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1. I am accused of patient of giving meds against his will.

   markfish posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Hi everyone. I was accused of patient of giving him meds against his will. Because of this, I was placed on suspension. I went to DON and explained that this patient has always been unfriendly towards me to unknown reason. She asked me if the patient...

2. Is this illegal?

   markfish replied to markfish's topic in Career Support

   I do not intend to sue anyone. I just wanted to know what most of you thought about the situation. I just did not expect it to happen, and so did my coworkers who I was in very good relationship with.

3. Is this illegal?

   markfish replied to markfish's topic in Career Support

   The person who they hired was the sister of a full-time employee. In most companies, there is seniority rule. People who are on call would get promoted to part-time or full-time before they would bring a person from outside.

4. Is this illegal?

   markfish replied to markfish's topic in Career Support

   The reason I asked again is that I wanted to know if most of you think what was done to me was not right. I know legally they were not obligated anything. But still, it hurts to be treated like this. It is one thing when they do not have hours, but a...

5. Is this illegal?

   markfish replied to markfish's topic in Career Support

   hello. i would like to explain my issue. i was hired on call, and was working on call and full time whenever full-time employees could not work. overall, i worked 6 out of 12 months full time. in the last 4 months of 2011, i was working full time bec...

6. Is this illegal?

   markfish posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello. I would like to explain my issue. I was hired on call, and was working on call and full time whenever full-time employees could not work. Overall, I worked 6 out of 12 months full time. In the last 4 months of 2011, I was working full time bec...

7. How much MONEY do you make? (questionaire)

   markfish replied to jaredsgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Hello. I would like to explain my issue. I was hired on call, and was working on call and full time whenever full-time employees could not work. Overall, I worked 6 out of 12 months full time. In the last 4 months of 2011, I was working full time bec...

8. I was told I was hired. No one called me in 3 days. Please advice.

   markfish posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was interviewed last week for on call LVN position on Tuesday. On Friday, they called me to come to tour of a building. DON spent an hour with me showing rooms and talking about work environment. She said HR would call me for background check. As o...

9. Does "we will be interviewing more people" mean you won't get a job?

   markfish replied to markfish's topic in General Nursing

   I did not get a job.

10. Does "we will be interviewing more people" mean you won't get a job?

    markfish posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had an interview recently in CA LTC facility. I answered all the questions correctly. I asked them what they were looking for, and then told them that I have the skills for that position. Overall, I felt I did well on the interview. They said they ...

11. Do most LTC facilities fire for mistake on orientation?

    markfish replied to markfish's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I administered wrong feeding. He wasn't harmed.

12. Do most LTC facilities fire for mistake on orientation?

    markfish posted a topic in General Nursing

    I started orienting in LTC facility. But I made a mistake of starting wrong G tube bottle on a patient. He was not hurt at all. In my whole nursing carrier, I never made such a mistake. I do not know how I did it. I told management about it. However...