wow chris, wholly crap - my advice is to get out and find another job, you have
way too many responsibilities. if you supervise, technically you are also
administration. you are absolutely right to feel uncomfortable this is
something that could definitely come back at you in my opinion.
so either put your foot down or grab your super-RN cape and all your hats and
take your talents and multi-tasking abilities elsewhere. in the mean time make
sure you follow the nursing cardinal rule - CYA.
good luck.


chris_rn2006 <chris_rn2006@...> wrote: I am a
RN supervisor at a rural hospital in virginia. We have a very
small ER with a LPN and then me supervising. The med/surg floor is
also very small. Recently they have had a lot of nurses quit. My
problem is that they are wanting me to cover the med/surg floor as the
only RN in the hospital and also supervise the LPN in the ER. My
problem with this is you have to have a RN to triage in the ER and
since my name has to go on the paper work I do not feel comfortable
leaving the ER when there is a patient. The other problem is that you
have to have a RN on the med/surg floor at all times also. What if
someone passes away because of this. I don't feel that this is safe
for patients or my license. Can someone please give me some input.

Thanks for the time and support.
Chris






have a great day
Tracy


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