WinnieP

I worked in a LTC for almost 9 months, they had an incident over a weekend that involved two Alzheimers residents of the opposite gender, the nurse was notified as well as someone else, the people that notified them were reprimanded for the notification and were told that it was alright for such behavior to happen. Family members were not notified until 3 days later, by me. I was notified by the staff member that had been reprimandid, seeing as I was her supervisor and the residents were in my care on another day (not the day the incident happened). I have been an LPN for almost 6 yrs now, needless to say after speaking with the family member about the incident, I could no longer work for a company that put a resident at risk, so I quit. Now, I can not find a job anywhere, because when they ask why I quit, whom ever interviews, looks at me like I am nuts! As if a Facility director would never do such a thing!The family member requested I report them to the Ombudsman council but I didnt , I felt quitting my job was enough. Any advice?

Hello Everyone, I've recently graduated from nursing school in August an had taken a pt job at an ALF here in FL, until a few weeks ago when I was "let go" for reporting another med tech for passing meds in my buildings on christmas day, the tech had given the meds to my pt.s for all three med passes @ 0800! I had let the LPN I was working with that day know what was going on, she suggested I go through the MAR in both buildings and write down everything so she could turn it into the PCC the next day,this tech Left meds in pt. rooms while the pt weren't in their rooms which is a major no-no. Signed off on meds as being given and the pt.s were OOF! Pt.s that were in the facility weren't given meds but the MAR was signed off as they were OOF, and she continually got away with this since she had been hired on from her CNA position to med tech, from the very first day she had been making errors, giving wrong meds to pt.s. She had been reported numerous times by different techs to the PCC's and to the administration yet nothing was ever done. One pt. refused meds for a whole week, she never said a thing to the nurse, until I notified them, a week later the pt. died, she was on Lasix. Here in FL, Med tech.s can have four hours of training and be called a med tech.! I know there are some good med techs, don't get me wrong but this one in particular no I'm sorry, It is crazy, they have no formal training, no nothing, they put the pt. at risk. I was told by the administrator when I was let go, just because I had more of an education I was not perfect! No I am not perfect but I do know what I was taught in school and you don't mess with medication and you really should what you are doing if you are going to be passing it out. I've always wanted to be a nurse since I was a child, being in that situation really opened my eyes, I just don't understand how people can take advantage of the elderly the way they do. I'm studying for my boards now, I'm taking them next month, for the second time. I hope I pass this time. Thanks for letting me vent. Bless. I didn't spend all this time in nursing school for nothing.