i need a new job!

[ChickyLPN]

so, ive never really done this before. but i feel like i need to vent. i am an lpn in a nursing home. i have worked there for almost nine years, 4.5 as an stna. i work on an alzheimers unit through the week. on the weekends i get pulled to another hall. im not whining, but this hall i get pulled to, i get a very vague report EVERY weekend even though shes been there for like 30 years, she acts like she doesnt know whats going on. i think its because if you act like you dont know, you dont get blamed for what didnt get done. the nurse who i give report to at the end of shift, she expects me to know evertyhing thats going on with everybody, even if i know nothing about them, or it was never charted. things just dont get passed on. also, i can never find what i need, meds arent there, creams are gone, etc. anyway, i asked repeatedly to not get pulled out there. i put it in writing to staff development, don, and scheduler. still i get pulled. and they hired a brand new lpn for the weekends to work on my unit. im the only full time day shift nurse they pull, other than the floats, who dont mind being pulled. i wouldnt mind either, but i get pulled to a messed up hall, and i dont want to be apart of it. today i am told this new nurse is on my hall on the weekends for her "convenience." WHAT??? ive been a devoted employee there for 9 years! why do i have to be the pushover? because its easy & they know they can do it? do i go to corporate next & find out what the "policy & procedure" is on pulling nurses to different halls? shouldnt we all have to deal with it sometimes or just one nurse who you know will put up with it? ahhh, i need a new job.

[ShayRN]

I don't think the one who reported off to you will change no matter what you do, it is unfortunate. The next shift, however, I would look her straight into the eye and say "If it isn't in the chart or reported to me, you are more than welcome to try to find that information yourself. However, i will be more than happy to give you what I know. Please stop interrupting me and let me finish report." Grrr, I can't stand when people are too lazy to do their own assessments. I have even had people ask me which arm a heplock was in, Ummm, go pull back the covers and do your own assessment please, I am just giving you the highlights of my shift.

[racing-mom4, BSN, RN]

Just yesterday I said to the nurse I was reporting off to "you are going to assess them arent you?" as they had 101 questions that could have been answered by just looking at the pt. FYI they had the pt the day before---since I didnt tell you a new central line was placed, guess what, 12 hours later it is still in the R Sub Clavical!!!!

I swear they were either trying to stall me from leaving, or trying to get 5 more min of chair time before they had to get up and assess.