shannieliz

I ran into a situation in December that involved abuse (emotional) against an elderly resident, involving 2 nurses and 4 cna's, I was not presnt whaen the abuse happened, but was told about it by a nurse and cna, I decided that I would tell my DON. P...

I work in LTC and had an elderly man who had become critically ill through the night, he had an order for comfort measures only, no hospitalizations, so I called his son to let him know his condition. About 15 minutes later the son was at the facilit...

The only thing that you can hope for in this situation is that someone else will hear her, and she will be fired. It has been my experience that people like that eventually weed themselves out. I would keep a close eye on her when you are working wit...

I was working as an office nurse in an Ear, Nose and Throat office a few years ago, we had a lady bring in her young toddler to have a sticker removed from inside his ear, apparently he had balled it up and stuck it in there, trying to console the yo...

:bowingpurYeah for you, don't let them stomp you. You sound very determined, and I hope you get some answers soon:bow:

My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 at age 11, she too was caught early, thank god I'm a nurse and noticed the sx right away, but was still blown out of the water when the final dx came in! No one in my immediate family nor my husbands has type 1. ...

I agree that you did the right thing, maybe when they investigate further they will find that they were wrong in firing you and offer your job back. Although I'm sure you won't want to go back there. Can't you get them for wrongful firing, and collec...

Believe me, it's not my choice to be the charge nurse on 2 units, seperate floors. And, yes I am very lucky to work with the DON and ADON that I have :loveya:

I have been an LPN for 12 years, and am 33 years old. I started as a CNA at ahe 16. I have never done any other kind of work, no fast food, no grocery stores, only taking care of people. My husband and I have been together since we were 15 and 16 yea...

I had a situation where I did count narcs with the offgoing nurse, but being on night shift I was the only nurse in the building (2 floors) there is a Q downstairs but I am still responsible for both floors, I had a situation where I had to go downst...

Our facility got a crappy copied poem inside a handmade card, all that was written was "Thanks for all you do" and by the way was late, believe me, we were less than enthused about our "gift". Last year I was a nursing supervisor, and got a cool t-sh...

I am sure your facility will find a way to cover you in this situation, they have ways about this believe me, I have seen some pretty major errors get covered up by late entries, maybe the Dr. would even cover you with an order for that date stating ...

Actually the nurse and cna that told me both got fired, they were both involved in the abuse, the nurse was trying to get the cna to not tell, and came to me for advice, which is when I learned about the whole incident, I asked her if she realized th...

Thank you very much, your advice made me feel better, I am not looking for a new job at this time, and hopefully will not feel that I have to, and I do believe that some of the things I am feeling are just paranoia, I am happy that I saved this and o...

I put nin my post that I partly did it to protect the pt, and to protect my job, when it comes to abuse you are obligated by law to report it, suspected or real. I could have lost my job and my license by not reporting, it would be the same as if I...

Also, my Director of nursing said "um" and reiterate 95 times in a 30 minute inservice!! uggggh!!

I have a charge nurse in the facility that I work in that says "up AT lib" instead of ad lib, she also says "Costis" instead of "coccyx" I'm sure I will think of more, annoys me just to think about it

]I have been a LTC LPN for 10 years, I have dabbled in other areas, but keep coming back to LTC, I currently work in a facility 1 mile from my house (saves BIG on gas money) anyway, my question is what is legal as far as nurse to patient ratio? I wor...

Thanks to all who replied to my post, it makes me feel better that I am not the only one who thinks that this is CRAZY, my DON makes it sounds like I have won some prize because she says I am the only one she would "trust" to be in charge of the buil...