Unfair ADON

[sorpy69]

I need to vent out and need feed back if I'm wrong. The recaps have been assaigned to all the nurses that work my hall, being divided by room numbers. It's our responsability to make sure ours are done, checked and rechecked. Transposing any new orders the MAR's don't have so on and so forth. Anyways this am I found several aroung 10 recpas from different nurses that were incorrect. I mentioned this to the NEW ADON, former floor LPN. She said OH Well you found it you fix it. I replied that is not fair we all have to carry our own weight. She said OK. Well before my shift was over and while I was giving report she paged me, proceeded to say did you update the recaps, I said NO, I said "I told you that was not fair", She replied I don't care you found them you will fix them before you leave today. 5 minutes before my time was up or else she would write me up. That darn :angryfire I'm I right? I was so tempeted to tell her were she could put her job!!!!!!!!!

[CHATSDALE]

OP: what is your position at this facility? if you aRe on salary and the other nurses are hourly tptb will find a way for the salaried person to be stuck with the overtime cleanup

In Louisiana only an rn can be the DON but a lpn can and frequently is a ADON if their are other rns on staff doing treatments, doing case studies,

other jobs which are served per an rn then the ADON what ever her nursing status is their supervisor

[NurseElaine]

My DON also used to say "If you found it, you fix it" all in the spirit of "teamwork". Just remember to keep the patients safety in mind. I would also bring the errors to the attention of the nurses responsible. Could they have possibly been overlooked? If the problem IS ongoing, I would bring it to the attention of the DON.

[JohnBearPA]

slightly off topic, but, an LPN is your ADON? What state are you in? My sister in FL was temporarily placed in this position and AHCA fined the facility! An LPN can not supervise RN's in FL.

I'm not too sure about that. I worked as an agency nurse at several facilities in FL, and they all had LPN's as the ADON. Must be RN to be a DON, but I think LPN's can ADON.

Also, several unit managers and nrsg sup's are LPN's, and they have RN's pushing the med carts, so technically, they are supervising them. If it's not legal, I can't see how they get around it.