my friend who is also a lpn, got a new job this week.
its a local nursing ho me with a very bad rep. i told her to be careful...
well she has called me everyday that she has worked freaking out.
seems the adon asked her for lasix 60 out of her cart, he forgot to take his that day. she said no, and he wetn and got it from a different nurse. then the next day he asked for the keys to "audit" the cart &(she was feeding and couldnt get up) then said "oh yeah i gave so and so a vicodin" but the pt showed no sigs of pain relief and vics always make him sleep.
the staff asks her for tylenol and aleve from her cart. the nurse she follows doesnt use the mar and half the pills arent there to give anyway,as she doesnt order. to make things worse, several pts have body lice and they only had expired shampoo to use. i told her to call the state. she said she didnt know the number, it wasnt posted anywhere in the building. and she was afraid if the state came in and followed her, and the meds werent there to give she would get in trouble..
she wants to quit, but doenst want the residents to continue to not get their meds & good care they deserve.
so my question is what a good reply to the adon when he wants to audit? what to do when the state comes and your meds arent there? what if you are pretty sure the adon took the narc? he is in tight with the don & owner so who else is there to complain too?
how do you deal with no meds to give?
i have told her i would ask for help on here, she is anxiously awaiting your advice.
My friend posted the original topic about my "problems". The issue with people asking me for ibuprofen and such is more of an irritance, I am able to say no. The other issues, and there are more, I need to address with the state.
Undocumented falls, missing meds, ADON rummaging through carts for lasix and other meds (even narcs I believe), expired stock meds and yes, even expired lice shampoo, isolation precautions without any PPE... There's so much going on, I am not the perfect nurse but I try my best. I want to just walk away sometimes. Maybe give the state board a call, stick with it and see if anything changes. I really don't know. These would be hard to prove. I can find the narc sheet where it had missing doses and copy it. There's also a resident who fell, no incident report, and bruising on the greater part of her foot and ankle. The other things I don't know how to get proof.
The admin and don along with the adon are all friends, I did tell them how the carts are a mess, they listened, but nothing was done.
Oh and to the one who asked what not using the MAR means, the nurses (a couple) don't look at the MAR, they pop through the blister packs and sign off at a later time.
*sigh* off to work.
stick to your guns my friend....nurses everywhere have your back!
Please take to heart what I said about getting in trouble for giving OTC meds to anyone other than patients with whom you have a nurse-patient relationship. You must stop giving anything to coworkers, for your own protection.
Hello again,
Trust me, I'm not giving any staff anything from the cart, I'm able to say no without feeling pressure. On the phone atm with the state complaint hotline, been on hold for a couple mins.
Today was the same as the other days, watched more today what others are doing, quite scarey, even if I do quit, something must be done.
blondnursey
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stick to your guns my friend....nurses everywhere have your back!