licensed practical nurse

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Typically work days went smoothly and according to plan, especially when all kitchen staffed worked together as a unit. The job duties were ample enough to keep you busy throughout the day to make for a productive days work. During my time here, I learned how to cook many different foods and properly prepare them for serving. I learned every residents diet and what they could and couldn't have and how their food had to be made. I learned how to make diet specific drinks and snacks as well. And I learned how to use and operate numerous kitchen utensils, appliances and sanitizing procedures. Overall the culture of the workplace was great. Everyone greeted you with a smile and very friendly demeanor. Employees in the different departments always strived to make sure their job was done, properly, efficiently and to the best quality and satisfaction possible. The hardest part of the job was making sure that all facets of the job were done correctly and met the expectations during state inspections and visits. The most enjoyable part of this job was knowing I took part in making sure the residents were properly taken care of by providing them with the nutrition they needed. And getting to know and build relationships with the residents was very enjoyable to me as well. I loved to put a smile on their faces. The management was hands down one of the best Ive ever worked for. They were very understanding, cared about the employees, treated everyone equally and made sure you had the proper training required to preform your job.

1.  No proper orientation for nursing. I sat through a couple hours of videos about CNA care of elderly, nothing for nurses. I had 2 days of orientation on the floor, then I was on my own. Was never trained on the computer, had to figure it out on my own. The codes to the lab system and the Cubix system are like a secret society, not everyone gets them no matter how many times you ask. The computer system is very nice...then you have paperwork from the 1970's to fill out for everything. The forms are either not updated (because, again, no one has access to them) or they have been copied so many times they are unreadable.
2.  Stressful/chaotic work environment. Everyone is working as hard as they can every day all day. Tempers can flare.
3.  High staff turnover. There are people leaving and being hired on a weekly basis.
4.  Understaffed. The building was designed for 6 nurses on 1st and 2nd shift and now they are staffed with 4 nurses for 80-90 residents. On night shift there are 2 nurses who split that load and 4 CNA's if everyone shows up.
5.  Older building that needs a serious face lift and new plumbing.
6.  Looks and functions more like a hospital than a nursing home. There are 2 med passes on days, 2 on evenings, and 2 on night shift.  The poor elderly residents are awakened as early as 4:30am for thyroid medication. I don't know when they ever sleep.

This place unfortunately was the only thing I had for most of the year, although I had a second job at first, and this was a backup, I lost my other job and had this to fall back on, for a time. During that time, the Management berated me about needing and constantly complaining that I 'never' showed up. For context, my main job was priority for obvious reasons as I was making $18/hr and here I was only making $8/hr, so this wasn't a priority, even with that said, I still was at my other job 36 hours a week, and working at this one 36 hours a week, typically only taking one day for myself. When this became my main job, it became an issue. My personal life became too out in the open and everyone knew about my life outside of work, more often before I even did, and I constantly took heat for my medical conditions that prevented me from being able to come in. I have chronic conditions that sometimes prevent me from being able to physically work, and of course they made me feel bad for having these conditions as if I could control medical issues with some pain relievers, constantly trying to get me to pop pills until I felt better just so I could work. I was treated as a second class citizen for way too long, and my life outside of work constantly had a factor in my work since it was a personal place. I refuse to ever work for a facility like this again, and I recommend nobody for the positions here as you'll just be treated as trash or worse.

Overall there are many decent people who work here, but being a CNA is extremely hard due to coworkers and some nurses. Such a toxic culture; everyone is horribly competitive for no reason and as a newcomer you will feel alienated. Everyone will talk down to you and treat you like an idiot even if they don't know you. Coworkers are constantly trying to set you up for failure and will only work together with you when made to by supervising staff. People constantly gossip and will curse at as well as straight up bully and make fun of you. Coworkers are quick to go to upper management about you and frame situations in a way to get you in trouble if they don't like you. Nurses play favorites all the time, and if you aren't one you get clearly singled out with a bigger workload as well as talked down to. A lot of them clearly look down on CNAs and can't be trusted supervisors, they'll do nothing but yell at you for not getting things done if you need help. The patients aren't bad, but the workload is near impossible to keep up with and usually you don't have a partner on your hall willing to help you. There are a couple great nurses who are very nice, but unfortunately it's never guaranteed that you'll be with them. Lunch breaks are a free-for-all, you go when you can and hope nothing happens since no one will watch your call lights while you're gone. 

It offers a negative work environment. It feels more like high-school than a health care facility . Not the professionalism you would expect. The pay is low. Benefits are basic and insufficient. The staff is overworked and always expected to work more hours at the drop of a hat. Policies are not enforced in a consistent manner. What one may get wrote up for, the next three may not. 30 minutes are automatically deducted from each shift for lunch (they tell you not to clock in or out for lunch). If you cannot take your 30 minute lunch, for any reason, they do not offer a method of adjusting your hours. Instead they simply tell you "too bad, you must take your lunch. We have no way of adjusting the hours." Many times the cna's are covering a section by themselves and cannot take their lunch break without leaving the residents unattended. The company still refuses to adjust their hours. They brag of a shift difference, but if you are late for one shift, you lose your difference for the entire week. If you take a vacation day, you lose you shift diff for the entire week. If you work a partial shift, you lose your shift diff, etc. If you are sick, even if you are vomiting, you are expected to be at work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I do not recommend this company for anyone I was highly underpaid overworked discriminated against and was not provided adequate help from my leadership

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The entire job was stressful. They expected you to work two jobs that should’ve been split up between two people and they don’t compensate for that responsibility nor did they provide adequate training to do the job. This job is meant for two people, not one.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is very toxic. The leadership is very toxic. The staff is very toxic. There’s a lot of arguing in the hallways. There is a lot of he said she said stuff going on even leadership acts in this as well there is a lot of accounts that you’re gonna need to do when you get in Resident trust fund is never balanced so you’ll be responsible for all of the backlog from previous people that worked there before you and expectation for you to get it together

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The typical day working here is stressed from the beginning to the end is mostly because of the staff and leadership and also higher ups in corporate as well

A typical day at Waters is pretty stable overall. Everyone does their equal share of work for the most part and work gets done generally at a fast pace.

Learning to work at a routine pace was very helpful in managing my work time effectively with fellow kitchen staff to show me if I needed help and I really appreciated all their help.

Management was really nice to me and the others. There were a few things like the schedule getting re-organized daily but other than that we all got along pretty well.

The facility was generally clean say the urine odder that cropped up from time to time but that can be said pretty much about any nursing home. OSHA safety guidelines were followed to the T.

The hardest part of the job would have to be the holidays when we would have to prepare big holiday dinners for the residence and guests but as long as everyone was there doing what they were supposed to do it didn't bother us that much.

I would have to say the most enjoyable part of the job was interacting with the residence. Seeing them smile and show appreciation for the work you do really does warm your heart and makes everything you do seem worth it.
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There’s a reason this place almost always has job openings and sign on bonuses. It’s a hard job, and depending what shift you work, it’s even harder. The pay is not nearly enough for what you have to deal with. A lot of the CNAs are being trained or have taken and failed the test but are still permitted to take care of residents. Even some of the certified CNAs don’t follow proper procedure and will take shortcuts to finish the work faster. This often means leaving a mess for next shift or falsifying charting. HIPPA laws were broken so often that even when witnessed by managers/higher ups nothing was said or done. There was also problem with people not showing up for their shift and not calling in which made it so the people working who were already working 12+ hours shifts sometimes having to stay even longer. On the few days you got off, you would still be called and guilted into coming in and picking up someone else’s shift. It’s heartbreaking to see the conditions some of the residents are left in by careless workers. Most of the injury caused to residents is because of someone not following procedure and trying to lift the resident themselves or refusing to go get a lift and then the resident falls. It may have been a nice place to work a few years ago but not so much anymore.

I’ve been a healthcare professional for nearly 10 years. I was a CNA here for my initial job then got my LPN. So I experienced both sides of it. This facility was hands down the worst environment I have ever worked in. The management is absolutely horrible. The chain of command is a joke. There is one amazing LPN there who is extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Other than that, none of the nurses help with anything. As a CNA, you’re at the bottom of the totem pole and expected to do everyone’s work, including housekeeping. The entire building is mostly agency because nobody wants to stay there due to the work load and the pay which doesn’t match. I was there for about two years and know of 14 CNAs who quit. As well as several nurses, DONs, and administrators. The pay is decent and the benefits are as well. However if you work here full time (IE 40+ hours a week) you cannot maintain a good work and home life balance. There turnover rate is astronomical. Some days you are assigned to upwards of 20 residents (if not more) due to no call no shows. The residents are incredible and they deserve a fully staffed building in order to get the proper care and adequate support! This building is in a downward spiral and it saddens me to see!

A typical day at work included caring for 19-24 patients per one nurse ratio. Two CNAs also provided. Medication administration and treatment performance consumed most of day. Along with previous duties, there were occasions for new admission and physician communications. Family support and education occurred daily. I've learned that time management is a must in this type of environment. There never seemed to be enough time to complete all assignments. It was almost impossible to complete charting during the shift. Charting often happened after leaving the floor. Management was as supportive as corporate would allow them to be. I believe that corporate employees would have benefited from working the floor themselves to understand the difficulties experienced by floor nurses. Coworkers were great, definitely team players. The thing I liked most about long term care is the connections made with the residents. You truly get to know your residents and are able to detect when critical changes are occurring. Overall decent place to work if you are up for a challenge.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Licensed practical nurse 9 salaries reported	$33.69 per hour
Nursing assistant 3 salaries reported	$21.58 per hour
Registered nurse 9 salaries reported	$40.44 per hour
Cook 2 salaries reported	$16.50 per hour
Dietary aide 3 salaries reported	$14.00 per hour

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