by HarryPotter

Updated Oct 01, 2007 at 08:35 PM by HarryPotter

If you have ever had to handle an emergency while giving immunizations to children or in a in Public Health Clinic, I need your help desperately.

Whether or not I retire destitute or have a minimum retirement income depends on whether I can get a strong response from other professionals (you) indicating the number of emergencies and the types of emergency situations that other nurses have had to face giving children immunizations or in a Publlic Health Immunization Clinic setting.

I was disabled in 1999 by a psychiatric patient attack and have undergone shoulder and knee surgeries. I have lost 33% of my left shoulder use, and 50% of my right knee use. In my "real" life, this has had many consequences, including having to file for early social security to avoid going bankrupt.

After a long recovery, I was transfered to a Public Health RN position that required me to immunize children. After 3 weeks, I had a complete relapse of my shoulder injury-I couldn't move and required substantial medical treatment to become stabilized again.

My problem is that the employer hired an expert who claims that I should be able to do the job and, as a result, my retirement benefits may become lost. I have a hearing for a disability retirement pension, which is my only hope for any retirement since I am 65 and couldn't complete the required number of years for normal retirement because of the injury.

Add to this, the Dr's I saw for treatment and for surgeries from 1999-2006 were paid for by my employer and will not testify in my behalf at my retirement hearing-even though they have said to me that there is no way I could do that job.

The one thing the employer paid for Dr. did admit is that I cannot respond or handle emergency situations in the Public Health Immunization Clinic job that I had, but otherwise discounts my injury totally.

I need you, my fellow Nurses, to help me categorize the emergencies you have seen or have had happen to you while giving children immunizations or in Public Health clinics.

Please help. I need you!

Thank you
Harry

Re: Disabled RN needs your help!

Harry,
I'm sorry that you are in such a bad spot with your retirement and more importantly your own health. You might want to post this story on the general nursing page as it will undoubtably get more responses. Best of luck to you.
M

Re: Disabled RN needs your help!

Thank you for responding. I have posted in the general nurses forum, and your right, I am getting responses.
Thank you so much for your concern.
I am a Catholic and trust in our Lord completely. I know everything will be ok, no matter what, but sometimes I do get anxious and angry about the whole situatiion.
Guess I have always been an optomist, so its very unnerving to be treated the way I have been treated.
I really appreciate concern from my fellow Nurses. It does help.
If you believe in prayer (I do), please pray for me.

Thank you again.
Harry