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Thanks to all the nurses that replied. Just a little update: yes, I am a "working" supervisor, always jump in to help but this nurse works 3-11 and once I go home, she sits.....this has been told to the DON also by more than 1 witness. Anyway.......it was reported to our administrator by another nurse and he asked the DON who just replied she had it under control, nothing more will be done by him. Since I have put it in writing that I feel she is a threat and danger to my patients and I do not want her taking care of them, she has been moved to another wing.....so she'll just do the same there. I on the other had turned in my notice. I can't continue to work some place where this kind of "abuse" is overlooked.....and yes, I already have another job to go to. Thanks for all the input.......I LOVE this forum :redpinkhe

I am a supervisor & have documentation of one of my nurses not passing meds.....proof, signed on the MARs for routine narcotics given but no narcotics signed out of narc box. Also, copies of med cards from day to day that no meds have been punched from on her shift (no other cards were avail). I have taken all this info to my DON and all that was done is a "warning". This nurse continues to practice where I work and it really bothers me that she is put in my unit. I feel my patients are being neglected. Should I report this to the BON? I have the proof. Or should I just let the DON handle this? I'm afraid for my patients. One lady died on this nurses shift and she was a known hypoglycemic diabetic....I'm pretty sure her finger stick wasn't done

it really irks me when I hear a MA say "I'm Dr so&so's nurse" NO, you are not his NURSE. Yes, he lets you do everything I do but that still doesn't make you a nurse. I have a license, you do not. I do everything a RN does too but that doesn't make me an RN!

My fave nursing bumper sticker........"I'm a nurse, here to save your a$$, not kiss it!" LOVE that one. My fave non-nursing......"I brake for hallucinations" the guy driving it looked like Jerry Garcia :)

Count yourself lucky, where I work, we have 40 pt's, most with IV's, tube feedings, wound vac's etc. with 2 nurses and a unit manager on 7-3 shift, but come 3-11, they drop it down to 1 nurse (and she's usually a new grad that doesn't know any better). Since I'm the day unit manager, if someone calls off on 3-11, I have to work that shift. It's not safe........I've told management repeatedly, they just don't get it. They even keep a nurse for that shift because no one else will do it and I've given them documentation she doesn't pass all her meds.......that's why I have put in my notice......I'm getting out of there before someone dies because it's too much and the administrator just wants to make sure he gets his bonuses and doesn't really care about the patients or the nurses RUN.........RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN!

LOL, I used FB to get my point BACK to my boss :) I knew someone on my "friends" would run right back and tell her what I said and I wanted her to know sooooooooooo. But, there is a federal law against firing someone because of "generalize" things said about ones work place.....it's considered "water cooler" talk and you can't be fired for it.......that being said........they can fire you for any other reason so be careful.

WoW!!! Thank you ALL for the info. May be rethinking this relocation thing. LA looks like such a great place to live but you can't live if you can't work. I have an awesome job (aka great pay) right now and as a LPN in FL, I've NEVER had a problem getting a job, got laid off once and drove 5 min down the road and had another job in less than an hour! So Cali is lookin' kindda scary. Thanks again y'all............LOVE this forum!

Thanks for the insight. I do have family out there but not family I would stay with I don't think I would move anywhere w/o having a job lined up 1st anyway..........lookin' into the traveler/contractor thing. Thanks again for the info, it helps to hear from someone livin' there :)

2 things I believe in........Keep your friends close & your enemies closer AND a leopard never changes his spots, soooooooo, make nice with this nurse, go apologise that maybe you were mistaken yada, yada and then sit back and watch :) If he's dipping into patients meds, it'll come up again I promise. DO give a written letter of concern to your DON and keep a copy for yourself, as the other poster advised and then in the future, if this happens again (and if he's taking pt's meds, it will) you will have some prior documentation to go back on. Lastly, don't report to BON, you have no proof and you'll just tick off your boss and make things hard on yourself. Play nice and this guy will hang himself.

I recently had the same thing happen to me, a "friend" from work reported to my boss some of my venting about my job as a supervisor but didn't get the whole story straight. Needless to say, I no longer "friend" ANY co-workers. Just not worth the hassel of having to monitor what you say........everyone needs a place to vent!

DANG! not sure if that was nice or scary???? lol

I'm moving to Los Angeles in the fall and wondering if anyone out there can tell me the employment situation out there for LPNs? Also, does anyone know of any Travel Agencies that hire LPNs for travel/contract jobs? Thanks for any insight y'all :)

Yes. I'm a supervisor and have learned by experience...........no work "friends" on FB...........period

Is there no end to your prejudice? "My point is that the LVN or LPN has no authority, experience or ability to run the show." I know this Topic didn't start off about LVN/LPNs but dang! I've been a LPN for 20 years and a Paramedic for 30 and I'm pretty sure I could run circles around most RNs I know but I certainly don't tell them that. How can you lump all LPNs into the same box. I don't know, you just really tick me off with your attitude. As I said in my 1st post..........R-U-D-E

Say something to your "unit manager" if you have one, that is the U.M.s job, to be a buffer. If there's no UM, speak with the DON, she/he can speak to the director of rehab, who in return can speak to all therapy staff in a "general" way to let them know not to step on nursings toes. I am a UM at a LTC facility and this is how management where I work handles these things. I would raither my staff come to me when someone from a different department is over-stepping their bounds. Either I or the other dept. head can follow up. Don't get into a tit for tat match with her, let the bosses handle her and just keep doing your job the way you should. Good luck!

Rude......just straight up R-U-D-E Hope you don't break your neck when you fall off that High Horse yer ridin' :)

1. what is your degree in? lpn, working on bsn 2. what state do you live in? fl (central) 3. what is your job title? unit manager (ltc) 4. how much do you make an hour? 25.66 5. how much do you make a year? 52,000 6. what do you like about your job? teaching newer nurses 7. what don't you like about your job? administrators that have "book" smarts and put budget before staff/residents

I chart word for word, verbatum

I have to agree with most of the posts here, you were set up to be fired. There is NO WAY you can get fired for 1 personal altercation that is a he said, he said kind of situation unless they were lookin' for a way to can you, prob due to your pay scale I've been done the same way.......it hurts to see people you thought were friends turn on you. Don't even try to go back there......bad blood. You have experience, you'll get a good job, hang in there.

Got one better.......had a pt we found in his bathroom with his own needles (brought in by a friend) and he was cooking down his Dilaudid to shoot up right there in the hosp!!! Gives good reason to watch your pt's swallow their meds, huh? BTW, security was called and he was transfered to another unit the next day

1st and foremost is to be fair. Always get ALL sides of a story before acting on it. 2nd......TEACH, be willing to teach your staff what/how to do things the right way.....then hold them accountable. I personally make sure my staff know what I except, show/tell/educate and if that doesn't sink in, I take them to the side and give them a little 1 on 1 "talk" and let them know it's a "gratis" couseling session just between us and that I expect them to come up to standard, next time we'll be talking with the DON. That usually does it :) Make sure you are willing to step in and help them when needed, I still assist CNAs with cleaning pts, pass trays ect when we're short staffed. And a trait that I learned a long time ago from my favorite supervisor was to tell each one of them "Thanks for a good job" as often as possible :) That in and of itself will go a long way. Congrats and Good Luck!!!

All I can say is, IMO any Mother that kills her kids ain't all there....for whatever reason, something just isn't right. Sad.

Personally, I'd go on for my NP license, but that's me. In no way would I want to be a Dr.....all those long hours, never getting to be home and enjoying the fruits of your labor??? Heck no!!! If you become a Nurse Practitioner, depending on which state you are in, you could open your own practice and/or join a group and practice medicine almost the same as a Dr but with less demands on your time/life. Ultimately.......gotta do what makes YOU happy :) Good luck!

Exact same thing happened to me once. Got called around 12noon after I had gotten off at 7a by the DON telling me the narc count was off, I told her she needed to talk to the nurse that accepted the keys and took the cart. I had passed the count on to her and if there was a problem, it wasn't mine :)

Over the last 30 years I've certainly worn my share of scrubs. By far the best I've found are Greys Antomy......as one poster already said.....pricey but worth every penny. Soft, like pj's, wash, dry and hang immediately and you'll never IRON again :) Landau makes a nice scrub too, they hold up good and usually don't stain. I prefer the elastic waist but I'm a bigger girl :) Usually the draw strings are worn by the smaller nurses. I also like the styles of Baby Phatt but they run very small. I would never buy KOI again, flemsy material, many tops got holes in them after a couple of washings and you have to iron EVERYTHING sorry so many opinions.....like I said, I've been around awhile