Question for any healthcare workers: any advice for potential beginner CNA? Also, how do you handle pulling multiple doubles in a week

TL;DR - I applied at a mental health facility with a horrible reputation, from bad reviews from clients to bad reviews from employees, due to allegedly incompetent administrative staff and short staffing among other things, causing a high turnover rates. I have no medical experience, but they hire anyone with a pulse and I'm desperate, because it's been 6 months of me being unemployed. I need to pull 3-4 doubles a week just to earn what I used to make before the pandemic, any advice?

Questions:

In a high turnover hospital where new hires are supposedly expected to work in situations for which they weren't trained, else be threatened with termination, how do you handle being in this work environment?

How do you handle pulling 3-4 16-hour shifts per week?

Any other advice for a beginner CNA?

Hi there,

I'm going to be interviewing with a mental health facility next week. My boyfriend always complains about how disorganized and horrible the hospital is, and the employee and customer reviews echo the same things: disorganized admin staff, constant short-staffing, patients' families don't feel heard, etc. They also hire anyone with a pulse (the reviews and my boyfriend's words, not mine).

I come from a customer service, office management, and administrative background for 7 years now, but due to COVID-19, it's been difficult finding a job. Considering these people hired someone who was a call center agent (I talked to him, he doesn't have a CNA even after 7 months of working there), and a server from Denny's (who also doesn't have CNA, my boyfriend told me), I'm pretty sure I have a good chance of getting in, as long as I do well in the interview (and I actually plan on getting a CNA license, because I'll need it for after college in 5 years anyway).

This hospital is known to throw new hires into situations that they're not qualified to deal with, and the turnover rate is high, per the reviews. If you're not up for staying way later than your shift, you're canned. Some people also report not getting their lunch breaks because of what superiors make them do, so they just work through lunch. On several occasions during the winter, the RN's at my boyfriend's unit were asked to work an extra 8-hour shift, even if they've already worked a double (16 hours) that day. Those nurses ended up quitting the next day, but my bf stayed because he needed the job.

As for me, I am desperate. This hospital already sounds like a nightmare, and I would need to pull at least 3-4 doubles a week just to equal the amount I was being paid (so 64-72 hours per week). It's gonna suck, but it's what I'll have to do to pay bills until I find a better job when more companies start hiring again at a reasonable rate for my field.

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