anj1995

I worked this past Sunday from what was suppose to be 7-11pm turned into 7-1am. I work in long term skilled care facility. Well...at 8pm my DON calls to ask if i could stay any later because the person that was scheduled could not come in for the 11-7 shift, so my DON was left to do it, but she did not want to. I told her that i could not stay any later at the time she called. Then she calls back an hour later saying she went to a get together (party) and had been driving around for an hour looking for gas. (This area has not been hit that hard regarding gas shortages)...anyways...she says that i am just "stuck" and have no choice as if she was telling me i had to stay until 7am. What could i do? Nothing. Say i was leaving and loose my license? No! So i called my DON's boss, the Executive Director to settle the problem. My DON ended up coming in at 12:15 am. My question is...there was a med due at 12am, neither I nor my DON gave it. She is filling out a med error due to it and probally will blame it on me. Neither her or I ever work 11-7 shift, I charted the hour i worked over while waiting on her. Who is at fault? Also...does anyone else have a difficult DON that they deal with? Sorry for ranting...maybe it's time i look for another job. I love my patients and my co-worker's but The DON is just not the person I want to work for. Are all bosses like this?

Thanks for all the comments/suggestions everyone has. I am working toward's getting this fixed very soon!

Hi. I am an LPN with no medical insurance. I am needing some dental work. I have one tooth with a really bad cavity that needs to be either extracted or a root canal. The problem is that I cannot afford to pay for a root canal no matter what the price and I can't really afford to have it extracted due to that i have had 4 extractions already and I am only 30 and do NOT want to venture to dentures this early in life, that would be so embarassing for me. Any suggestions or comments would greatly help with making my decision.