ducky861

I do like my job....but now since it has become personal I don't care what I have to do. They don't hve on thing on me to fire me. I never have called off, I always come in when they ask. I always complete all my work. I am trying my best to keep documentation of everything I do but it get exhausting and their is no proof it is her disposing of my work. She knows this.

I work in a ltc facility. I have only been there 6 months. I notice alot of problems with the facility but not sure how to handle them in the professional manor that I need to I dont know who to contact within the state or if it is even in my best interest to do so. I will try not to be too long on my explanation but no promises I am assigned to a certain station. I started at this facility PRN and several LPNs have came and gone from 1 certain hall. When the opportunity came for me to take a full time position I took it I liked working this hall. I work midnights which I love and my problem is with the dayshift nurse who follows me only one day a week. First I heard from other employees how much she hated me and all kinds of stuff she says about me daily. I have never once had a personal conversation with her. I give report, count narcs and leave. It really bothered me because I couldn't figure out what I had done to her and I get along with everyone else at my facility. She has been saying things about me and my husband. She started telling people that her husband had arrested mine for drug abuse (her husband was a cop, it gets better). For one I have a terrific husband and this really ****** me off, my husband was arrested about 20 years ago for drinking under the age of 21 but this guy didn't even live here then. Her husband use to be a cop, but while under investigation for kidnapping a kid that was bullying his kid he was caught sleeping with a woman while on duty by the woman's husband and beat up so he has lost his job. By her saying all this stuff about me and not even knowing me automatically raised a red flag. I figure if people have something to hide they are usually the one pointing fingers to get the attention off of them. So I started looking into the work she does during the day. She counts all of our pills down to aspirin to make sure we are giving it, she will even measure our liquid Colace and Potassium. I dont worry cause I always give my meds But.... we have to chart every shift on people in rehab and residents that are skilled and we also have to do general charting on about 3 people every shift and skin assessments on these same people. I make sure I do all my charting everynight even if it means I stay over in the mornings, but she hasn't charted her weeklys, skilled or rehab that I can find at all on anyone in their chart and their charts have documents that go back to August of lastg year. She signs out every narcotic that could possibly be given, the other 3 full time nurses never sign out any of these PRN meds and I am unsure the residents that she gives them to could even take them if you tried. They dont have any other scheduled meds at all, just PRN. She makes Dr orders like she is a DR. I had a woman that at night wouldn't sleep and finally the other day shift nurse called the Dr and got her some Restoril and after 3 days this problem nurse decided to DC it. It didn't effect her none and I had been charting that it was working well...I am convinced she did it to **** me off. I was doing my skin assessments the other day and noticed all that I have done since startng their have been removed. I thought maybe someone had taken them to review I found they hadn't I again I am convinced that she destroyed them. Kinda hard to misplace about 180 skin assessments. Now she came in and worked another hall and gave a resident PRN medication q 4 hours and it was suppossed to be given q 6 hours. Someone must have told her or she may have discovered it on her own so she went back and changed the RNs times on the Narcotics Mar to reflect that she gave it q 5 hours. The DON and our supervisor knows about this and nothing is being done. I figured once they were aware it would be no time and my nightmare would be over but she is still their giving out all the pain meds in the world (which I think she is taking, but can't prove). She is buddies with administration and kisses major butt. I made a copy of the Mar she changed and put it in a locker at work. I was unsure if I was even allowed to copy it because of Hippa but am so worried about her doing something and framing me for it. Questions Can I keep this copy of the documents she altered in my locker at work as long as I dont bring it home? Can I file slander or a grievance against her for untrue things she is saying about me and my husband? Do I contact State to have them investigate the narcotics and the falsifying of documents? And who do I contact? I am in the State of Ohio. I am having a real hard time dealing with her. I avoid her as much as possible and I really want to tell her what I think of her and let her know that I am aware of the things being said but I have a hard time controlling my temp and I never once have seen her in the break room and I dont want to say anything on the floor because I know it could possibly get ot of hand and I don't want to be unprofessional about this. I need some advice and help. I love my job, residents, co-workers but I can't take her and if administration isn't going to do anything about it, I want to do everything in my power!!!