Unsafe work environment

Nurses General Nursing

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Hello,

I am currently an ICU RN and am wondering about how I go about reporting an unsafe work environment. I do relief charge on my unit and can have up to 3 patients!! Management is of no help; when I tried to fight back tonight to keep the unit safe I was literally yelled at by my manager. So who do I report this all to?

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Vote with your feet.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.
Vote with your feet.

That's what I do LOL. I dare you to call me a job hopper.

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There are various reporting options on your parent company website. I would use them. If you have a union, obtain from them unsafe staffing reports, and file them. Do incident reports each time.

Finally, if you do not have , get it. Like today. If you do, call them for guidance.

Best wishes!

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Haha! Yes I am already looking for another job. Even have applied to one. This was before this incident last night and just wondering who I can report it to.

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Haha! Yes I am already looking for another job. Even have applied to one. This was before this incident last night and just wondering who I can report it t

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I definitely should fill out an incident report; however who can I report not only being berated to by my sup, but also the unsafeness of the unit. Unfortunately we do not have a union, that I can find anyways. Any idea on what I can look up on the company website. I spent a good while last night doing that and only found policies, etc. This is not the first time this has happened, actually happens almost daily. I have filed a complaint with HR about how I was treated (yelled at infront of co-workers, berated, etc) with how my supervisor handled it. I am currently looking for something else but want to see something done about the unit.

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Specializes in Hospice.

Have a chat with risk management?

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