sasha2lady

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  1. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    sasha2lady replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    1 fb at home 2 you're not the prom queen diva you think you are3 if you put half as much effort into work as you do your fake hair nails makeup and eyelashes you might b worth something to the...

  2. Does an employer have to have staff phone numbers?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a snf. We have a number directory of our cnas and nurses . Alot of the cnas numbers are wrong and a few nurses have invalid phone numbers too. I only have my home number listed but I really...

  3. Does an employer have to have staff phone numbers?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen or heard of an actual rule regarding this either..like you said it's just kind of alwYs been there. I work nights 12 hrs so I feel like if someone really needed me they could call me...

  4. Reprimanded for someone elses mistake??? What???

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yep-I'm a night shifter. I'm watching myself very carefully & keeping detailed notes for myself...just in case. They hire people and give little to no training and ones like myself often get stuck...

  5. Written up for a no call no show???!!!

    sasha2lady replied to LUV ALZ's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow.. We have ncns alllllllll the time and lots of late ones and call INS and none of them ever get one word said to them...much less a write up. I wouldn't sign it either. My boss says as long as we...

  6. Have you ever thought about quitting nursing all together?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Lately, I dont know what exactly it is, but Ive become so disgusted with being a nurse. Maybe its where I work, the people I work with......dont know. Ive gotten to the point where I HATE going to...

  7. What are some of the dumbest things you've seen or heard from another nurse at work

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ok so it's after 3am and I get ready to get narcotics that need to be sent back to the pharmacy & find 3 different ones out in the open in the locked cabinet. The count sheets are nowhere to be...

  8. To write up or not???

    sasha2lady posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work nights 12 hrs with just one other nurse for almost 80 residents. We wrote up an aide who left the shift hours early without permission The only one she told was a med tech on the floor she...

  9. To write up or not???

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input. I truly appreciate it. I talked to the highest power that be that night..the don and she said to write her up. I went to this particular med tech for overstepping bounds. He was...

  10. How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

    sasha2lady replied to allevi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My employer didnt even recognize any nurses on nurses day. Same as every other day. At Christmas we got nothing, not even a card or a candy cane. They took away our raises, yet find time and money...

  11. What are some of the dumbest things you've seen or heard from another nurse at work

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    hmmm....lemme think here.....when our supplier was changed they used a totally different word for duoderms...not hydrocolloid but some weird name I cant remember now.....I too looked and looked...

  12. What are some of the dumbest things you've seen or heard from another nurse at work

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ok so it's after 3am and I get ready to get narcotics that need to be sent back to the pharmacy & find 3 different ones out in the open in the locked cabinet. The count sheets are nowhere to be...

  13. Have you ever thought about quitting nursing all together?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I totally know the feeling: I love my ltc residents but I'm soooo sick of the politics and unfair way we are treated where I work. I could go elsewhere but the local places are not my style. The...

  14. 5 days with days/evening switch is nuts!

    sasha2lady replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    I could never survive day shifts! Not because ofbthe work but because of the noise and chaos and time. I used to work 3-11. I every other wkend off and 1 day off thru the wk. It was awful! Now I do...

  15. Have you ever thought about quitting nursing all together?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've considered that I've even considered doing phlebotomy on the side to see how I like it but I'm not up for being a pin cushion in the class setting My resolution is to get out n 2 -3 yrs if I...

  16. Does anyone else ever get tired of "stupid" nurses?

    sasha2lady replied to twinmom2k's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    hmm.....I agree with Huq......I work with several nurses like whats been described b you...one in particular is a young pretty nurse....always looks like a freakin model when she comes in......gets by...

  17. LPN Treatment

    sasha2lady replied to prettyinblu's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    dont do their work for them...if its supposed to be done by an RN, then thats who should do it...period. They are banking off your efforts...never trust people who want you to do that sorta thing. If...

  18. frustrated nurse

    sasha2lady replied to browneyez's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Id pack up and MOVE to a new place where the town is bigger and has more opportunities...Try looking for online apps for jobs and relocation ideas. Unless...you are willing to travel back and forth to...

  19. How to tell if you are being targeted at your job by another nurse..

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Heres the scenario. I work nights & have been having some trouble from a day nurse. The day nurse has always had a really bad attitude, she thinks she is just perfect. She knows it all, is never...

  20. What are some of your benefits and how good are they?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in General Nursing

    Its that time of year again where I work...open enrollement for insurance. Last year our deductible went up and so did the price of our health insurance. Our insurance sucks! Several nurses who have...

  21. What are some of your benefits and how good are they?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I'd love to have some of these killer benefits at my job! Our pto time depends on our years of service full time so you get more pto time for each year and it only comes once a year in Jan. If...

  22. Nursing Judgement

    sasha2lady replied to pinky22786's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work if a med is daily twice etc regular times are 8&4 or 9&5etc. Day nurses are bad to pile on as many meds to us night nurses. We aren't supposed to be giving some meds at night...

  23. Mean Nurses

    sasha2lady replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking from current and past experience I can come to one general conclusion....a mass clash of

  24. Is this not illegal??

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If I had been the one to be left alone for 80 pts I wouldn't have cared if they fired me for speaking up and complaining about it. I need my job like everybody else but I need a license more. A few...

  25. Is this not illegal??

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A few weekends ago a day nurse was super upset when I got to work. There are 3 day nurses and 2 night nurses because we do 12 hr shifts. The 2 day nurses left early, one at 4 and one a 5pm. Nobody is...