LPN mistreated in dialysis

[LPN30]

I started at FMC in December and I'm already done! First of all the pay sucks. I took a rediculous pay cut($4) because I wanted to learn dialysis and I felt that after I finished RN school the experienced would pay off. (wanted to learn a specialty so I could travel) From day 1 the techs treated me like s*#t and would not show me or let me do a damn thing. I got the feeling that the RNs probably didnt want to work wiyh me because they are required to sign off behind me on anything I would do. FMC policy says I cant do foot checks but I can take off the socks and shoes for the RN. (how degrading is that) When I interviewed I told clinic manager that I needed certain days off because of school and she agreed to hire me but after I started working she got amnesia! She put me on schedule to work days I had to go school. When I confronted her about it, she told me dont worry about coming those days, but when I didnt show up she tried to write me up! And all this was after I dropped a class to try to work 40 hours for her and I signed up as a 30 hr a week employee! And to top it off THEY WAIT A MONTH AND HALF TO TELL ME THAT SINCE I'M A LPN THEY'RE GONNA USE ME AS A TECH! Then she tried to make it seem like I had too much personal stuff going on to work there because all I wanted was one f#$%ing day off a week to go to school. I dont know If I'm more hurt than mad or what. I gotta finish school.

[sissib]

Thanks, Delana, for your reply. Our managment staff seems to have problems too. I have seen 3 nurse managers and 2 clinical directors and last administrator leave in 7 months. I love dialysis the pt to nurse relationships and the technical aspects. Current managment just had a nurse meeting with us and promised this would improve. They have even got the HR dept of the hospital involved and they are to have a Tech mtg next week. I will stay long enough to see if this helps get rid of the ones that are the worst. There are some that can change with some encouragement but the others are too far gone to have any hope for. Even our travelers threatened to leave after 2 days when they experienced the techs insubordination when it comes to patient care. Thanks for your advise though. I am looking at going back to LTC which pays more than dialysis. At least the aids in LTC understand.

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

I'm a traveler and I have broken two contracts and left due to tech insubordination and the units being totally controlled by techs. This is a huge problem in dialysis.

[Tish88]

The management needs to be giving reprimands for those who tend to be insubordinate.

Jobs are too hard to find out there right now - maybe this would make them think twice before calling off.

Hopefully the HR dept. can shed light to that problem.

[Valerie Salva, BSN, RN]

Most dialysis admins don't give a damn. Also, they don't even have HR depts.

[inomadness]

remember fmc are N*ZIS