My wife is a LPN for an agency. It was her first job with this agency and she had no training at the Long term care facility that she went to and she was on to do a double. She had no idea where anything was and when she asked the employees that actually work there the kept on ignoring her or telling her I don't know. At some point a med aid showed up and said she herd that she needed assistance. My wife thanked the med aid and then the med aid sorry, she was leaving. At some point a nurse came over and asked for my wife's login info so she could check over the charting and and asked her for the med keys. My wife was frazzled because of everything that was going, the lack of care from other employees because she was "agency" and being behind on handing out meds so she just thought this nurse was helping her out. Luckily there was an agency CNA there that witnessed this. My wife later found out that she wasn't helping, but rather the nurse was charting under my wife's name. At the end of her shift, my wife tried to count out with the oncoming shift but they refused to. My wife started to feel like she was going to be thrown under the bus and she was. She was told not to come back, was notified by the other agency worker that there was a lot of **** talk about her to the residents, her agency let her go and the RCM wants to talk to my wife but she is afraid to talk to her because she fears her license is in jeopardy. She is trying to figure out if she should go to the board of nursing, get legal counsel first, or just return the call.
On a side note, the residents thanked her for treating them like people when she apologized to them for being late and was even told that sometimes the staff is so overworked that they take it out on the residents. This place is riddled with complaints and formal investigations.
Any advice would be great as she can't be the only LPN to have this happen to.
RE: Fiona59....I don't think anyone is "expected" to give advice at any time within this forum. At best I would think those posting hold a hopeful anticipation that others may be willing, and able, to offer constructive words of wisdom, sage advice, or even just a sympathetic ear, when faced with a dilemma related to the health care industry. I applaud a husband who cares enough about his wife to help her through a difficult time, being resourceful enough to find a site such as this, motivated enough to create an account and then brave enough to reach out to a community he obviously thinks will be helpful to their situation.
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RE: Fiona59....I don't think anyone is "expected" to give advice at any time within this forum. At best I would think those posting hold a hopeful anticipation that others may be willing, and able, to offer constructive words of wisdom, sage advice, or even just a sympathetic ear, when faced with a dilemma related to the health care industry. I applaud a husband who cares enough about his wife to help her through a difficult time, being resourceful enough to find a site such as this, motivated enough to create an account and then brave enough to reach out to a community he obviously thinks will be helpful to their situation.