LuckyLibraLPN

Yes the other nurse saw her leave but did not know that she had not given me report or counted the cart out with me. I offered to help her not do her job and she just left w/o a word.

No, count was correct

Ok, I'm an LPN at an LTC facility. A few days ago a res. family member was questioning another nurse about pain mgmt for res.(this res. was a hospice pt.) Nurse was overheard stating they had already given res. pain meds and unless they were in excruciating pain there nothing that the nurse could do. Long story short fam member went berserk, yelling, threatening to call state, saying nurse was a liar and was lying about narcs and they were going to call the police, punching walls, etc...so said nurse was very shaken and scared and this was heard by other residents and other staff who were equally frightened. I was not around for the beginning of the explosion and only caught the tail end of the situation. When I made it to the unit the aides and nurse were hiding out in residents rooms. Once the family member stormed out they returned to the floor. The nurse stated that the police had been called and the admissions director was in the facility as well and escorted the police to the unit. It was then discovered that the nurse had in fact given res. pain med, but not all pain meds that were available to a hospice pt. There was an order in place for Morphine, Ativan, and Tramadol, and APAP, but only the Tramadol had been given two hours prior. When the nurse had to report the incident to the officer I offered to help with the med pass, that had not been completed. (I work all units and am very familiar with the residents.) After 15 minutes passed and the officer had left, the nurse never returned to the unit. Upon calling the other nurse in the facility I was informed that the other nurse had left the facility completely. I was confused as to how that had happened since no report was given to me nor was there a narc count done. When we called the nurse's cell there was no answer. The Administrator, DON and ADON on call were all informed of everything. They stated they would handle the matter. The 3rd nurse for the second half of the shift came in and I was stuck trying to give report and do the narc count even though I was not the nurse working that unit. I was scheduled off the next day but the nurse who left was scheduled to work, we were all speculating on if they would show up...they did. With all this being said my question is should this nurse have been fired immediately and reported to the board for abandonment? Or some other type of disciplinary action? Thanks, all feedback is appreciated

Thank you guys for your helpful advice...@lifeofanurse not to sound snobby or over zealous but my nursing care is excellent...no matter how tired I am I can snap it together very well! I am now preparing for a big life change along with a big relocation...ive decided that once Ive moved I will slow it down to one job one set shift as well.

So many times I whined about not getting hired as a new grad...and nobody would give me a chance. I went from one crappy job(not in nursing) to having 3 at once 1 in nursing home 1 doing flu clinics and the same old crappy one. My days were so thrown off it wasn't funny. Ex: A Friday/Sunday work weekend would go like this: Friday 3p-8p get off pick the kids up 930p drop them off then off to work 10p-630a(Saturday morning) depending on where I was doing the flu clinic at I would A.) make it home by 7 take a hour nap then head to the flu clinic or B.) head straight to the flu clinic work 9a-530 or 630p make it back home depending on the drive by 730p nap back up around 9-915...back to work 10p-630a(Sunday morning) and do it all again...up until 2 weeks ago that was my life for a month in a half...now im not really doing the flu clinics but I still have the 3-8p and 10p-630a job. I work the 3-8p job Tues.-Fri and the other is parttime as well maybe 3 days a week and I am greatful they took a chance on me by giving me my first nursing job but Im just so tired most of the time. Like now Ive been off the 3rd shift job since I got off at 630a Wednes. and tomorrow which is Monday I go back to 3rd shift only for 2 days then Im off til Saturday...i know i just offered a lot of info but how do i get past the slump of dreading going back to work??? I love nursing but I just dont think nursing home nursing is for me should I just suck it up or should I start applying for other positions?? Im always thinking of relocating in March of 2012 so would it be best to work there as long as possible just to say I have atleast some exp.?