Re: "Other duties as assigned"

[Gail Neustadt]

These stories are more hysterical of course in retrospect. For all of you hard working and honest nurses out there with real licenses, how about this one ... It was a case of  ... Identity theft !!! I walked into ABC nursing facility to be greeted by the Administrator who ushered me into her office. She then introduced me to Mr. "Ima Gonnagetu" from the FBI drug unit. I was asked some questions about the PREVIOUS DON (the one who was just fired and taken out of the building to work in a different institutional setting) who evidently wasn't even a nurse but knew how to steal psychotropic drugs. That was a fun day.   Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: Re: "Other duties as assigned" Holly:   I laughed so hard when I read your story.....and although I have never been a DON, I have been involved in long term care since 1984, and could also tell you some whopper stories!   The one that stands out in my mind, however, is the time that three residents with Dementia got into a cab that was parked in front of the facility.  I will never forget how difficult it is to track down "three elderly women with gray hair" after they were let off at a train station (at their request, and one of them actually had cab fare to pay the bill).   I think I probably would have handled the "snake episode" just like you did....I would have screamed at it and hoped for the best....see, it did work!!   Lots of luck as you continue in your new position,   Donna Browne-Atkins, RN, MDS Coordinator