Where do I begin? Orientation was a joke. Although hired for evenings, as an RN, I was told I needed to orient on days at least a day, because "the evening nurse doesn't know what is going on". My first day was a disaster. The day nurse was an hour late. I was assigned to their new dementia unit, which is no more than the end of a hall with secured doors. The place is pretty, but the decorations, glass, candles, long call lights, med cart not locked up...are all dangers for dementia res. The poor nurse was expected to do everything! None of the staff were trained on how to deal with and properly care for dementia residents and it showed! Several staff yelled at the res that would not stay seated or asked for a robe to keep warm. The "rule" at this facility was to have one nurse call the DR twice a day with ALL the issues for every resident that may need attention in a 100+ bed facility. That nurse was to take all the orders for all the other nurses and then just pass on the info! Excuse me, but I was taught to NEVER accept an order from a different nurse about my resident! How am I to know what the DR actually said? What if that nurse spelled a med wrong or got the entire order wrong? Then I would be responsible for that order and to carry it out. No thanks! I value my license more than that. And the reason they do this...the DR doesn't want to talk to more than one nurse a day. BOO-HOO! Perhaps they shouldn't be a DR of over a hundred residents then? The fact that management allow this to go on is awful! To make matters worse, the staffing coordinator didn't "feel like" making our badges when we went to orientation, so I was to use a paper sign in sheet to time in and out. BUT, there weren't any, so I never was able to time in or out. Even though I asked the ADON for one up to 5 times a day. I never got one.. So, I worked for FREE!!!! What a big lesson learned about this company with a bad reputation. At least I can say I gained the knowledge that they really are as bad as I was told!