Re: Abandonment?
If she left mid shift she could have been held responsible. But in many states camps are not required to hire an RN/LPN, and the EMT (scary as it sounds) may be all the medical staff that the camp was required to have. A complaint to the nursing board could have been filed, and the final decision would be up to them.
I work various camps, and have never left mid shift or mid week. But one camp told me I'd be charged with abandonment (where did they get that info from???) if I didn't stay another week as they has 2 diabetics arriving--I was never contracted to stay more than 2 weeks and my 2 weeks were up. So I pick up the phone and called a nursing registry and they said sure, they would be able to find an RN to work the camp the week the diabetics were there. I then informed the camp owner that there was RN coverage available, is all he had to do was call the nurses registry and pay the $1200 for the week. This camp was truly the camp from heck, and I have never been back!
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