cobie_84

Hi everyone. I took my nclex pn on 10-6-10 and tried the pop up trick about 3 hours later. I got the good pop up. I was worried that it didnt work right since i had been out of school for 4 years, only awnsered 85 questions, and they all seemed fairly easy. Well on friday 10-8-10 I found out that i am offically a nurse! So yes it does work!

well the process in genereal was finding an attorney who would take my case. meeting with him several times, collecting over 100 affadavits on my behalf, interviewing the aide who said he hadnt told me different (and still continued to lie). I tried taking a lie detector but was advised that it would be thrown out in court. about a week before trial my lawyer and i met with the nurse and the dia to confirm everything. In the meeting the nurse admitted that she might have told me wrong. It turns out that she had also told her administrator but he didnt report it. a week later i got papers saying that the abuse charges were unfounded. I miss agency greatly but have decided on working full time for one nursing home to decrease the odds of this ever happening again. For the longest time i didnt want to take my nclex boards (4 years to be exact) but finally decided it was time. I have learned alot throughout all of this, and do teaching sessions on what could happen and why it is ALWAYS best to follow the care plan no matter what you are told. It just goes to show that the truth always comes out in the end.

I would like to update everyone on my situation. I fought this case and eventually won (it took a little over a year). i have learned alot throughout this process and i hope that everyone else learned something too. 4 years later i have finally taken my nursing boards and just found out that i am offically an lpn. thank you all for your support, it meant alot to me. =)

Lori, I am so sorry that this has happened to you. In a way i think that the good caring nurses are slowly getting "booted" out for unfair reasons. I will keep you in my prayers. You seem like a very intelligent and caring lady. When i was going through my CNA problems you were there to support me. I am glad that you can move on and hopefully get a new job. I am still waiting on my court date but the quote that keeps my head up high everyday is that the truth will prevail and great things will come to you. Good luck.

Thanks again everyone for your help. I graduated with high honors and was valedictorian of my class. I recieved my letter from the DIA 2 days before graduation to find out that i had been founded of physical abuse and denile of criticle patient care... so now i'm heart broken. I just cant believe that any nurse/aide would put the patient or me in harms way... but it happened and now i'm paying for it. So now i can't be a nurse or even take my NCLEX. Right now matters are going to court. My only advice to everyone is dont trust ANYONE!!!!

I just took a PN course and paid 18,000. Here is my opinion on the program (i went to hamilton). the 18,000 covered my books, and uniforms. Also the colleges here (in ia) have a 2 year waiting list and this college did not. I figured that 18,000 was expensive but i got my education completed 2 years sooner and i am on the floor 2 years sooner. So i thought it was a good idea. The only bad part about it was since it was an "accelerated" program (1 year or less) financial aide doesn't help out very much. So it's up to you to weigh the pros and cons.

Thank you all for your help. Yes i did use my gait belt, i offered the resident the wheelchair, i told her that i was a pool aide and asked her to help "guide me" along, i also had her shoes on and used her walker. I thought i took all precautions but obviously not. My questions are, if she was a fall risk shouldn't i have been notified of the risk, and if she had a hx. of her knees giving out shouldn't i have been told? As for the incident report a different nurse filled it out and i dont think that she included that i was told the resident was a 1 person assist. We also hoyered her off the floor. They decided not to send her for x-rays until 2 1/2 hours later, so i dunno. Right now it's my word against theirs so i hope the truth will prevail. I love working in geriatrics, i've actually grown up with them from volunteering since i was 10... i just love being a nurse and hopefully i'll get the chance to be an aide. I just keep praying at night and i hope that god is hearing me. As of right now i am still allowed to work as an aide... please just pray for me and the truth to prevail if you have time

Hello everyone, thanks for looking at my post. I have been an aide for 2 years. For one of the 2 years i have been working as a pool aide (that is traveling to different facilities around my state). I am currently in nursing school, i will graduate on July 15 with my PN degree. Ok now that you know a little about me i can explain my situation. One night my pool company asked me to cover for a girl who called in at a facility that i had only been to once before, i decided to be the nice person that i am and cover for this girl. When i got to the facility everyone was pleasant (i was workin a 11-7:30 am shift by the way). Anyways i got this assignment sheet that said what cares the residents needed. On this one lady it said she was a 2 person transfer... i highlighted that so i wouldn't forget and went on with my night. About an hour before it was time to get this resident up the aide that i was working with and i discussed who all we'd need to get up together. When i brought up this one ladies name he said "no she's only a 1 person transfer now". I just figured that he didn't want to help me and decided i would ask someone else to help me with that transfer. About 4:55 right before i went to get that one lady up the nurse pulled me aside and told me who i had to walk up to breakfast. This one ladies' name was brought up and i decided to clarify with the nurse by asking "she's a 2 person transfer right?" The nurse said "no she's a 1 person transfer, just make sure to use your gait belt". So i went into get this lady up taking all precautions gait belt, walker, ect. This lady was completely alert and orientated X3. Well as her and i were walking to the bathroom she fell and fractured her ankle. So now where it starts getting worse: i am currently being investigated by the dia for denile of criticle patient care and neglect (the nurse and the aide denied telling me that she was a 1 person assist). I know that i didn't neglect this patient... i was just doing as i was told. I know that most pool aides take a nurses word over the assignment sheet cause you never know when the assignment sheet could have been made. Also i wasn't orientated to that hallway by anymeans... all's i got was an assignment sheet. My question is shouldn't they have been required to tell me that this resident was a fall risk and had a hx. of her knees giving out? I am so upset over all this i have been told by many people that i am basically being "hung out to dry" and that i will no longer be able to practice as an aide or a nurse... if anyone has some insight on this issue please let me know, i'm not sure if i should graduate with my class, take boards or start looking for a job at Mc Donalds i also told the dia (when i talked to them) that i would take a lie detector test, i currently have every facility that i've ever worked at writing up a document on my work ethics, i have a 19 page journal of everything that happened that night (including the aides sleeping)... I just feel that it is my one little voice against 4 other voices and a facility with big money... if anyone has any suggestions please let me know... thanks for your time