I Don't Think So!

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omg. :o last night at work was the worst night i've had there since i started.

from twelve midnight until five am, i was the only nurse in the place.

not even a med tech.

omg, i got so mad.

i called a nursing agency, but of course who's going to come out at midnight?

they overstaff the dayshift and leave nothing at night. this was the first time i have ever been there without another nurse and it's going to be the last.

it isn't safe.

there are at least sixty residents.

i told them this morning that, if they didn't get or find somebody (another nurse, be it lpn or rn) to work third shift w/me, that i would not be in.

then at 2:30 pm, this smarmy lpn called here and said i needed to make up my mind "because a no-call, no-show" wouldn't look good on my license!

how dare she threaten me like that!

in the first damned place, that has nothing to do with your nursing license.

i could walk off jobs from here to eternity and it wouldn't affect my license.

but the very idea.

instead of waiting to work with me tonight, when she already knew we would be short, she works today, then calls me and runs out of the bldg. before i could return her call!

as soon as i got it (on callwave), i called work and the b.itch had already left, so i called her house and left a message for her.

then i called work again and told them what she had done, and they said "well, we still haven't found anybody."

they had 3 nurses on days and at least 3 med techs; then expect me to do the whole house by myself after midnight ~ i don't think so!

so i said, "okay, then if and or until you all find somebody to work with me tonight, i am deathly ill and will not be in."

they don't even need to think they are going to pull that stuff on me ~ not for one second.

they just recently dropped all the insurance ~ i was planning to get that, except now you can't even get insurance there!

sometimes i wonder if i wouldn't be better off not working! hahahaha!

my fiance is supposed to work this week, though, and i get my check friday.

i am going to start looking around elsewhere if they are going to try to make me work alone; i won't do it. it isn't safe ~ not to mention fair.

i mean, putting "fairness" aside; it isn't safe for the residents.

they need at least an rn and an lpn there, around the clock, and hopefully a med tech.

they don't even need to start that stuff with me; i've been a nurse too long to take it. i won't.

>:(

There are no clear-cut staffing "laws", or anything like that, that I could find; just vague statements.

I'm going to agency nursing.

That way I won't get caught up in the internal butt-kissing and B.S. that goes on.

Come in, do your shift, and be done with it.

I've already applied to an agency.

I am investigating my options.

I agree; life is too short to be abused. I don't have to be, and I won't be.

No job is worth that.

I would do something else too--I would not let anyone crap on me like that--esp. with all of your experience! good luck.

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You can't lose your nursing license on a no call, no show. You haven't accepted the assignment yet ...because you haven't had report, so it's not abandonment. Good luck in finding a better job! It's their loss!

I'm pretty certain NO CALL, NO SHOW is NOT grounds for losing your license. It may get you fired from your job, but it is not the same as abandonment!

I highly doubt that no call, no show is grounds for losing one's nursing license but I could be wrong.

However, I didn't do this so I'm not worried about it.

I was trying to protect my license, not to mention the residents, and when you do THAT, it ALWAYS gets you into trouble. If you refuse to be a martyr or "The Fall Guy", then you are out the door faster than you know what hit you, at least in nursing!!!

Unless you're willing to put your license on the line and put yourself in a position where you can't take care of your patients/residents; YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BE FIRED. Of course, if the worst happens, YOU will get the blame, not the facility. That's why I mentioned "The Fall Guy."

I've seen it; time and time again.

That's okay.

Let them fire me; there's ALWAYS another job.

At least I know I took care of those people. My conscience is clear.

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question:

with no call, no show: one can lose a license?

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how dare she threaten me like that!

in the first damned place, that has nothing to do with your nursing license.

i could walk off jobs from here to eternity and it wouldn't affect my license.

but the very idea.>:(

i realize this thread is over a month old, and you've already moved on to greener pastures, but please do reconsider ever literally walking off a job.

that does go against your license...it is job/patient abandonment and the sbon takes a dim view of it.

if you leave the job you must give report and sign over to a relieving nurse.

maybe that isn't what you meant, but if it is, reconsider doing that.

but i do know exactly how you feel.

i worked in a nursing home where we had 2 lpns for about 80 some odd residents, one nurse on each hall, i worked on the harder hall, and believe you me, it was no piece of cake.

i finally got fed up with their bs and turned in my month's notice and quit. yes, they did require a month's notice and i gave them that. i didn't want to burn any bridges.

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Shezam-

I like your attitude, girl!

Go get 'em!

I worked at a LTC/subacute rehab unit for over 2 years on nocs. I had 65 residents to myself, with the help of three CNAs q noc. Nine of them were tube feeds, two trachs w/ MRSA, multiple demented wanderers, frequent fallers, brittle diabetics, total cares, screamers, a couple on TPN, IVs, the whole nine yards.

At the other end of the building, another nurse had 60 of her own residents and three CNAs. That's two nurses for 125 residents.

Needless to say, I didn't get a single lunch break in the two years I worked there.

Two nurses to 125 residents is perfectly legal- there are no staffing madates anywhere in the U.S. except in Cali, and those haven't taken effect yet.

And they wonder why they can't find nurses to work.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.
I realize this thread is over a month old, and you've already moved on to greener pastures, but ...................

Actually, it's 2 years and one month old. :rotfl:

But it doesn't diminish any advice or thoughts you have on the subject. just an fyi

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
Actually, it's 2 years and one month old. :rotfl:

But it doesn't diminish any advice or thoughts you have on the subject. just an fyi

I noticed that too. I noticed some threads have been coming back to life lately :rotfl:

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