I need to vent

I would refuse to cover both floors. That is asking for disaster.

I would refuse to cover both floors. That is asking for disaster.

amen !!

I would quit

I cannot give the advice to quit as others have written, but I would refuse to continue to cover both floors. I would tell them my license is mine to protect, and since this was a short term thing, they need to schedule another nurse to do one floor since you no longer will cover both. I would check the MARs, and other paper work as needed, but I certainly would only do it for one floor too. These people are taking advantage of you. I am sure NONE of the administrative staff would work extra without some sort of incitentative. (A extra day off, a gift card, a reward of some kind).

I have been trying to sleep tonight and I can't because I'm so worked up over this issue. If I had other immediate job choices I would give 1 month's notice and get the heck out. What I'd really like to do is get some solid Med-Surg hospital experience, but I really can't find much of it in my area (northeast MA). Most job postings lately are for specialty areas, and especially Oncology units.

I can't get over how my ADON was telling me that she worked a 62 bed unit, did the med pass, responsibilities, and got the editing done. It was like rubbing salt in the wound.

Believe me, I'm looking for work, and I really want to get out of this place. I have a feeling they will probably attempt to cut my hours if they can find a per diem nurse who will do both floors. I did indeed get a phone call from the scheduler today asking if I wanted to work Thursday night... Thursday is one of my regular nights!!!

Ugh. I am way too stressed.

are you a new nurse? you sound like a new nurse putting up with this kind crap. i had a patient who was about to code and i called don and told her doctor told me to send her to the hospital and she told me to give her a breathing treament and i'm not to send her to the hospital. patient was transferred to the hospital and she died the next day. if something like this happens, don is going to cover her ass and blame a nurse who was in charge of her and the family is going to be after me, not that don. if i were you, i would refuse it or i would quit that job immediately. do you think your managements are going to support you ? i dont think so!!!

I like how the DON undermined the doc's order. Makes me wonder how they get away with that.

I've been given that kind of advice by my ADON too... I understand exhausting all options in house before sending someone out, but they are so worried about numbers they don't want anyone going out... AT ALL!

And P.S. yes I am a new grad, passed boards in March this year.

I would find a new job. For a new grad, I think this job is just a bit much. You are putting your license and career at risk staying here. If something goes wrong on your shift, do you think your ADON is going to back you up? NO, they are not. They are not looking out for you. They are looking out for themselves. I would especially be more inclined to leave when a patient is going bad and the doctor wants the patient sent to the hospital but the ADON says that the patient stays. That right there is a red flag.

Keep looking.

WTH...docs orders always trumps what the DoN wants, nuff said.

If a doc orders me to send a person with a little pinky sore to the ER I would try my best to paint the picture for him but if he continues to say send to the ER...baibai~

DoN can yell at me all she likes. If she wants to argue she can argue with the doc.

I would run like &*^^ from that job. You are a great nurse for putting up with so much that you have, BUT some other facility will appreciate you more. You do NOT deserve to be treated like that, and unfortunatly a lot of nurses do get treated like that because they are givers and they want to make things better.