RN stealing from my facility

This isnt related to stealing, I dont think, BUT when I used to work at a LTC facility--the admin bought each nurse a BP cuff and stethoscope of their own for nurse appreciation week. They said it was because they were tired of hearing that the BP cuffs were missing and they couldnt find one. SO---they took care of it and we each got our own....How funny...

Felicia

Yeah, a blood pressure cuff is kind of a silly thing to steal...especially by an RN. I had a stethoscope come up missing, but the doc who "took" it brought it back. Best to keep things where they can't be picked up by anyone including other residents/patients.

I agree with the poster who stated police should be involved. Money missing from a purse is a police matter. A bp cuff?...well, I wouldn't call police on that one, but probably would for something of greater value, especially if taken out of my bag or coat or locker. I would definitely write up an incident/occurrence report about any of my or my patient's items that come up missing. Hopefully someone in risk management will pay attention to the growing pile of incident reports. Maybe trends and patterns will be identified.

Good luck, Levelee, .....and write your name on everything and keep what you can under lock and key.

I am shocked the management is the one gossiping about who is stealing and such and then on another hand is defending the person over money being stolen??

I seriously was shocked to find out how much theft is still very much apart of the work place with adults. My old job (non medical related) people's lunches were stolen all the time and stuff out of the lunches if the whole thing wasn't stolen. People that had names on their lunches. I mean seriously, I was amazed.

I can't understand why management would talk badly about and accuse employees of any wrong doing to other employees. That is just bad management and I could see where that could set the facility up for a slander lawsuit.
I can understand why management doesn't terminate employees based on what the management thinks is happening but can't prove it. The management/facility must be able to provide proof of stealing or wrong doing before terminating otherwise once again they would be setting themselves up for a law suit.

How can you catch this person though? We have a similar situation where I work- this RN is stealing employee's belongings & money - we can't accuse her though b/c nobody is 100% sure! Things have been disappearing since shortly after she was hired, but w/out proof what can be done?

I've had a stethoscope stolen, and someone even stole my lunch once. I don't put anything past anyone. We have pretty good security camera coverage, and I know that a few RN's had things returned after being stolen (all were stolen by patients or visitors). Like FireStarterRN said, I have a locker and I use it.

Keep your eyes open, your mouth shut, and keep things locked. Im amazed that management informed you of this and who was suspected. Completly unprofessional on thier part. Remember though, your job is not to be a private investigator. You can not know for sure until you actually see an act with your own eyes if this really is the person. And as far as the blood pressure cuff, dont bring one to work. Someone might of grabbed it to check a bp on a patient then wondered off with it and someone else might of stuffed it in a drawer.

And dont spread your thoughts that this person might be stealing to other coworkers... or you could find yourself in a defamation of character lawsuit. Dont spread gossip about this is my advice.

Good luck. worse comes to worse find another job because if things keep getting stolen, someone might accuse you.