I need some advice!!!!!

[CraftyLPN]

OK I think I have issues...lol... some of you may know that I had recently put in my 2 week notice in at A LTC last month...becuse of the insurance rate issues....I was just hired on to another LTC here for just a day or so now...and I cannot stand it there...yes the drive is shorter, and the insurance is alot better...but I really can not stand it...The RN supr treats me as her student and not as a nurse..as if i am a complete idiot..and it's just not her...I feel no coonection with these ppl(not that I am supposed too, but it helps)

I don't know what it is that I cant take..I have been going home w/stress written across my forhead and in tears....

My other support ppl say I should stay bcuz of the insurance..but I feel that you should feel comfortable where you work at..AM I RIGHT? There has been a few places where I felt "at home"..and I believe thats the way you should feel...

I'm not sure what I am asking of you..moral support,answers or just some advice..I need something....

I also called my old LTC back to ask if they want me back becuz i feel like nothing will b accomplished where I am now.. DON seems to care but to busy to deal with it..... :confused:

[CraftyLPN]

Apparently the nurse I am referring to has given alot of greif to all the other nurses on the floor......I didn't ask..they asked me/told me... The nurse who replaced me last night was really surprised to see me back...she thought for sure I had put in my resignation becuase of the other staff member. I did great last night by myself on my sid e of the hall.no probs!!!!!!!!!I think she had me really uptight . I want to approach her but I am a small fry and afraid of steeping on "toes".I don't want to have a black mark before I have a chance to prove myself... I had thought about going to DON and discussing this.. but that doesn't seem appropriate either... any suggestions?

[RN2B2005]

The nurse who is giving you so much grief may well have had prior problems with nurses or other staff stealing medication and/or altering charts. It doesn't excuse her behaviour, but it might explain it.

I worked at a veterinary clinic that had previously had a 'new hire' who began intentionally altering charts to show meds given that hadn't been--and then pocketed the difference. With injectables, she would remove the medication and replace it with sterile water. It took several months to figure it out (dogs can't tell you that hey, she didn't give me my oxycodone) and then several more months to figure out who was doing it. It turned out that she had worked at several other vet clinics, usually for a few months before they would fire her for theft.

So, it made all of us seriously paranoid for a while, and I'm sure that the veterinary assistant hired in her place felt like we were condescending or didn't trust her--because we didn't, at least not at first.

Just my thoughts on the subject.