CruisNrn

Night Shift for me. I have two young teen girls and they are very active in school which makes it seem as if I am working a second job driving them here and there for school. It frees me up for them and other things I may have to do. Working nights I've noticed there is less "politics" and drama. I also have more time to actually read charts, HH and previous nursing documentation. I find that keeps me informed because as we all know some things are not passed down shift to shift in report and a lot of times the things that are forgotten are important. What scares me is that there are health dangers associated with working nights. Even when I'm not working I get my energy when the sun goes down. I remember one night I went to Walmart at 2 am, lol

Hello, Today, the DON at the place where I am employed notified me that I made a med error. She stated that I hung an incorrect ABT for a resident. The Don stated that she knows it was me because I initialed the bag and the next nurse went to hang her scheduled dose and noticed the error. There's two things that I have a bad habit of doing, not putting my initials on the IV bag itself and tossing the entire bag after my IV's are complete in the garbage, after removing the patient information from the bag. I stated to the DON that I never inital the bag and I always throw them away afterwards. I asked her when this incident occured and she replied oh about a month ago, I asked her why I was not notifed of this when it happened and she stated that she was very busy and had so many things to take care of and that she had to investigate it. I then asked to review the report so I could see the exact date and medication infomation. She begin to look around in a drawer with scattered paperwork and said oh it must be out waiting for the MD's signiture. This all sounds very strange to me. I am currently having to deal with the same exact person trying to force me into a nursing supervisor position I am not qualified for I actually was forced into the position one night without training or prior notification and was very concerned. I've refused this responsibility several times sincetim even after explaining my concerns to the DON over and over again. I really hate to think this, but it really seemed to me that she may be picking r/t my refusal of the supervisor position and may be looking for reason to terminate my employment. I would love to hear your comments.

I work for a nursing home facility. I think the facility is about 200 beds plus. There is always conflict at night with the nurses RNs in particular, with who will be supervisor for the night. One night one of the nurses came in to find that she was the night supervisor and was very upset. This RN has about 2 years experience however no experience as a supervisor in a nursing home. She stated that no one had informed her prior to and she had not been trained. This nurse just started working there about 2 months ago. The next day they assigned a new grad to the position who had no prior nursing experience this actually was her first job. They assigned this new grad as supervisor over a nurse who has 30+ year experience and who previously worked as an acting supervisor for the facility. I'm confused because shouldn't a position like this be offered to someone and being that the nurses are taking on more responsibilities they should be compensated in pay, right? It seems to me that these nurses who are not experienced and was not offered the position are being forced into this position. Is this a good move for the facility?

Hello All, I just recently started a new position as a wellness director of a supportive living facility in my area. I have been a nurse for 3 years with no management experience. There are about 100 plus beds and about 25 staff members that I manage. I am on-call 24 hours a day. There is a lot to deal with at this place. In the interview, I made it very clear that I had no management experience and they were ok with that. One of the young ladies that was interviewing me stated that it was nothing like I thought it would be and it was nothing like running a nursing home, however I am finding it to be very different. In the interview I had no idea what to ask for as a salary because I had never been in management, however after accepting the position I am thinking I should have been offered a different. I made more as a new grad working in a hospital on nights than I make at this place. Does anyone know what an appropriate starting salary for someone with no experience as a wellness director would be?