LynnLRN

I know a few docs who were nurses first. So it is not near impossible, plenty of people have done it. I'm sure it is very hard work. Hard work and impossible are 2 different things. It is a hard path to becoming a Dr. regardless of where you start from.

Are you sure they can't if they dial the operator first? i thought pt at my hospital couldn't make long distance calls for the longest time, then I found out they could if they dial 0 for operator first.

Maybe you are being sensitive. Maybe she really wants to know how the LPN stuff is going. maybe she is being a good friend and trying to engage in your life. Maybe you are hung up on the title and don't like when people distinguish between the LPN and RN because you haven't pursued the RN and feel insecure about it.

Many times during my stint on a med-surg unit I would leave and forget to waste medications (i did actually waste them, just forgot to get back in pyxis and say I did). Nobody ever called me and said "hey how come u didn't waste this medication, I see you only documented you gave 1mg, where did the other mg go". So, unless your hospital has a system that makes it very easy for them to look through the pyxis and then some how see your documentation and catch the discrepancy I would stay quiet and make sure never to do it again. I think if you mention it, it might actually cause more trouble they make look back and try and find other errors.

If a patient wants pain medication I give it to them. If a pt is painful they deserve pain control. If they are a "drug seeker" it is not my job to "change" them and in the amount of time they spend in acute care it isn't possible anyway. The only thing I consider is if the person is to be discharged the following day I try very hard to use every other intervention I can besides giving IV pain medication as they need oral pain control to discharge.

The DEA is usually written on scripts so even the patient can see it if they are given the script themselves. I called in scripts all the time after they were written.

Maybe they aren't well established organizations and they cannot afford to pay more?

what was wrong with just giving her the ativan? So unprofessional I can't believe people actually do this. No integrity.

I wouldn't worry about the step down unit thing until it actually happens. Maybe they would increase staffing at that time when it actually happens. Do you work night shift or day shift? I do not think 7-9 patients is all that uncommon for that shift.

Did you get caught on camera??? You should have denied, denied, denied, he said/she said. Hopefully, whoever is on the other side of the phone will find the story too embarrassing to verbalize to other prospective employers.

You don't know who your supervisor/manager is? How is that possible? I have always given my 2 weeks notice in person.

You just need to get a job in nursing. Just do it. Nobody is competent in anything until they do it. It is that simple. You will not gain confidence until you get a job, you learn, and then you do.

At the hospital system I work for I've seen lots of big men working the ER without a prob. They actually come in very handy. I think it will be ok!

My history with this: We would give resource RN's the easiest patients. They wouldn't get post-ops because we only wanted our trained RN's to get them and we did our best to avoid giving them admits. A few RN's that were great RN's loved coming to our unit because they knew it would be an easy day because of how we assigned float people on our unit. However, there were always a couple resource RN's who were AWFUL never got anything done, complained the whole time, and were completely flustered the whole shift for no reason when you compared their assignment to everyone elses. These nurses of course thought they were dumped on.... after a while we really got to know them and actually CHOSE to work short if they were the only resource on because they were no help and created more work for everyone else. Some people just are not cut out for hospital nursing.

You quit. She didn't fire you. I don't see the problem with saying they may contact your previous employer.