Nursing617

My role is a concerned employee. Need I say more? And he's been a nurse for a couple of years. If this was your loved one and something didn't seem right, you would be concerned too. It was Heparin

I want to THANK YOU for taking action. That's a good nurse!

Resident had an iv catheter to have morphine administered subcutaneously via a butterfly needle on the abdomen. Before the nurse administered the morphine, he mentioned out loud that he had to get the heparin first (referring to the flush). I then witnessed the nurse flush the iv butterfly with the heparin, then the morphine, followed by the heparin flush.

I have not. I absolutely will when I find another job

It's mentally exhausting. Sanity is priceless!

All union at my employment. Any little thing someone does or says to any staff member, their reply is "I'm going to the union"

Absolutely!! I'm doing this for the residents! Not because I'm some "troublemaker". ABUSE is unacceptable and also illegal

It's funny because when I reported staff to the DON he seemed angry and was going to actually do SOMETHING. He told me a few days later they were being investigated. I worked in a hostile work environment for approxmatelty two months (because I reported several types of abuse). Word got around. The DON had the nerve to ask me "do you think it's because your white". Idk if that was suppose to be a tricky question? I reached my breaking point when a resident fell out of bed when the aide was sitting right outside of his bedroom door sleeping with earbuds in her ears. Two weeks ago we had a resident who was dying and there was an aide outside of her room SLEEPING (so disrespectful) and yes the family saw the aide sleeping and who knows if they actually reported her because the DON would most likely brush that off too. I'm so happy other people can relate to me! Not that I thought it was impossible, it just feels good to not be alone. Thank you all for your responses

I need to vent...where I work (LTC) the nurses and aides sleep (deep sleep) for HOURS (this is an ongoing issue that has been addressed to the DON and NOTHING has changed. A few aides/nurses were on their toes for about a week and quickly fell back to their old habits. I know 12-8am is a tough shift but come on it's not fair to the residents who are pressing the call light, yelling help, need their brief changed, medication, drink, etc. it's abuse plain and simple. If you can't handle third shift, don't do it or get more sleep prior to your shift. The nurses will sleep at the nurses station (with their mouth open) the aides sleep right in the hall with a blanket and feet up. And I feel like I'm responsible for all the residents. We have about 5 residents who are up at night and two are high fall risk. How would they feel if their loved one needed help and they couldn't get help because the aides/nurses were sleeping? I've tried to be the "wake up patrol" and they get angry as if im disturbing them. Call lights go off and they don't move an inch. Huge safety issue! I've reported Nursing staff now I'm deemed as a "trouble maker" I care for the residents and I stand for what is right! Last night we had a constant observation and the aide had the curtain pulled as he was snoring. I am currently looking for another job. This (aides/nurses sleeping) every night. I do have a lot that has occurred documented. ******************************