Hello to all! I am sorry that this post is so long......I am really upset and I was hoping to get some of your thoughts about this situation. I Got a job as a CNA at a hospital last summer (hoping to get some experience during school) and I usually like my job. However, yesterday was such a bad day and I was hoping that someone here might understand. It all started about 3 months ago when their was a patient in the unit that was combative, and severely confused and needed to be restrained. During my shift he was given some medication and transported to cardiology for tests. When he returned, I helped the orderly get him back into the bed and noticed that he was no longer restrained so I went to his nurse and I told her that cardiology returned him unrestrained. He had a tube placed for feeding (NG) and was scheduled for surgery the next afternoon. (PEG)
Anyway, about a half hour later, she came into the room, because she was going to start his feeding. I was in the room changing his gown. She was in a hurry and she finished quickly. A little while later, I passed by his room and I heard a gurgling sound. I went in and he looked like he was choking. I called for the nurse and tried to sit him up as straight as possible. She came into the room and suctioned him. I asked her what happened and she did not answer. I said, "Mindy, did you check the tube placement before you started the feeding??" (he WAS unrestrained for a while in cardiology and was constantly trying to get to the IV's and tubes!!!)
BIG MISTAKE! (her exact words) She ordered me to "get the hell out of the room!" which I did, quickly. Now I was NOT saying this to her to be smart. I was thinking out loud, basically.(and I know that she didn't do it) Anyway, she has been very hateful to me ever since! It seems she goes out of her way to be unkind and she rolls her eyes at everything that I say no matter who I am talking to. I heard the patient got pneumonia and the surgery was cancelled due to this incident. I have NEVER said a word about it to anyone. I have been hoping for a time when Mindy might be open to conversation so that I can discuss it with her. I have wanted to apologize to her for sometime now, but it is not happening. I offended her, yes, but I did not do it on purpose. Not like she thinks.
Yesterday she was the charge nurse, and I overheard her talking about me though she did not say my name. (named my school and said how stupid we all are at that school, and a few other examples) I was so hurt and so mad!!! How can someone like that be in charge, or a leader?? I have since given up trying to apologize to her, she doesn't deserve it. I won't even say anything about her professionalism........
I do not like to go to the boss and complain because I think that it speaks volumes about who I am, but I am considering it this time. Please help me and tell me what you think. If I overstepped my bounds by what I said, then I wish she'd just get it out in the open and be done with it. I feel what she is doing now is making me look like an idiot to my future peers. I can take the reprimand but not the torture. Thanks in advance.
