I hope someone can help me! I worked LTC for a year and 4 months. I had a verbal write up 5 months ago for not writing in the 24hour report. Two weeks ago I got written up for being 2 hours late because of time change. It takes 40min to get to work by the way. Well this past Sunday I was told by a resident that she was getting D/C that day. There was no report of it at shift change by the off-going nurse so I didn't think much of it because residents tend to say that and not be D/C. It turns out at 1100am she and her husband are ready to go. I then find out that she has D/C orders and nothing else is completed for D/C. So I do admit I was upset and made a big deal of it. I called the acting DON at home and asked about this and she said its my job to do the rest. I got upset and hung up. There was a new director present and the ombudsman. I explained to the ombudsman what happened. He told me he agreed that someone should have told me. At this time I still had to do my Diabetics. I hadn't taken a lunch either. I ended up taking lunch at 200pm and I couldnt even eat.
So the next day comes and a new resident vomits and the family member calls me. I go into the room and see that she vomitied H2o. she is on her side, breathing, in no distress and she is at the arch of the reclining bed. I then leave the room to get the CNA to help me pull up resident. To make a long story short I get called in the DSD office with the ADON and they tell me they are suspending me and sending me home. They told me that the residents family complained about me giving meds and walking out "leaving her to choke on her pills". I told them that the famliy members were not in the room when I gave her her meds and that I made sure she took the meds without problem. She vomited the h2o that I gave her, 2+ cups.
So, today they have me come in and tell me i'm terminated and read me the above and that the family, resident and cna said I gave meds and left. That is so untrue because they didnt even ask the cna that was taking care of her " what she saw or heard". They also had 2 other incidents that happened that same day. One resident was going to a MD visit and wanted 6mg of morphine along with her 20mg oxycodone. she told me " I dont want to be " too doped up". I then told her I agreed that if she was " too doped up that MD might not prescribe anymore meds. Might I add she is a drug seeker and this is her second stay here. The other incident is a resident asked for dulcolax and said " other nurses give it to me". I checked the mar and she has no order for it. I faxed MD for order and wrote " resident states she gets it from the other nurses". I got introuble for that too. Finally, they tell me they are terminating me for all this. When they asked me if I wanted to sign the termination I told them no and I didnt. I also didnt write anything down in my comments. I know they didnt do a thourough investigation because the residents cna said they didnt ask her anything or have her write anything. She is also a friend. She also said noone was called into the ADON's office. What do I do? Can I omit them from my job history? I have a perdiem job throughout this job. My residents love me and I treat them as they are related to me and never give meds and walkaway without making sure they dont choke.
During this employment I did have a perdiem job and still do. Also, my present perdiem job boss was a DON and she said I have a case. She did tell me that I shouldnt have charted the dulcolax on the MD fax sheet and I agree. She loves my work and doesnt treat me different because of this.
I will be honest and upfront. You had absoulutely too many different incidents at this faciltiy!!! I feel you should ask yourself WHY and self evaluate. You appear to me to not accept responsiblity and put the blame on someone else. In regards to the D/c situation, what happend to chart checks?! You should have checked the chart, that was your responsiblity not the other nurse! You are 2 hours late for work!!! And used the excuse of time change. You are an adult that is your responsiblity. You seem to be more concered about yourself and not the patients. You stated, "You had not ate lunch." What about the residents care, to me that is priority. I can go on and on... If I were the other empolyer and you came to my facility with all of this on the interview. Honestly, I would not hire you. You more than likey will not get a good reference from that facility. I mean take into consideration of what ALL took place. If you decided to put them down, I would not get into all what took place. Potential employers do not want to hear such things. I highly suggest you do some self-evaluation, work on your role as a responsible health care provider, and work on your communication skills.
I think you worked at that place too long to successfully leave them off job applications and get away with it. You are just going to have to figure out how to address this in a more positive tone during future interviews. Perhaps you can arrange more work at your per diem job. I would certainly ask. It won't hurt. It was very wise of you to have that per diem job on the side. Now you might even try to get another per diem position to make up for your job loss. Good luck.
I will be honest and upfront. You had absoulutely too many different incidents at this faciltiy!!! I feel you should ask yourself WHY and self evaluate. You appear to me to not accept responsiblity and put the blame on someone else. In regards to the D/c situation, what happend to chart checks?! You should have checked the chart, that was your responsiblity not the other nurse! You are 2 hours late for work!!! And used the excuse of time change. You are an adult that is your responsiblity. You seem to be more concered about yourself and not the patients. You stated, "You had not ate lunch." What about the residents care, to me that is priority. I can go on and on... If I were the other empolyer and you came to my facility with all of this on the interview. Honestly, I would not hire you. You more than likey will not get a good reference from that facility. I mean take into consideration of what ALL took place. If you decided to put them down, I would not get into all what took place. Potential employers do not want to hear such things. I highly suggest you do some self-evaluation, work on your role as a responsible health care provider, and work on your communication skills.
While a lot of what you are saying is true, I just had to speak up for the OP Re: the comment that he is more concerned with himself over the residents. I didn't get that at all. In fact, he said that he treats the residents like his relatives (or something like that).
He did not deserve that comment just for saying he did not get a lunch. I'm sorry, but lunch is a HUGE deal to me. I would even go so far as to call it a disability with me. No, I'm not diabetic - I just cannot take the pain of acute hunger pains.
I can remember many a day when problems just kept coming up and I kept getting hit with stressor after stressor, keeping me from lunch, and I would just become darn near crazy. Shaky, sick feeling, can't concentrate or have good judgement, etc. etc. And yes, it actually gets to where it's all I can think about. No offense to the patients, but I'm only human. I shouldn't have to be tortured at work.
Again, this is MY stuff - perhaps the OP can tolerate going without lunch better than I can. But every working person deserves to have a lunch break - ESPECIALLY nurses, if for nothing more than to take a break from all the continual stress.
While a lot of what you are saying is true, I just had to speak up for the OP Re: the comment that he is more concerned with himself over the residents. I didn't get that at all. In fact, he said that he treats the residents like his relatives (or something like that).
He did not deserve that comment just for saying he did not get a lunch. I'm sorry, but lunch is a HUGE deal to me. I would even go so far as to call it a disability with me. No, I'm not diabetic - I just cannot take the pain of acute hunger pains.
I can remember many a day when problems just kept coming up and I kept getting hit with stressor after stressor, keeping me from lunch, and I would just become darn near crazy. Shaky, sick feeling, can't concentrate or have good judgement, etc. etc. And yes, it actually gets to where it's all I can think about. No offense to the patients, but I'm only human. I shouldn't have to be tortured at work.
Again, this is MY stuff - perhaps the OP can tolerate going without lunch better than I can. But every working person deserves to have a lunch break - ESPECIALLY nurses, if for nothing more than to take a break from all the continual stress.
I agree with you. Low blood sugar and hunger pangs have always hindered my job performance. I was so dense about it, that it took me years to figure out that even just a quick snack helped. Even the shortest of breaks, away from the immediate work area, also eases the troubled mind. Amazing how much better one feels after ten minutes and a sandwich.
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During this employment I did have a perdiem job and still do. Also, my present perdiem job boss was a DON and she said I have a case. She did tell me that I shouldnt have charted the dulcolax on the MD fax sheet and I agree. She loves my work and doesnt treat me different because of this.
Thanks everyone!!!