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  1. Nursing Shortage

    I think it does depend on the location. Where I live there is definitely NOT a nurse shortage...there are so many applicants for one job you now see some of the ones you are up against & although...
  2. Cold blooded administration

    Even if the complaint is SUPPOSED to be kept confidential it is not always the case. I have seen it many times where the state comes in the administration end up finding out who filed the
  3. Lost job april 09 ...need help

    I wrote before about "back stabbing STNA......I was fired for "fighting with employee & creating hostile environment for resident"....I never did this but the resident (dementia well documented in...
  4. Lost job april 09 ...need help

    I suppose but I have really been looking at everything.
  5. Lost job april 09 ...need help

    Here it in June now & that employer now says I was fired for misconduct. I contacted an attorney & he says nothing can be done because it was at-will employment. I have been fighting 8 weeks...
  6. How do you deal with an insensitive CNA?

    That works unless your DON favors the aids. I was wrongly accused of "misconduct" because of an irate aid, was terminated & denied unemployment. Now here I sit looking for over a month &...
  7. Lost job april 09 ...need help

    I have told my son we may have to move and I have been looking farther
  8. Lost job april 09 ...need help

    I can notclaim anything except I did NOT do what the employer accused me of doing but I had no way of proving myself. In Ohio it is like you are taking the money out of someone's wallet. I can not see...
  9. How do you deal with an insensitive CNA?

    Watch your back, you may get fired like I did.....because thisaid was about the same & the DON did nothing after I reported things several times.... Good
  10. In your experience have you seen this happen?

    Never in 25 yrs have I seen this happen. I would get her out of there fast then file a complaint with the state dept of health & the ombudsman. I have seen quite a bit & it is aweful what...
  11. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    SORRY this is sooooooo long.. I have been in LTC for 27 years......aid for 3 & LPN for 24 years. It never ceases to amase me that there is ALWAYS ONE IN EVERY FACILITY who thinks THEY have ALL the...
  12. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    Yea, I think MAYBE there is someone who they wanted to have my job??? Not sure but She is PRN & now already working more. I must put this behind me & look forward or I am gonna go...
  13. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    Today was terminated & attorney said Ohio law only covers employees IF terminated for discrimation reasons. I never cursed or argued but reason for termination was arguing with another employee...
  14. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    I am sorry, I did nothing wrong. One demented resident (well document in her chart) is the ONLY witness. Do you think that STNA would have stood for herself to be sent home & not me if I had...
  15. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    I do not have the authority to make anyone leave when the DON or ADON is in the building. I did tell the DON what the STNA said to the resident. Today I filed for unemployment although I am just...
  16. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    So I was wrong to do what I did & wrong for not walking away ????? I am in a situation where I have no possible way of defending
  17. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, EVERYONE was in the dining room or at the nurses station....there are NO witnesses. I know in my heart & soul what happened & I know WHAT DID NOT HAPPEN....
  18. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    I am trying to move on but also trying to keep my 13yr old in his current school district where he has spent all of his life, it is a small area so no jobs. I thank you for you
  19. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    Well, after all of the above posts by me....here I am AGAIN..........Same STNA. This time she did what she was trying to do to me. I am suspended and awaiting to hear whether I will be terminated!...
  20. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    Thanks for replying. I won't change shifts or cut my hours because of her. I am a single parent & can not afford that. All I can think of is she knows that I know she will lie.....like I said I...
  21. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    Thank you for your reply..... I have been as professional as I can be & I do my work, I happen to be one of the few there that tries to get everything done that I can possibly do during my shift....
  22. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    I totally agree with everyone who has responded. Just tonight I was sitting doing my computerized charting and I had a salad sitting beside me (unopened) and this STNA walked by and said "WISH I COULD...
  23. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    Nurse (LPN Charge
  24. I'm not happy

    There is always "mean" people, whether it is staff or patients. The physical abuse should always be reported & I agree, never
  25. Back stabbing STNA....HELP !!

    STNA means State Tested Nursing