Oh tell me this is wrong!!

yes , this has happened to me many times over the years. i just go with the flow and float where they need me. you can't fight city hall , and if's my turn to go then i go where i am needed.

Yes, happens a lot where I work. It sucks.

The only hedges against it that I've found (besides adequate staffing) is impeccable, immediate documentation and exceedingly obvious organization.

It's wrong, but it happens.

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When we first started using computers, I was one of the few nurses trained on them early. Because I could use the computer, I was once pulled 3 times in an 8 hour shift. And get this: once to be an RN, twice to be an NA, and once to be a ward clerk.

We do what we gotta do and go with the flow... unfair as it seems.. Sorry!

i see that this is in long term care...(40 residents), no, i havent seen this, but i work mostly nocs, and no i wouldnt do it....unless do/to illness or injury.....and even with that i would finsish first.

If this is a normal practice, how is it SAFE to count off on first unit (one hour into med pass) and go to second unit (after that hour has passed) and start from scratch??? The meds would all be passed late, it doesn't seem like safe practice. I refused on the grounds it was unsafe and was told I did not have a choice.

In principle I agree but we have had situations of nurses fainting and we have to do whatever is necessary.

I don't know both sides of the story or why you were pulled when you were,

I would let the situation ride and let it go.

If this is a normal practice, how is it SAFE to count off on first unit (one hour into med pass) and go to second unit (after that hour has passed) and start from scratch??? The meds would all be passed late, it doesn't seem like safe practice. I refused on the grounds it was unsafe and was told I did not have a choice.

i think some of the respondents are from acute care, which is why i pointed out that i could see this was long term.....if none of the meds had been passed on the other unit, it would seem they had a no call/no show....or just forgot to staff? and were trying to cover their own orifices........

I'm not sure I get it. Was is just a staffing change or an emergency? I've done it with an emergency. The nurse who has left will count, give a really quick report, sign off and leave. Again, this would be done for an emergency or absolute need. What else can you do? The residents still need care.

Yes, it was because of a no-call no-show.

I've heard that it happens to LPNs at nursing homes where they are generally short on staffing on a daily basis. I can imagine that it is frustrating and dangerous too.