i need advice from all you nurses here with so much experience in so many areas. I've been a nurse for appox 10 years and went to LTC about 18 months ago. I work really hard and I'm not a regular call off person. I pick up shifts all the time to help out when we're short. All in all, i feel pretty much married to this facility. I lOVE my job though and adore the people I take care of. The families really like me too and seems like they are always coming to me to get things resolved. Okay, now that u have some background on how I work. -- A few weeks ago we had an issue with a res. that is in a w/c w/ a seat belt to hold her in to prevent falling. she is leaning forward to the point of her face touching her knees and was c/o back pain due to her positioning. we tried putting her back to bed, but she kept trying to come out of the bed head first so we got her back up to prevent the fall. the c/o back pain d/t positioning continued and res. was asking us to hold her up so she could see and be more comfortable. We just don't have the man power to devote someone to holding her up. Lap buddy was tried but didn't work either. I decided to try to hold her waist up with a sheet tied loosely around her waist, it worked, was soft and she was so grateful she could sit up again. she was in it less than an hour and was put back to bed and never used again. She's back to the same position and c/o all the time for someone to help her.
Now, we have a new position available for a night shift manager and there are a few girls in the running for it, myself included. Anyway, one of the girls also in the running for it picks up shifts from time to time but only with the stipulation that she work the same halls she typically does, which are also my usual halls too. If she comes in and I'm on my halls she throws a royal snit, as she did this past week. We exchanged some words on the topic and i heard her say something to her husband about getting rid of this problem. I wasn't sure what she meant and just went back to my duties. I saw her later that night meeting with all the aides down one hallway and thought that was strange, but just dismissed it. Anyway, to make this story somewhat shorter, some one called our corporate offices anonymously and complained that i was tying this resident up to her chair. NOT TRUE. from what I can accumulate from all this she wants me out of the way and is gathering up as much as she can to make sure it happens. I just don't function in this way, and I don't know how to combat this issue. i've told my side of the story, but I didn't tell about my suspicions with this other nurse and her motives. i honestly don't know how to fight this and I need some advice. there are other issues too but I didn't want to turn this post into a novel. I have seen this nurse do mean things to other nurses as well, writing them up for med errors that never happened, stuff like that. Please give me advice!
