sasha2lady

Just curious Have any of you ever been a surveyor ? If so what kinds of things did you find on inspections and what tags did you give? Why don't surveyors tag for holes in mars or lack of charting? Especially on med A patients? I find tons of discr...

I found an order not transcribed by an RN. Nothing unusual for this person but while checking orders we are supposed to date initial and put if they are correct. So I did all the above as usual except I added that this order wasn't transcribed correc...

Ok,long story short we have a much older nurse at work who recently returned after a surgery. She has always been slow and unable to stand on her own...but now something is different. I along with 5 other nurses on various shifts have noticed how thi...

The DON, administrator, social worker, ADON, unit manager and charge nurse are all aware of whats going on. One of the other nurses did ask her if anything was wrong and the only thing she said was that she was fine. Ive observed her on several occa...

I've noticed that this whole area has alot of focus on coworker bullying type issues. So, to lighten the mood a little, what has a coworker done thats been nice towards you? What about the meanest thing that someone's done to you at work? My story: ...

I wouldn't read too much into it really. Do your thing on your off work time. Seems like its a little bit purposeful...as if they are maybe trying to get you to come forward and say hey....I wanna do that too whats up?..... There are cliques everywhe...

You did your part. Now, the one you reported to is on her own. I have the same problem at work with 3 different nurses. nurse A-always late, walks away from me during report, puts on makeup, eats brkfst, starts conversations or goes off with the cna...

I dont think I'd want to work the same shift with her for sure! I work with a few sort of like her, but not to the degree that she is. We have a really old nurse who's always had others to basically do her work for her....so she's clueless and gives ...

I feel ya! There are 2 nurses I HATE coming in behind because its ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS a mess. Half the time they are MIA on smoke breaks and that puts me half an hr behind...mind you I have double the load than they do. They give awful reports-proba...

While the bullying may seem less on the nurse A because they are focusing on you, DON'T let this continue or you're working days will become miserable. Bullying is so common now. I've dealt with it to an extent myself by one particular nurse coworke...

This is a cool topic and right up my alley:) Where I work we, the night shift, tend to call ourselves night owls and we call the day shift daywalkers or....of course....like someone said earlier...."female dogs"...ya know....the B word...aka....the ...

I am an LPN in LTC. We got a new DON from out of state 2 yrs ago...who has since made tons of changes that originated from her home state. when she makes a change she says the same thing all the time "Its per corporate"....which half the time is bull...

Last week I discovered that a spouse of one of my patients has a tape recorder in the room & has been recording staff when they come in the room. The spouse also writes down every single thing we do in the room & has been very accusatory, for...

I've been at my job for 12 long yrs in ltc. I went from 80 hrs to 72 last yr when we were made into 12 hr shifts & now mgmt has told us nurses we have to take hour breaks permanently because they are downsizing. That bumps me to 66 hrs yet I'd be...

If you ever yo work in ltc you will look back on this and be so grateful, trust me. Guess how much orientation néw nurses get where I work? At most 2 days!! The last one got only a day and was thrown to the dogs , she quit shortly after. This goes fo...

I was a new nurse and 3 mos pregnant when I had my 1st family member run in. B beds dtt in law had messed with A bed and was in a fit of rage saying that my cnas had ignored A beds alarm. She got in my face literally, we were touching noses & she...

I reposted my question when I thought I'd lost it originally. Sorry bout that. And as for the holes on mars, I was always taught if u don't chart it u didn't do it so if u don't sign for a med you didn't give it. Thus, there should be documentation s...

Hmm I have 36 patients on my shift. I used to have 40 but I complained til I got 4 taken off my load. I have a heavy hs pass and I usually have at least 16 charts to chart on. I do skin audits and txs too plus chart checks. When I worked on 8 hr shif...

I think you should continue to ignore her. If you were more established at this place a confrontation may be suitable only if necessary. She may be testing the waters with you but maintain only as much contact as absolutely necessary with her. Where ...

My interview is in 3 dys so I figured I'd at least see what this other place can offer before I decide. I do have a few things I can't budge on 1-I have to have 12 hr shifts 2-more money 3-can't do a lockdown unit because I can't tolerate feeling tra...

It took me a year as a néw grad to feel comfortable in my job. Everybody says it's normal and no 2 people are the same. Just go in with the idea that you will learn something new everyday and know you're only human and you should be fine.

I'm an lpn in ltc and I totally understand your pov but not all are like that. But one thing you didn't mention was the comparison between workloads in a hospital versus ltc. In a hospital a single nurse would never have the load we do in ltc patient...

Has anyone here ever worked as a state sureyor or known one personally? What kinds of things did you tag and why? Did you go into a facility and know what to look for from the start? I notice alot of mistakes when I work on a regular basis..med error...

I'm more likely to answer a txt versus a call myself. What's not ok is when people text others to say they're not coming in or will be late...which I see alot where I work. In that case one should call and speak to a nurse. I don't answer calls from ...

Most places wouldn't fire for that. Something sounds off about that place. Where I work the uppers don't care about mistakes and sure don't Want to hear about them. I got in trouble for reporting a med error on a medication that cost over a grand to ...