ChickyLPN

so, ive never really done this before. but i feel like i need to vent. i am an lpn in a nursing home. i have worked there for almost nine years, 4.5 as an stna. i work on an alzheimers unit through the week. on the weekends i get pulled to another hall. im not whining, but this hall i get pulled to, i get a very vague report EVERY weekend even though shes been there for like 30 years, she acts like she doesnt know whats going on. i think its because if you act like you dont know, you dont get blamed for what didnt get done. the nurse who i give report to at the end of shift, she expects me to know evertyhing thats going on with everybody, even if i know nothing about them, or it was never charted. things just dont get passed on. also, i can never find what i need, meds arent there, creams are gone, etc. anyway, i asked repeatedly to not get pulled out there. i put it in writing to staff development, don, and scheduler. still i get pulled. and they hired a brand new lpn for the weekends to work on my unit. im the only full time day shift nurse they pull, other than the floats, who dont mind being pulled. i wouldnt mind either, but i get pulled to a messed up hall, and i dont want to be apart of it. today i am told this new nurse is on my hall on the weekends for her "convenience." WHAT??? ive been a devoted employee there for 9 years! why do i have to be the pushover? because its easy & they know they can do it? do i go to corporate next & find out what the "policy & procedure" is on pulling nurses to different halls? shouldnt we all have to deal with it sometimes or just one nurse who you know will put up with it? ahhh, i need a new job.

the first thing you need to do is become a state tested nursing assistant, to see if this is really a field you want to get into. You will learn a lot about nursing just by observing nurses, and it will really help you through your first quarter of nursing school. some nursing homes even help pay for your tuition, if you agree to work for them after you get your lisence.