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i worked in a situation like that about a year ago where all the nurses were out to hang one another and if you new forget it, I was there 6yrs so fortunately they left me alone because I was in the facility longer than any of them but I also had to back up and protect a few new girls because of the shameful things they were saying and doing because before that I was put in a position as a new aide and the people didn't like the fact that everything i did was slow and then they finally terminated me and told me during the closing before i left that i was incompetent and not to go for nursing to find another field because i was not going to make it then 3yrs later a nursing license the rn that was the don for the other place didn't know how to do squat that was on the floor because of being in the office for so long and I had to train her and help her out look of surprise was the best, sorry I will stop the rambling, but I believe there will be a time that the person who did that to you will have to own up to someone else for their behavior lots of luck, i believe you did all you could do and the charting on the computer is double work and if you charted in the mar where is was suppose to be I believe these people know how to read: it really could have waited

we have a similar policy in my work place. what it basically states that once the pt is evaluated by pt( which they have to be by the day of admission/readmission) if they have a weight bearing status of any, you as cna or nurse are to encourage the right body mechanics to stand on there on with either them standing on there own or walker or we have what are called buddy belts which are used to assist the resident when standing up that wraps around there mid section and able to give help when standing that way you are not pulling on them or picking them up they are able to do it themselves, it took me a little while to get used to this procedure because i was used to just picking everyone up and it is easier that way but it does give the resident a little extra added boost of encouragement that they can do it themselves, and it does take a little extra time to do it this way though, and then for the people that can not bear weight at all are put on lifts until they can be safely transfered by one or two people well i hope this helps

I have to say as an lpn I agree with everyone above unless specifically trained to help you in the icu and familiar with tasks and procedures then it's entirely unsafe to have them there, speaking as a person with no icu training i would feel very uncomfortable being transferred to there in the first place and feel very bad to make the rn's do twice as much work, i hope everything works out and the next time they transfer nurses to your area that they are trained and that some plan is in effect before you all start working together, plans previous are a big help. Good luck

I have a question to this new posting is this in effect state wide now and also I was told that we are still not allowed to take or for things that are not in are scope of practice or is this just per facility policy I'm just a little confused about this because I have only been in nursing a short time and when I first started I worked at different place with a different set of rules that we were able to take all orders and sign then they stopped it where the rn had to take all the orders from the dr., just wondering if it will go back to the old way or not ty

well there are a couple ways to do this you can either go through a vocational school and have the training and classes it's not that expensive but not cheap either or you can look in your surrounding area and see if a hosp or nursing home is offering a training course and more often than not they pay you as you go kind of on the job training classroom atmosphere but with actual people to participate with. I mostly find this in nursing homes though they usually like you already trained for the hospitals. this is from experience of where im at, they do the on the job training and may also benefit you because if your not to sure this is what you want to do then you do not have pay the money to find out there is a lot of lifting when it comes to the older people because they can not stand or walk alone for the most part occasionally some do you would be the primary person for the personal cleaning and needs of the person also the nurses will do the other things as in give meds etc. but always remember its a group effort anything that you may need help with or not understand there will be someone there to help you out that' s a plus side to it also well i hope this gives you some hind sight on what to do and good luck, I started out as an aide before becoming a nurse I have actually been an aide longer than the nurse at this point still It's hard work but enjoyable at the same time you actually have more time to spend with the pt.s i hope I helped good luck

I suggest always get an order unless nursing measure such as oxygen for sob or something like that better to just me on the safe side let the doc make the call that's what they get the big bucks for:)