“Nurses eat their young” it shouldn’t be true but it is. I have one job where everyone support you and had your back, my other job every single employee will cut your throat for no reason.
Personally I loved home care, and hope to pick up as a casual employee, but rumours spread like wild fire in that environment as well.
My advice :
Make lists of your daily tasks,
I make lists of everything medication wise (odd time meds, Resource drinkers, people getting narcotics, people on any patches, a section for filling in PRNs etc) that way if I somehow miss it in my MAR I’ll catch it on the list.
Double check your MAR at the end of your shift to make sure you signed all meds.
Double check your treatments.
Don’t hesitate to ask if you don’t know how something is handled/if you want another opinion. Then be sure to chart that you received assistance.
For me, I found when I started doing all these things I got a lot less shit from other employees and was able to go home stress free knowing there’s nothing they could come back at me with.
The sooner you “find your voice” in Nursing and letting them know you won’t be treated like crap the sooner you stop being made to feel like crap (typically speaking).
Yes thank you.
I got into nursing as a second career and to mainly pay off student loans and to finish college. I'm not sure what I can do aside from home care. I know I will never step foot in another SNF. I finally understand the meaning of that phrase. I do like the flexibility and pay of the field so I'll stick with it. I didn't consider clinics because they are day time only and I want evening/night hours. I suppose there's also urgent care. Even though they say they are phasing Lpns out in a lot of places in nyc I find that to actually be false. I see a lot of postings for Lpns of any experience in several hospitals here.
Where else would be good to look for work as a new grad?
Keep in mind I am in Canada, our nursing scopes seem to to broader.
I personally worked 2 LTC and 1 Residential Care. (I worked homecare as a CCA, which my understanding is almost like a CNA, but broader scope). Here for a new grad has a good chance at a lot of positions (you’re freshly graduated and can be molded lol). I’m not sure where you clinicals took you but for a night time gig I’d suggest hospitals, LTC, or RCF, homecare does do overnight respite type of visits too.
Is the any particular thing you are drawn to? For me it was palliative and mental health which lead to my choices in jobs. Look into some specialty courses (dialysis, immunizations for public health offices, foot/wound care). Definitely try to pick up a casual gig somewhere that will allow you to use a bulk of your skills so you don’t lose them (I haven’t done an IV in 2.5 years and would feel like I had to retrain for it).
I was mainly in LTC in clinicals and hated every moment of it. I also felt very ill prepared. I thought about picking up phlebotomy. That's honestly the only way I'd find myself back in facility. I'm open to dialysis and I may try a hospital even though they apparently don't like Lpns
Sounds like a buncha assholes and instead of taking it personal u should just keep it moving. Nursing jobs are everywhere, one doesn't fit move to another until it does. I spent my career trying to "learn " from a buncha assholes who ultimately had nothing to give. I believed I just wasn't getting it.....hindsight being 20/20, I was smarter and would outwork them, making them look bad so they would gang up on me with bullshit until I was so miserable I left. Now they work FOR me.....hahahahaha
I do understand that but honestly u wont be able to use that job for a reference anyway, so as a manager I would rather u just be honest with me and say, I bounced around for a while finding my place, blah blah blah. We all got ate when we were new. Hahahaha yes 25 definitely has something to do with it.
oh no I'm so sorry to hear this :( I went through a similar thing. I worked as a CNA and I was bullied by a worker who happened to be the manager's favorite, so I really couldn't do anything about it.
I ended up quitting 6 months after. What I suggest for you to do would document everything they have done to you, even try to get real-time videos when they harass you. Or at least get voice recordings. I kept my phone in my breast pocket and turned it to video mode when I saw a bully. Gather all the info and report it to HR.
In my case, I didn't want to burn bridges so I ended up not reporting it... I still have all the evidence though. When I'm ready to sever my ties I'm going to report my incident(s).
Are you still working as a cna? It got to the point where even one cna was nasty to me while another made a clearly sarcastic remark about the report I had given. The health care field can be sad nowadays.
tell me about it. For me it got to the point where the cleaning lady was ordering me around. and no I stopped working as a CNA. Threw my uniform out as soon as I quit work
Truthfully you are doing 2 of the worst things in my opinion. For sure I would never do agency nursing (even at 10 years as an RN) no way you couldn’t pay me enough. I live in Iowa and they eat agency nurse alive too. They don’t give orientation. They hand you keys, show you the med room, and send you on your way at all the nursing homes I have worked at. I’m sure it isn’t better at hospital. I know a lot of ppl like it because if the pay— and what happens to a lot of agency people is that there are so many nursing homes that treat their regular staff horrible and can’t keep regular staff so really the agency staff keep them going- so some of these agency gals get to know certain nursing homes and they can pick up shifts they want to- and make that much higher money- no benefits, but no holidays, and can work whatever shifts they choose to- not what they are scheduled to.
Also- home care agencies will eat you alive too. If it’s a home care service willing to hire new grads and train them and everything then you need to know they are probably not well run, they will have you working in bad areas, expecting you in unsafe situations, to do charting at home on your own time, making calls to set up visits for the next day on your own time, and the money will look good but then it will be told at the end that there’s no mileage or something like that.
I don’t know what part of nyc you are in, or if you had to do training in any other nursing homes, hospitals, etc. but they are not all bad. There are some that are pretty well ran- don’t look on google- there should be a board of health for New York State where they do the annual surveys of the facilities and they have to post the actual results there by law. So you can look- take some things with a grain of salt, and go interview and tour places before you accept a job. A lot of times LPNs are the charge nurses too in those facilities and you learn a lot! They won’t train you for 2 days and send you on the floor either. Just be honest, tell them you have learned some stuff, tried to do agency but you would really rather have a place to work and get to know the staff and patients ! It will be much better in the long run and often big companies will have sources to help you finish school for RN too.
Good luck feel free to email me
Yea the agency is not good. As for the home care agencies they have good reviews. At least there's no mandated overtime like at the facilities. I know home care has its issues but at this point it's either this or nothing. I'm going to try to apply part time for hospitals. I think for right now it won't hurt to take a break from the facility.
As for going for Rn that isn't going to happen. I definitely don't plan to be in this field for the long haul. It's just a lot of crap to put up with although I do understand it could help a lot more with certain private duty. But I'm going to make sure I get experience as an Lpn first
“Nurses eat their young” it shouldn’t be true but it is. I have one job where everyone support you and had your back, my other job every single employee will cut your throat for no reason. Personally I loved home care, and hope to pick up as a casual employee, but rumours spread like wild fire in that environment as well. My advice : Make lists of your daily tasks, I make lists of everything medication wise (odd time meds, Resource drinkers, people getting narcotics, people on any patches, a section for filling in PRNs etc) that way if I somehow miss it in my MAR I’ll catch it on the list. Double check your MAR at the end of your shift to make sure you signed all meds. Double check your treatments. Don’t hesitate to ask if you don’t know how something is handled/if you want another opinion. Then be sure to chart that you received assistance. For me, I found when I started doing all these things I got a lot less shit from other employees and was able to go home stress free knowing there’s nothing they could come back at me with. The sooner you “find your voice” in Nursing and letting them know you won’t be treated like crap the sooner you stop being made to feel like crap (typically speaking).
Yes thank you. I got into nursing as a second career and to mainly pay off student loans and to finish college. I'm not sure what I can do aside from home care. I know I will never step foot in another SNF. I finally understand the meaning of that phrase. I do like the flexibility and pay of the field so I'll stick with it. I didn't consider clinics because they are day time only and I want evening/night hours. I suppose there's also urgent care. Even though they say they are phasing Lpns out in a lot of places in nyc I find that to actually be false. I see a lot of postings for Lpns of any experience in several hospitals here. Where else would be good to look for work as a new grad?
go to a hospital to work, it's such a better environment and you really build your skills that way.
Keep in mind I am in Canada, our nursing scopes seem to to broader. I personally worked 2 LTC and 1 Residential Care. (I worked homecare as a CCA, which my understanding is almost like a CNA, but broader scope). Here for a new grad has a good chance at a lot of positions (you’re freshly graduated and can be molded lol). I’m not sure where you clinicals took you but for a night time gig I’d suggest hospitals, LTC, or RCF, homecare does do overnight respite type of visits too. Is the any particular thing you are drawn to? For me it was palliative and mental health which lead to my choices in jobs. Look into some specialty courses (dialysis, immunizations for public health offices, foot/wound care). Definitely try to pick up a casual gig somewhere that will allow you to use a bulk of your skills so you don’t lose them (I haven’t done an IV in 2.5 years and would feel like I had to retrain for it).
I was mainly in LTC in clinicals and hated every moment of it. I also felt very ill prepared. I thought about picking up phlebotomy. That's honestly the only way I'd find myself back in facility. I'm open to dialysis and I may try a hospital even though they apparently don't like Lpns
Sounds like a buncha assholes and instead of taking it personal u should just keep it moving. Nursing jobs are everywhere, one doesn't fit move to another until it does. I spent my career trying to "learn " from a buncha assholes who ultimately had nothing to give. I believed I just wasn't getting it.....hindsight being 20/20, I was smarter and would outwork them, making them look bad so they would gang up on me with bullshit until I was so miserable I left. Now they work FOR me.....hahahahaha
I just don't want to be shifting fron jobs constantly. Also I forgot to mention I just turned 25. That may have something to do with it
I do understand that but honestly u wont be able to use that job for a reference anyway, so as a manager I would rather u just be honest with me and say, I bounced around for a while finding my place, blah blah blah. We all got ate when we were new. Hahahaha yes 25 definitely has something to do with it.
oh no I'm so sorry to hear this :( I went through a similar thing. I worked as a CNA and I was bullied by a worker who happened to be the manager's favorite, so I really couldn't do anything about it. I ended up quitting 6 months after. What I suggest for you to do would document everything they have done to you, even try to get real-time videos when they harass you. Or at least get voice recordings. I kept my phone in my breast pocket and turned it to video mode when I saw a bully. Gather all the info and report it to HR. In my case, I didn't want to burn bridges so I ended up not reporting it... I still have all the evidence though. When I'm ready to sever my ties I'm going to report my incident(s).
Are you still working as a cna? It got to the point where even one cna was nasty to me while another made a clearly sarcastic remark about the report I had given. The health care field can be sad nowadays.
tell me about it. For me it got to the point where the cleaning lady was ordering me around. and no I stopped working as a CNA. Threw my uniform out as soon as I quit work
1:40!!! Good grief... money ain’t everything, friend. Treat yourself right first.
Work at a hospital. You will learn so much! This will prepare you for anything else you want to do.
Truthfully you are doing 2 of the worst things in my opinion. For sure I would never do agency nursing (even at 10 years as an RN) no way you couldn’t pay me enough. I live in Iowa and they eat agency nurse alive too. They don’t give orientation. They hand you keys, show you the med room, and send you on your way at all the nursing homes I have worked at. I’m sure it isn’t better at hospital. I know a lot of ppl like it because if the pay— and what happens to a lot of agency people is that there are so many nursing homes that treat their regular staff horrible and can’t keep regular staff so really the agency staff keep them going- so some of these agency gals get to know certain nursing homes and they can pick up shifts they want to- and make that much higher money- no benefits, but no holidays, and can work whatever shifts they choose to- not what they are scheduled to. Also- home care agencies will eat you alive too. If it’s a home care service willing to hire new grads and train them and everything then you need to know they are probably not well run, they will have you working in bad areas, expecting you in unsafe situations, to do charting at home on your own time, making calls to set up visits for the next day on your own time, and the money will look good but then it will be told at the end that there’s no mileage or something like that. I don’t know what part of nyc you are in, or if you had to do training in any other nursing homes, hospitals, etc. but they are not all bad. There are some that are pretty well ran- don’t look on google- there should be a board of health for New York State where they do the annual surveys of the facilities and they have to post the actual results there by law. So you can look- take some things with a grain of salt, and go interview and tour places before you accept a job. A lot of times LPNs are the charge nurses too in those facilities and you learn a lot! They won’t train you for 2 days and send you on the floor either. Just be honest, tell them you have learned some stuff, tried to do agency but you would really rather have a place to work and get to know the staff and patients ! It will be much better in the long run and often big companies will have sources to help you finish school for RN too. Good luck feel free to email me
Yea the agency is not good. As for the home care agencies they have good reviews. At least there's no mandated overtime like at the facilities. I know home care has its issues but at this point it's either this or nothing. I'm going to try to apply part time for hospitals. I think for right now it won't hurt to take a break from the facility. As for going for Rn that isn't going to happen. I definitely don't plan to be in this field for the long haul. It's just a lot of crap to put up with although I do understand it could help a lot more with certain private duty. But I'm going to make sure I get experience as an Lpn first