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  1. What is your employers attendance policy?

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

    We had an aide call in said she was sick too bad she announced that her bf was getting out of jal today and she tried to get someone to work for her . She has 6 kids . Of course all our tax money...

  2. What is your employers attendance policy?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm just wondering how other facilities handle attendance isssues. I have no idea what my facilitys current policy is and I have asked for a copy several times with no luck. I think it used to be...

  3. CNA's and Fire Power

    sasha2lady replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    I caught an aide sleeping in our charting room a few weeks ago wrote her up and handed it over to mgmt who then suspended investigAted and fired her. She called state on us who showed up the other day...

  4. Workload & shift changes?

    sasha2lady replied to AussieKylie's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. I hate getting 20 things handed off to me when I know it couldve been done or I it's something that shouldve taken a front seat to other things. It's ok occasionally but not every day....

  5. LPNs need co-signer for verbal orders

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

    I'm in ltc and I've never had a rn cosign any order with me and the md signs within 24hrs. I take orders daily from our md I'd ask the boss about

  6. FED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Arghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! I work in LTC, 2nd shift as some of you already know from prior posts. Anyways, on 2nd we get 3 nurses and are allowed 6 aides...but because of recent falls theyve let us have...

  7. FED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

    I got the prn home health job go for orientation in two weeks. I'm nervous about it because I'm used to 20 people wanting me at the same time. I've got alot on my plate right now since I'm the only...

  8. Funny Nursing Dreams

    sasha2lady replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was an aide I worked with an awesome nurse and luckily I still work with her but I dreamed that she and another nurse were putting a metal peg tube in me. It was one of those dreams that felt...

  9. I love the night life

    sasha2lady replied to deToxTech's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been a second shifter and a third shifter I'm keeping my fingers crossed that mgmt will soon change us to 12s so I can do 7p/7a and stop working 5&6 days a wk. Or evenings rather . I...

  10. All I want for Christmas is a single payer plan!

    sasha2lady replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it'd be nice to let the citizens vote on what they want . I will be paying 600/month starting in January for insurance through my job. It went up again and I was told by hr that I had no...

  11. DON states she can't work as a nurse in LTC facility.

    sasha2lady replied to LHH1996's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do we work at the same place??? lol...my boss is that way.....she doesnt help us do anything......never drew blood, never took anything to the lab for us, never emptied a foley, never put in an IV,...

  12. "I Don't Care if You are Sick...Come to Work Anyway!"

    sasha2lady replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This reminds me of an aide who used to work night shift.....she called in and told me she was in the ER having a miscarriage......guess what I heard in the "ER".....a freakin' party! I heard alot of...

  13. I&O policy

    sasha2lady replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    well.....we used to do I & Os on pts with a foley, ....now they tell us not to...that we have to DOCUMENT the amount on a nurses note......the corporate nurse told us that we should only do I/O...

  14. Snow and your supervisors

    sasha2lady replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    We just had a storm also....the DON didnt come to work that day....the administrator called in all our 2nd shift aides at 8 am....then let the day aides leave early....no 3rd shift aides could get...

  15. Has Your Facility Ever Tried to Have a Set Schedule?

    sasha2lady replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our DON put all of us on a "TRACK"....on 2nd I work the most..I work a 10 day track....Im off one day a week and every other weekend. No one does M-F. We all do 8hrs except for 2 nurses who in order...

  16. New Grad LPN causing problems

    sasha2lady replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had a similar situation. We had a cna 2 who was in nursing school.....the DON just ate her up and was convinced that she would be the most excellent nurse.....yea...right. I got wind of how slack...

  17. can family give pt unprescribed meds

    sasha2lady replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Ive seen this happen where I work....and I work in LTC. I had a family come in and they had brought in some kind of OTC cold med for their gma. Ive also suspected that a former rehab pt gave something...

  18. The exorbitant price of healthcare

    sasha2lady replied to Up2nogood RN's topic in General Nursing

    just out of curiosity what is your premium via employer? I have cigna insurance....I signed up for the family plan (my hubby is changing jobs and his former one doesnt offer any benefits) for medical,...

  19. Wound tx's

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have a pt who has a stage 3 on her butt. Yesterday pm...as I was starting my med pass I got a whiff of something...TERRIBLE...it wasnt bm, or pee, it smelled like....a rotting dead body or...

  20. What time do you expect your relief nurse to show up?

    sasha2lady replied to KarynicaRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am due for work at 245pm.....Im there usually no later than 240pm because usually the day nurse is ready for me and Im quick so she can finish up what she needs to after she gets done with me....

  21. Nursing staffing

    sasha2lady replied to mercy1975's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Whattttttttttttt???? 42 residents? And they have the gall to complain about having 24 each??????????? I have 27+ on 2nd shift just for myself where I work...and on third shift one nurse has as many as...

  22. Is there an easier way to keep up with new orders?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a pretty organized person in and out of work. My boss called me yesterday to ask me if I could come help her for a little bit since a nurse had called off , the doc was in to do his rounds and...

  23. Is there an easier way to keep up with new orders?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The DON has started putting a checklist in all new admit charts and readmit charts...but...for example....lets say I get the admission and I do everything except for 2 parts of it....what we are to do...

  24. New DON cleaning house

    sasha2lady replied to trimm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I work, we have had more Administrator turnover than DON turnover. Ive been here almost 10 yrs....been through 4 DONs, and I cant remember how many administrators. The current DON has been here...

  25. Incident Reports- VS six times, asking the same q's repeatedly

    sasha2lady replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, my friend, 1 pg incident reports do exist....we used to have it at my facility til 3 yrs ago when this new DON took over...its now 6 pgs front and back with the SAME?s on it repeatedly.....VS 6 x...