Glad they are flooding the market with New Grads...

37 I have been reading the threads & posts for the past few weeks and have seen the same complaints from LPN's and RN's. (saddly it looks like we have something in common) It doesn't seem to matter what type of facility you work in, LTC or hospital.
I have come to the conclusion that management is getting worse. IMO, it seems that they know there are thousands of new grads looking for work, so, they are taking the opportunity to raise the whip and demand the current staff to accept treatment that would have never been tried 5 yrs ago. We have no say in how our units are run and our input is at least disreguarded if not seen as contrary to policy. We are overworked and understaffed, made to be waittresses/waiters for patients and families, we now do housekeeping and maintanence jobs, get in trouble for staying over to complete documentation, and get in trouble if documentation is not as complete as they want (because we rushed to get out on time... like they want).
We are judged by survey results written by people who have no idea exactly what we do during a given shift, we are not supposed to use the restrooms, eat, sit down to document what we did, and heaven forbid if someone sees you on the phone (you may be talking to a DR, but you can be sure it will be reported that you were taking a personal call by a family member who's gingerale was not served fast enough). So, I am glad they are flooding the market with New Grads, at least the facilities will have nursing staff (abet inexperienced) when they burn out all the experienced staff.
agreed!

Double agreed!!!

Quote from gentlegiverSo, I am glad they are flooding the market with New Grads, at least the facilities will have nursing staff (abet inexperienced) when they burn out all the experienced staff.

Couldnt have said it better

Quote from gentlegiver...I have come to the conclusion that management is getting worse. IMO, it seems that they know there are thousands of new grads looking for work, so, they are taking the opportunity to raise the whip and demand the current staff to accept treatment that would have never been tried 5 yrs ago. We have no say in how our units are run and our input is at least disreguarded if not seen as contrary to policy. We are overworked and understaffed, made to be waittresses/waiters for patients and families, we now do housekeeping and maintanence jobs, get in trouble for staying over to complete documentation, and get in trouble if documentation is not as complete as they want (because we rushed to get out on time... like they want). We are judged by survey results written by people who have no idea exactly what we do during a given shift, we are not supposed to use the restrooms, eat, sit down to document what we did, and heaven forbid if someone sees you on the phone (you may be talking to a DR, but you can be sure it will be reported that you were taking a personal call by a family member who's gingerale was not served fast enough). So, I am glad they are flooding the market with New Grads, at least the facilities will have nursing staff (abet inexperienced) when they burn out all the experienced staff.

Unfortunately, from my vantage point, the abovementioned things were the common attitude 30 years ago, and the trend is to cater to patients (or "clients") and their families as if indeed the hospital was a hotel.If a nurse did his or her job, nobody also expected "service with a smile", fresh toast, cookies, beverage service all around, or scripting, and there were no surveys taken to alert management that the nurse's demeanor was not quite to their liking. Actually people used to expect that they would be dealing with the old grouches at least part of the time.The idea of being pleasant to the patient and their family is fine, as is trying to convey the idea that healthcare is not a top down dynamic, but one in which both parties are participants and/or "owners" of results hasn't resulted in too much empowerment that I can see. It just means people are judging nurses based on the one thing they can observe, and not the vast majority they cannot, as they aren't trained to know it.

So I shouldn't be able to pursue my passion because it is inconveniencing those already in the field? I'm sorry you are having to deal with a poor work environment, but please don't blame the students and new grads who are simply trying to find their place, just as you were When you started out.

Have to say, what you permit you promote. It is sad what nurses permit. There are some good places out there and some great managers......... but they are few and far between. I just had the best manager of my life in the ED....... she knew the deal and stood up for us to admin, patients, families, whatever . However, she would not stand up for substandard care. When you were right , she would fight to the death for you. If you slacked or did something wrong, you new about it............ BLISS

Quote from kah5209So I shouldn't be able to pursue my passion because it is inconveniencing those already in the field? I'm sorry you are having to deal with a poor work environment, but please don't blame the students and new grads who are simply trying to find their place, just as you were When you started out.

Quote from gentlegiverI have been reading the threads & posts for the past few weeks and have seen the same complaints from LPN's and RN's. (saddly it looks like we have something in common) It doesn't seem to matter what type of facility you work in, LTC or hospital. I have come to the conclusion that management is getting worse. IMO, it seems that they know there are thousands of new grads looking for work, so, they are taking the opportunity to raise the whip and demand the current staff to accept treatment that would have never been tried 5 yrs ago. We have no say in how our units are run and our input is at least disreguarded if not seen as contrary to policy. We are overworked and understaffed, made to be waittresses/waiters for patients and families, we now do housekeeping and maintanence jobs, get in trouble for staying over to complete documentation, and get in trouble if documentation is not as complete as they want (because we rushed to get out on time... like they want). We are judged by survey results written by people who have no idea exactly what we do during a given shift, we are not supposed to use the restrooms, eat, sit down to document what we did, and heaven forbid if someone sees you on the phone (you may be talking to a DR, but you can be sure it will be reported that you were taking a personal call by a family member who's gingerale was not served fast enough). So, I am glad they are flooding the market with New Grads, at least the facilities will have nursing staff (abet inexperienced) when they burn out all the experienced staff.

Its true that people do seem to be quitting quicker than they can get fired. That being said tensions are tight. Just last week it nearly came to blows because a night nurse left stuff undone for an already overburdened day nurse. I was recently called into the office and got a talking to for a pt complaint (never mind the pt complained about the day nurse, and every nurse who took care of her). She didn't feel like we responded quick enough when she called a billion times an hour for trivial things. Sometimes I did respond quickly because there was nothing else to prioritize, and other times she was last on the list. The answer when someone calls for whatever reason we are supposed to immediately go to that room, and acknowledge that they have been heard, and let them know we will be in. Then we prioritize. If we aren't able to go right away we have someone else go. If your in a contact precautions, and unable to reach your phone, and are doing something that becomes pretty hard to do. We are NEVER to tell the pt that we have other patients or explain that we must prioritize tasks. The other nurses we might ask are also overburdened.

Unfortunately, there is now a new wrinkle added that will keep this attitude in place. Hospitals are reimbursed incrementally by how they are "scored" by their clients/patients. If you score less than 90-100 percentile in key areas, then you get less and less money back from medicare/aid etc. for each drop. If less than 50%, good luck.