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Oct 13, 2008 07:06 PM

Submitted my resignation today....

by Lexxie
Updated Oct 13, 2008 at 07:12 PM by Lexxie

I've been with my employer for 11 years, the last three as a LPN. This past spring I accepted a Charge Nurse position. The facility had just completed the cultural change and my floor opened. We received 27 residents in a week's time! There was a unit clerk for a brief time, but mostly we've worked without one. Two situations arose this past week - one involving a wound, the other antibiotics. The wound IS bad, however I feel as if I'm taking the heat for it, even though there are 2 other shifts that did not report it either. The antibiotics - resident was started on two -one QD, the other TID. I started the QD med right away but not the other, as the TID med would have meant waking the res up in the middle of the night. Long story short, I am being removed from being charge nurse d/t the above. I DO take some responsibility as far as the wound is concerned - I should have been more vigilant in observing this resident's skin, but I am a little confused over the antibiotic situation! My boss has not given me very clear and concise reasons for why she felt the urgency of starting BOTH antibiotics simultaneously.

Up until this point, I'd only heard good things about how the floor was "coming together", how I was doing a good job, how well everyone worked together. It just doesn't make sense to me. SIGH! Just had to get that off my chest. I feel like a failure AND a bad nurse


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Old Oct 14, 2008, 08:52 AM

Default Re: Submitted my resignation today....
Originally Posted by Lexxie View Post
I've been with my employer for 11 years, the last three as a LPN. This past spring I accepted a Charge Nurse position. The facility had just completed the cultural change and my floor opened. We received 27 residents in a week's time! There was a unit clerk for a brief time, but mostly we've worked without one. Two situations arose this past week - one involving a wound, the other antibiotics. The wound IS bad, however I feel as if I'm taking the heat for it, even though there are 2 other shifts that did not report it either. The antibiotics - resident was started on two -one QD, the other TID. I started the QD med right away but not the other, as the TID med would have meant waking the res up in the middle of the night. Long story short, I am being removed from being charge nurse d/t the above. I DO take some responsibility as far as the wound is concerned - I should have been more vigilant in observing this resident's skin, but I am a little confused over the antibiotic situation! My boss has not given me very clear and concise reasons for why she felt the urgency of starting BOTH antibiotics simultaneously.

Up until this point, I'd only heard good things about how the floor was "coming together", how I was doing a good job, how well everyone worked together. It just doesn't make sense to me. SIGH! Just had to get that off my chest. I feel like a failure AND a bad nurse
Did you resign already? If not, I would probably at least ask the supervisor what her concise reasons were for removing you from the position. She may have already had someone else in mind...that is what I honestly suspect. But, I would want to know, anyhow, to keep in mind for the future, in case you accept another charge position (may it be there or elsewhere).
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