Work is not so fun.
Let's see, I received a whole 3% raise...BFD! I am the lowest paid nurse in assisted living and I am one of the most experienced. I blew it when I was originally hired but hey now it should be time to up the wage. Not happening.
Last night we worked short an aide. Again. I have 2 floors of memory care and 4 floors of assisted living. 69 people at the moment. It is me and 5 aides, well it is supposed to be me and 5 aides. Last night it was me and 4 aides. Besides the normal tasks, it is time for recaps.
Who does recaps you ask? Night shift. It's all on paper. Yes, we are still in the last century. Charts, MARs, etc all on paper. Recaps suck. It's me checking the current MAR to next month's MAR. I get to write in any changes or fix any errors our incredibly inept pharmacy makes. It's the most tedious type of paperwork. I have six floors/MAR books to recap. SIX!
On my days off I invariably receive anywhere from 1-8 texts and 1-6 phone calls requesting me to work for someone who has called in. DUDE! It's my day off. DO NOT CALL ME! Last Friday I had 2 emails and 8 texts and 6 phone calls asking me to come in at 2PM because the regular nurse called in. Ok. First, I did not get home until 7:30AM and did not go to sleep until after 10AM. I happened to wake up at 2PM, glanced at my phone, laughed uproariously, and went back to sleep.
We have 6 on call nurses who never want to work because there is too much work. 3 floors for each of the 2 nurses working day and evening shift. One of the reasons they called me is because it would not have been overtime. I did not work Tuesday night because I seriously bruised my foot/toe of my right foot and the urgent crd doc thought me icing my foot and elevating my foot for a night was an excellent idea.
All the feedback the AL nurses receive is negative. Our boss adores pointing out everything we do wrong. Nor does she ever mention what we do correctly. We are made to feel inadequate 95% of the time.
I am crushed that I have not won the lottery yet. My fantasy is winning and then having the pleasure of telling the administration to SUCK IT! I am outta here!
