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Thanks for all the responses, it helps to know that my husband didn't do anything terrible. I do get the CYA part and all that, but it's still frustrating. Is there any way to know how long the suspension will last? Are we talking end of the week, the month, or do we need to apply for unemployment? It's sad because we're supposed to sign up for benefits by Friday, and I don't know if it would be inappropriate to go ahead and do that while he's on suspension, and his step-mother worked PRN for the same company so he was leaning on her a lot mentor-wise and she passed 2 weeks ago.

Supposedly for 'violation of company policy' because he didn't drop everything and report directly to the DON

My husband got his LVN right at 9 months ago. His first job was an awful lct place; he left after 6 months, along with half the staff because the ratios went from 60:1 to 90:1. He got hired pretty quickly at a rehab facility as a treatment nurse, and while he enjoys and does well with the actual treatment part of his job, he's struggling with a lot of the supervisory stuff- he's not an ADON, he's not expirienced enough to be an ADON, but the ADONs took advantage and he's been doing a lot of staffing and reports that aren't really his responsibility. It's not effecting his job performance, but he's been in overtime most weeks and the brand new DON and he discussed it Monday, and he resolves to do better in the future, and they put some measures in place to help with that. Otherwise, they've been happy with him. Then yesterday this happened; he was in a patient room and 2 aides came charging out of the room next door with the patient hollering about abuse. My husband was the nearest nurse, and he told the aides to immediately go tell the DON what happened. He then finished up the treatment he was doing, then went in and talked to the patient and did a head to toe assessment. He found nothing wrong, and the patient admitted that they didn't actually hurt her; she was just uncomfortable with men changing her diaper so threw a fit. He then reported it to the DON, who immediately told him to go home until the investigation was concluded and not to contact the facility until they called him. He apparently should have escorted the aides to the DON rather than asses the patient, which, as a layperson, makes no sense to me. I also think that some on the spot retraining would've been enough, but there was a person from corporate in the office, so the DON said she had no choice. The ADON felt really sorry for him, and, incidentally, Monday (right after that talk about OT) they asked him to stay over to lead an investigation regarding a much more serious allegation (also false). So do we start sending out resumes again or should he be back to work by the end of the week?

I posted this over in the 1st year category, but that seems to be all RNs. Anyway, I graduated from LVN school last month and was happily surprised to get a job in a little under 2 weeks. It's night shift (not a problem) 4 on 2 off (which is hard) and I'm a charge nurse over 60 patients with 2 cna's, 1 of which is great. The other disappears and is not helpful when she's there. The rest of the facility's halls are only 30 patients, but my hall is long, or something. One of my classmates started with me and was assigned to a shorter hall, and she's already quit. I've done 2 shifts by myself- the DON is off site and didn't return the one call I made to her after a fall, of which I've had 2 minor falls (one each day) and had to do neuro checks on another patient yesterday due to a fall. I've gotten all my work done, but I've run behind on charting. Yesterday, I took an extra hour and a half after my shift to finish (notation by exception), and today it took 45 minutes. Also, my first night state called asking for the lady I replaced (she complained to them about the ratio), then they asked if there was another nurse on my hall- which there wasn't. I didn't complain to them or anything, but I did tell them the truth. I'm a little worried that this will make the administrator mad, but I'm also not going to lie. Mostly I'm worried about staying over for charting and not taking lunch. In my orientation, I was told that I had to take a lunch and unauthorized OT was bad. I'm seeing ways that I can improve- my problem tonight was largely due to a belligerent patient with a med order that had been changed in his chart but not in practice. That would have saved me a good half hour there. But I've got to get my work done! So, any tips on getting through stuff quicker? Also, what experience do you guys have with OT and staying over like that? Is it usually a problem? Any insight about that ratio? I don't think it's illegal, but it sure does suck. And yes, my plan is to work a year and find another place. Thanks!

Also, would it be okay to ask my supervisor to transfer to the shorter hall that my classmate left? I don't want to be a complainer, but 60 patients is a lot.

I graduated from LVN school last month and was happily surprised to get a job in a little under 2 weeks. It's night shift (not a problem) 4 on 2 off (which is hard) and I'm a charge nurse over 60 patients with 2 cna's, 1 of which is great. The other disappears and is not helpful when she's there. The rest of the facility's halls are only 30 patients, but my hall is long, or something. One of my classmates started with me and was assigned to a shorter hall, and she's already quit. I've done 2 shifts by myself- the DON is off site and didn't return the one call I made to her after a fall, of which I've had 2 minor falls (one each day) and had to do neuro checks on another patient yesterday due to a fall. I've gotten all my work done, but I've run behind on charting. Yesterday, I took an extra hour and a half after my shift to finish (notation by exception), and today it took 45 minutes. Also, my first night state called asking for the lady I replaced (she complained to them about the ratio), then they asked if there was another nurse on my hall- which there wasn't. I didn't complain to them or anything, but I did tell them the truth. I'm a little worried that this will make the administrator mad, but I'm also not going to lie. Mostly I'm worried about staying over for charting and not taking lunch. In my orientation, I was told that I had to take a lunch and unauthorized OT was bad. I'm seeing ways that I can improve- my problem tonight was largely due to a belligerent patient with a med order that had been changed in his chart but not in practice. That would have saved me a good half hour there. But I've got to get my work done! So, any tips on getting through stuff quicker? Also, what experience do you guys have with OT and staying over like that? Is it usually a problem? Any insight about that ratio? I don't think it's illegal, but it sure does suck. And yes, my plan is to work a year and find another place. Thanks!