Hi, I've been an LPN for almost 5 years and am currenly in school to get my RN. I have never been fired from a job or anything like that.I get all 5's, the highest you can get on an evaluation. I work at a State Nursing Home and they day shift nurse has only been a nurse for a year. She is a scumbag! I hate to say that about any nurse, but she doesnt give medications when ordered, she is best friends with our unit manager and everytime you say something to the unit manager she takes up for her. I know, for a fact that she is selling prescription Lortabs while on the job, but I have yet to say something. I work weekends, 2 16 hour shifts and 1 single. From friday, to monday monring. When she came back on monday she went to the DON and told her that i wasn't giving a liquid medication to a resident.
So, the DON contacted me and i had a meeting with her. I told her that yes i was, she said that the other nurse said the bottle was emply like when she left for the weekend. I told her that 3 other people get that medication, 30 cc 3 times a day. She didn't know about the other residnets on it, so i told her that i used a whole bottle and didn't throw it away...
So before all of this was going on, i had applied at the health department. A monday-friday 9-5 job. with holidays off. I got the job. I put my resignation in and my DON won't speak to me now. Im afraid she may try and retaliate against me for resigning. I've been there over a year and a half. I havn't heard anything, but i'm just so terrified that i may lose my license over some little nurse saying things like that. I wasn't written up, and i wasn't put on leave. Can she really go to the board of nursing and have me still work there at the same time? BTW, I live in Florida.
Start using some of the sick time you're going to lose anyway. You really don't need to be going in there any more, do you? Clean out your locker now.
Your criminal coworker needs to be reported. Her text messages can be used as evidence against her. How stupid is she to be doing this???? Are the bosses involved? What will she sell when her prescription runs out? Where will she get her merchandise?
I think you should not contact the licensing Board. Believe me, they will contact you if there's any trouble.
Do not talk about this with your DON. The less said, I think, the better, Just my view. Do what you think is right, You know her and we don't. What would be accomplished, though, if you did talk to her? You are leaving. She has to replace you and is not happy for that reason
Do sit down and write this thing down, with all the details, so you don't forget. Tell no one you wrote it, put it away in a secret place NOT at work.
actually, lots of people have quit and/or looking to quit. i have until the 8th until my 2 weeks notice is up, see i have almost 200 hours of annual leave they have to pay me for if i am almost positive they must pay you anyway, notice or not. you have earned this time independently of any notice-giving. just my believe. check with an employment lawyer.
i leave them with a 2 week notice. i can't lose that...thats the only reason that i'm still there. my 11-7 supervisor is on my side, she told me if anything happens she would back me up and she will definitely stick her neck in a noose for you. right.
and she's the one who approved no one approves a resignation. they can't make you work there.
my resignation letter. so, i think after my time is done i may contact someone about that nurse selling her prescription meds. i don't want to start anything, but she shouldn't do it. i wen't do my don and was really upset, crying and she told me that she had forgotten about the incident and she hopes that i did the same. she said that the nurse ambushed her and didn't tell her the whole story, ( she told her only one resident got the medication, not 3) so she didn't know i could have used a whole bottle. anyway, i'm going to stop worrying about it..thanks for everything.
sorry i didn't read this before i wrote my other answer. glad it worked out.
Specializes in Public Health, Teaching, Geriatric, M/S.
I agree with the others that posted the DON can't prove anything and to not be too worried. If she does tell other potential employers about that situation without a shred of proof it would be considered slander. Get out of there as soon as you can. It sounds like a sinking ship!
I wouldnt worry too much about this....one thing I can suggest is that you write down exactly what was said at your meeting with the DON..for your own records. Once you are out of there, report that nurse and her helpers anonymously. And....as for the "skittles"...are you sure its lortab? Im in NC and here "skittles" are street names for ecstacy.
Run far, far away. Keep your head down, and if you report anything you HAVE to have more to go on than someone saying they have a new bag of "Skittles", because that person can say ANYTHING at that point. You need something more tangible, because if you're proven wrong, you could find yourself being sued civilly for defamation of character.
Sometimes the only thing you can do is cover your own butt.
Get the heck out of there! I agree "RUN TO THE NEAREST EXIT!" I understand about leaving a notice but they are out to make you the scape goat. Good luck to you.
Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.
If someone has complained about you to the board, you will know soon enough. Just work your days and get out of there. Lay low, do your job and leave. Who's cares if they are mad at you. No disciplinary action was taken. Don't worry about it.
Specializes in Agency, ortho, tele, med surg, icu, er.
As everyone else says, get out of thier, but it sounds like you already have. Do not talk to that nurse about anything at all. Keep it professional. Dont inquire about anything, dont report drug use. I would keep as low a profile as possible while I worked thier. You dont know what she would falsify for documentation to wreck your world if you did report her, or even after if you left. That nurse sounds insane. I dont want to scare you, but imagine if she started just erasing your documentation on your mar for narcs, or other medications.
If she starts getting sketchy and you report off to her for narc count or whatever, just ask the supervisor or someone else to supervise your narc count to have a backup. Just tell that nurse in question that upper management has been doing that lately with your narc counts. I mean thats drastic but if I was that worried that a vindicative psychopath was out to get me on the next shift I would do that.
If she was in a hospital setting and she directly lied to the DON about narcs to get another nurse in trouble, she would lose her job pretty fast. Sounds like this place is bleeding nurses away and will keep anyone.
Guard you license!
Vito Andolini
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Start using some of the sick time you're going to lose anyway. You really don't need to be going in there any more, do you? Clean out your locker now.
Your criminal coworker needs to be reported. Her text messages can be used as evidence against her. How stupid is she to be doing this???? Are the bosses involved? What will she sell when her prescription runs out? Where will she get her merchandise?
I think you should not contact the licensing Board. Believe me, they will contact you if there's any trouble.
Do not talk about this with your DON. The less said, I think, the better, Just my view. Do what you think is right, You know her and we don't. What would be accomplished, though, if you did talk to her? You are leaving. She has to replace you and is not happy for that reason
Do sit down and write this thing down, with all the details, so you don't forget. Tell no one you wrote it, put it away in a secret place NOT at work.
Well, good luck in your new job.