[gonzo1]

Piglets2, you don't have to prove anything to anyone as long as you are doing the right thing. You can't make your boss understand something she has no training in. Just continue to do the right thing and all will be okay for you. It is far better to have her yelling at you than to be up on criminal charges for doing the wrong thing to a patient. Sometimes we have to try a few jobs before we find the right one. It sounds like maybe you are not in it yet. Keep up the good work and look on everyday, every experience as a learning experience.

[firstaiddave907]

I hope everything works out for you in the short term and the long term.

[supernurse65]

pig--keep doing what you are doing and you all will stay out of trouble and out from in front of an administrative law judge.

[calderone]

Piglet,

I have a feeling we have worked for the same EXACT facility. I respectfuly disagree with one of the suggestions that you tell her boss, telling this fake-nurse's boss what is going on is not going to do anything. Her boss gave her that position even though she is aware that this individual is not a nurse. I don't blame fellow nurses for not believing that this could be possible. These people are the epitomy of ignorance and greed. RUN DON'T WALK FROM THAT PLACE!!! Also, are you the only non-foreign nurse at this facility? If you want to tell me the name of this place, I will hold it in the strictest of confidence. If you would rather not, would you be comfortable telling me what section of the US you work in? Ex: Northeast, Northwest. PM me if you would rather not post your answers.

[PANurseRN1]

I think you should find another job--fast. You are a licensed nurse; she is a minimally educated, unlicensed person who has let her authority fill the vacant space where a brain is supposed to be.

You should not be subject to the supervision of someone who is undereducated, unlicensed, and has absolutely nothing to lose if something goes wrong. This facility is playing fast and loose with your license. Get out before something really bad happens.

[piglets2]

respectfully, I am trying not to identify where I work as I never know who is lurking. I will say it is a privately owned facility and my boss is one of the owners, so basically, my hands are tied, as far as going to her boss..
I can usually keep things under control if I have written rules and regs set forth by the government to prove what I am saying and why, its like I have to prove my actions, why I clarify meds, why I write doc orders a certain way, etc,..She doesn't like it, but she backs off and moves on to something else. The other facility I worked for chose to hide things or rather reword things required by the state which caused undo harm to patients. I refused to do this, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..its a duck, so I was rode pretty hard, demoted from a charge position to med position on two seperate occasions by two seperate DON's for the same exact reasons. I wouldn't conform to "their" way of doing things because it was illegal and I do not want to go to prison. I have never followed the crowd, I don't kiss someones butt, I don't suck up to the boss. I go in, do my job to the best of my ability, follow the rules and regs set forth by the state and federal government and the written policies of the facility.In 16 years, I have never had anything against my license, never been to court, and believe honesty is the best policy. It usually gets me into trouble with the bosses although I don't know why as by protecting my license I am also protecting their facility. I live in a small town, one hospital, 2 nursing homes, and several doctors. the hospital owns the nursing homes and the docs offices. So the ASL is my only option, unless I want to commute 1 1/2 hours to another town. The ASL is less stressful ( despite the boss) especially when you consider the atrocities I faced at the NH.
I am in the south, and am not a minority in this facility. All the staff are middle aged..35-50.
And youre right, I would rather be yelled at for something she can't understand than to conform to her beliefs and live everyday with the idea that I hurt someone from negligence.
Piglets

[catlady]

Originally Posted by piglets2

respectfully, I am trying not to identify where I work as I never know who is lurking. I will say it is a privately owned facility and my boss is one of the owners, so basically, my hands are tied, as far as going to her boss..
I can usually keep things under control if I have written rules and regs set forth by the government to prove what I am saying and why, its like I have to prove my actions, why I clarify meds, why I write doc orders a certain way, etc,..

She should be thanking you on bended knee for being so conscientious. You are keeping someone from suing her for everything she owns, including your facility. It must be pretty difficult, though, constantly having to rehash Nursing 101 for an individual who doesn't seem bright enough to get it. Did she inherit her money?

[teedy9]

Contact your Board of Nursing for information. Med Tech SHOULD NOT be the boss of an RN.

[DonnaRN66]

I work in a level 1 trauma center and the head nurses in my department have no experience

[RN(MH)]

Hi
I am a bit late posting this but have just joined. I am a nurse in England, adn although we have different bodies governing us, I feel the rules are still the same. I would not give any medication to any patient if I was unsure. It rests on the nurses shoulders when mistakes like this are made, and no one will back you up. "If in doubt dont dish it out".
I would (and have done) save my nursing registration above my job. I would also save my patients and report this to the necessary authorities.