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No I don't. I'm there to help 2 RN with 3 pt each now that I am not a RN. Basically, I am there for staffing issues only. I only take vital signs do the I&O's and giving PO medications if needed.

She was diagnosed with dehydration, stomach flu and with fatigue eyes (needing to wear her eye glasses which we thought she is using when reading). She was given iv for dehydration and few other instructions before sending home...She missed 2 days off school but she is fine now.. thanks

would you do the same thing i did? was it really a crime and ground for termination? or i am missing something? i am a lvn here in san diego working in a small hospital which am employed for more than five years now. i've been lvn for more than a decade now and was never in trouble but only now. this really hurts me. i work 12 hrs a day and mainly taking graveyard shift. i just got terminated today for job abandonment when i left work early due to family emergency which i think was the right thing for me to do as a father. my wife on the other hand (also working that night) called me on my cellphone at 0400, telling me that our son called her and telling her that his sister has a temperature of 104.2f:nono: orally with severe headache and with occational nausea and vomitting. my wife also told me that she took the liberty of calling our supervisor that night at 0330 and was told that i can not leave until 0600 and was surprised to know that for 30 min past, the supervisor did'nt even bother telling me about it. my wife don't know how to drive and gets to work only by carpooling with co workers and she has no means of getting home without a car. my kids 3 kids (17, 15 and 14 years old) are hopeless at this time and so, i told my charge nurse in icu about this and hearing without reply i took that as a "no problem" with them. i did my 0400 duties and when i was done at 0445 (with no word yet from the supervisor) i went straight to her office and told her that i am done helping my charge nurses and i have to leave. to my surprise instead of relieving my post she replied "well sam, you can not leave until six o'clock and i am busy with staffing". :trout: i was begging and told her that i really have to go since my wife is at work and don't drive but to no avail. by then, it was already 0449 when i clocked out and that was all. i left my work in a hurry knowing they would understand. but i guess i was wrong.. maybe, if it was someone else with the same problem; they could be sent home right away without problem.. it just so happened that it was me...

When I become a patient, I don't want to be viewed as a client