happier with my choices. Now that my foot is in the door, finding a hospital job will be cake and i can avoid the possibility of ever working in long term care/skilled nursing which i would never want to do. I know i have received a lot of angry comments from people on the previous thread and statements of how ill not become a nurse or how ill be a bad nurse, but i want you to know that not only will i become a nurse, but i am on the road to success, and will likely have a much easier time finding a RN job now that im a pct and the hospital pays big bucks for its nurses, which is a double win for me. My advice to anyone not happy where they are, don't be afraid to do what i did. Take a chance, i hated my last job and could never imagine going back. Find the specialty or area you want and go after it. Not only did i land a job in which i can more skills on a better unit but i also got a job where im paid to study. Do whatever it takes to accomplish your goals and never settle for less than what you expect! have a nice day :)

Clearly, you didn't have a clue what folks were trying to tell you "on that other thread" and STILL don't get it. This ought to be entertaining!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

Awesome job man. If you show you have great work ethic as a tech, I agree, it will be easier for you to gain an RN job on the unit. Just do your best. Plus, most hospitals prefer to hire internally, so you have that in your favor.

I tried long term care. I lasted for a few months and quit on the spot. They are very taxing, and so are acute care medical floors, you're right. Yes, cleaning bottoms isn't the most enjoyable, but it becomes very routine in my opinion; of course, the less the better.

From the perspective of a PCT, I agree that an RN wage appears as "big bucks".

It will certainly be nice making a higher wage once we are done. It's nice that you're thinking ahead. You will be grateful to be working the easier job during classes, as nursing school can be mentally exhausting.

I am not sure why you are receiving so much hostility on this thread. You have not said anything unreasonable.

Check out "that other thread."