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Well, I personnally would have done what needed to be done. HOWEVER why was the CNA so FAR AWAY from her assignment??? If this is a CHRONIC problm with this particular CNA, then the problem should be FIXED asap. Where I am employed, we have really ...

In my humble opinion, it seems to be ALWAYS the question....what can "nurses" do. WEEELLLLL>>>>>>if the facility turns a blind eye...if the facility is more interested in squeezing more blood out of that turnip to maximize PROFITS.....

A public apology is indeed in order. I'm a nighter and sometimes the synapses misfire ......... nocs is great to blame for my mistakes!!!!!!!! ;)

Big dang grin on my face!!!!!!! OOPS Sorry...............Anyways I see u got blamed for everything under the sun anyway. Just like them to stick up for the wrong person for the entirely wrong reason. Hold your head up and don't give them the time of ...

You did nothing wrong. The next step is to take the super who yelled at you and called you lazy, onto the red carpet. S/he didn't exactly live up to being a super. NEVER give any questionable medicine. Who was the RN that said it's such a low dose it...

Our facility uses the Education nurse to do med pass audits. The way it is set up is that the med nurse is observed and mistakes are writen in a Plan of Action format. Any nurse who gets the plan of action, must be observed for the second time. If th...

I agree with C Kirby!!!!! Get out now!!!!!! I too have been in similiar postions and found that delaying your leave is the worst thing one can do. Personally I'd inform management with a notice and then request the 2 weeks be shortened so that you ca...

Thanks so much for your views!!! I thought I was the only on distressed by the way this is handled. I certainly believe that due to the nature of human errors, that this should be dealt with in a much more positive manner. The write up serves what p...

More tears....for a family who has suffered a devastating loss and for Dave who witnessed the code. It isn't easy, is it? And there are no words for it, not for comfort for anyone concerned. It touches me even furthur that so many of us have been mov...

Best: a little shortie who had a heart of gold! Always explained her rationales, never treated anyone as though they were beneath her. Her one top skill was that she made you personally responsible.....if you had a complaint about someone or somethi...

Curiosity may have killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought it back!!!!!

I burned out too and now I am 'pool' and I only work 3 days a week. Of course I have no insurance and I get no other benefits along with my pool status BUT I am a much happier human being!!!!

I come here because it's difficult to talk with a lay person re: nursing issues. I don't want to scare them away!!! LOL I get info and ideas and find out what's going on in other parts of the world in nursing. I also vent , at times. Nice place.

me again. You know teachers are a GREAT GROUP of oeople...I wouldn't want to be a teacher and most of them probably wouldn't want to be a nurse!!!!! However, to keep conversation going.....I deal with death and life issues on a daily basis.....and b...

The last time I got a raise, and I waited 2 years for this raise; it added up to 250.00 for the year. No I was not being reprimanded...I was not on probation. We were simply having our yearly cutbacks.

Are you sure you don't work in the USA???? LOL Sounds all too familiar to me!!! Hoping you do well once back to work....:)

Just a note..teachers, low pay? SHOOT they get the summer off !!!! Besides that in this state the teachers make MORE than the regular RN ! Stress is however likened to pain I suppose....maybe you should use the pain scale on your neighbor......" wel...

In what state do you need to have a cna certificate before taking lpn ? I went from straight lpn to rn. no cna.{ actually in 28 years I have done everything there is to do ...... including drawing abg's when I had NO certificate or license at all!!!!...

I think the original post here was rather swept under the rug. i too have experienced cnas who sleep...leave the facility for hours at a time.....refuse to do work whether the nurse helps or not.......the list goes on and on { the song that never end...

your facility apparently has VERY poor leadership in the DON and administrator!!!!!!! Where did the other nurses come from that the are too good to help you?? Whom do you call in a situation where more than one nurse is required? You are getting read...

I don't think they plan on stopping with the BSN....we'll all have to be NP's!!!!!!!!! After all a masters is next on the agenda and NP is where it would follow. How about Grandfather Clauses? Do we get credit for years of experience? What about the ...

Staff meetings???? Well you touched upon a sore spot for me. I work the mid noc shift and I'm expected to be in the building in the middle of the dat { my noc } to come in for some silly o2 inservice. let me tell ya with 28+ years in the health field...

staffing always goes to the dogs when the state leaves. I believe the new mandates here are 20 patients to one CNA.....pretty ridiculous eh? Of course when states here there are only 6 or 7 patients per CNA......? It's all about the money, not the ca...

Hi! I'm from Fl.....when I came here I just had to prove things and fill out paperwork and send lots of money!!!! Do you really have to TEST OUT in some states??? Be glad to know which ones. Good luck!!

OH OH!!!!! Did I come off as sounding biased? Not intended. I just happen to work with many Hispanics and Jamacans etc etc....wonderful people as they are, communication is ever so difficult. Some of these workers speak 3 or 4 different languages......