StormySkies71

You hit the nail on the head....she's a BULLY, and yes, I believe it is a personal mission to watch over this patient, I do make an extra effort to check on him and see how he is doing. I have not seen the Med Aide for the last 2 days at work....so I'm not sure if it's because she's in trouble or just had those day's off....I'm still to new to know everyone's schedule. Trust me, I watch my back with this nurse because she is CONSTANTLY trying to "catch" me doing something or "NOT" doing something, she goes in the charts and reads all my documentations, etc. I told the scheduling person Friday that I want OFF that station.....it's a scary place to be. My question is this: when I'm at work I stay busy from the time I hit the floor to the time I leave, I don't have time to be sitting at the desk talking and playing all day like she's seems to be able to do. I just wonder if she is doing her work? I mean she has accuchecks, a couple of G-tube meds, some treatments and I only saw her "on the cart" for a short period of time.....also, her glucometer (sp) was missing so she asked to use mine so she could check this patients BS, but then she gave it back......did she not check the other patients BS? Is she just marking down that she's doing these things but really she's not? I wonder how I could catch her....I know she's a bad nurse and they need to get rid of her. She's scary. Jill

"they" are the med aide and the other nurse (the one that told me at shift change "oh, you might have to give mr. so and so his meds today"). the resident never got his day time meds, i was unaware that the resident did not get his med's until around shift change, and that's when the unit manager called me at the station and asked me about it.....i said, oh i was unaware that mr. so and so never got his medication because when i was giving him his insulin early this morning, i asked him why i was having to give him his medication and he looked at me kinda funny and said, no, i have no problem with "so and so (the med aide) it's the other nurse i have a problem with (he refuses to get his insulin from her because he's afraid of her)....i said oh ok.......then your ok with (so and so giving you your meds...he said yes). when i found out that she did not give him his med's i knocked on the med room door (she was counting meds with the med aid coming on) and said "how come you didn't give mr. so and so his meds, she said because he "damaged some of my property" and i said well you can't just refuse to give someone their med's because you "suspect" he did something to your property" . i did not delegate this task to the med aide, that's her job....i only give insulin and g-tube meds.....so i'm not quite understanding your question about delegating this to my med aide?? the bottome line is........there is this nurse that's a trouble making instigator (sp) and she got into it with this resident, so now the nurse has basically turned everyone against this resident and he is literally afraid, there was another nurse on that unit that asked to get transferred to a different station because of all the drama, i was unaware of all the drama because i'm new, i'm new to that facility plus i'm a fairly new nurse.....i think it's ridiculous that a "nurse" is fighting with a resident.....he told me some things that she said to him and i beleive him, and trust me.....this is not how a professional nurse is supposed to act......i just can't beleive that i am getting sucked into this crap......i hate working with immature, unprofessional people. jill

well, I was told when I got to work "you might have to give mr. "b" his medications today, In my head I thought it was because the Resident was refusing, so I went to talk to him and he said he didn't have a problem with the med aid it was the other nurse he had a problem with, so I said oh ok, so your ok with "med aide" giving you your meds....he said yes. Well I never heard another word until the end of the day when they started blaming ME for not giving him his meds.......I didn't know it was because the MED AIDE was refusing......I don't see how a med aide can refuse to give meds just because she suspects he did something to her personal property. I learned in school that you can't pick and choose who you care for, if it's your patient, it's your patient....now I could see if he was being physically abusive to her. Jill

Since when can a med aid refuse to give a resident his med's because they are "fighting"? Jill

Siri....May I ask you exactly what is an "ammended statement"? Is it just a plain letter that I write telling them I made a mistake and listed the wrong drug? Would you recommend getting it notarized as well? Should I send it return receipt requested? Thanks so much....this is really stressing me out! StormySkies

yea....this is kinda what i'm thinking. i wonder if it would be best to contact the bon through the phone or write them a letter? and btw....thanks for welcome!! jill

This is my first post so first of all I would like to say Hi to everyone!! I start the LVN program January 17th! I mailed my Declaratory Order to the Texas BON about 2 weeks ago. I got a DUI at the age of 19 (a LONG time ago)....in my letter of explanation....I said that a guy I liked offered me a valium and I really liked him and I wanted to look cool so I said sure and took it..... Well, I was talking to an old friend of mine (that I used to hang out with alot back in those days) and she said yea....I remember when you got a DUI...those Madrix kicked your butt....I was like what? Then I remembered that I didn't take a valium....I took something called a Mantrix, I think I just remembered "valium" because the guy made a reference to it being "just like a valium" or "equal to a valium" something like that.....So ANYWAY....I am SO nervous because I know the BON investigates everything throughly and I'm afraid they are going to think I was trying to sugar coat the incident by putting valium (since that's a prescription drug) versus a Mandrix (which is a street drug). Should I write the BON a follow up letter explaining this? Should I just leave it the way it is? I want to be honest and straight forward. When I went back and looked at my background check the charge says: duics/drugs...so I guess that means driving under the influence of controlled substance....then I guess the drugs is to show that it was street drugs vs. prescription drugs. If I leave it alone I'm afraid they are going to think I was lieing......if I contact them to clarify....I'm still afraid they are going to think something bad.....what would you all do? Thanks so much!