I need some input from all of you on this issue, thank you in advance.. I work in a small doctors office for a physician and nurse practitioner, who happens to be husband and wife. The wife dislikes me because I am female, don't know of any other way to put it. She has done many things to me over my six years of working with them, most of them regarding personal property issues and verbal abuse. I have informed the physician of these problems , he gives her a slap on the hand and tells me to suck in up and move on, that she has jealously issues and there's nothing that is going to change that.
I love my job there and tolerate her behavior for that reason. Last week I found where she wrote in a patients chart that I gave an order to an outside nursing agency regarding a dangerous medicine and what to do about it. This is the last straw for me, I never talked to anyone regarding this patients care and would not ever do so unless instructed to by a
superior. The person from the other agency (also a nurse) backs up my story and is going to put in writing ,what really occurred. This is a deliberate and malicious act against me and affects me lively hood now. I know taking it to the physician again is not going to get me anywhere so would the nursing board take care of this type of complaint? Would I be better off just to get out of there and forget and move on?
Run fast. Be careful. One thing I have learned the BON will probably side with you. The medical board takes care of MDs so it is dangerous to get in a peeing contest with a doctor.
Yes, the wife is the Nurse Practitioner in the office. There are several issues with the Nurse Pratitioner doing illegal and unethical practices. I have a copy of all of these also. She is aware of one illegal issue I know about(I signed my initials to it), this chart falsfacation occured after she found out I sent a response to the institution and a medicine was not filled. The doctor was out of town when this occured, he was made aware of the issue when he returned. He sent a reponse to the instition also instructing them to not fill the medicine.I don't know for sure this instigated her to do what she did but any way I look at it , she has no right to jeopadize my license with a malicious act like that..
I agree, I have taken several issues to him with absoultly no suppport. He tells her she can't do that, but needless to say, she still does as she pleases.
I agree with the other posters about leaving. It would just not sit well with me for a co-worker to maliciously lie about my work performance, and get away with it. You'd never know how many times in six years charts had been altered.
What happened is criminal. I think at the very least I'd have to let somebody know about falsifying records. The husband, the BON, an attorney?
Somebody. Just in case, at some point something goes wrong in that office, and your name is on it.
Thanks for your honesty, I have already started the "new job" process. It's sad that people in the healthcare profession can have so much hate toward each other, for no reason.. :)
Beware! Be careful that anything you copy has absolutely zero patient identifying information on it or you could find yourself on the wrong end of a HIPAA thrash. Removing medical records can be a crime.
Just received the formal letter from the outside facility that was involved in this incident , collaborated my story 100%. I put in the chart with the original allegation. Copy saved for me , of course.
Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.
If the NP wife is falsifying patient medical records the Board may be interested.
Keep in mind that if you are in a smaller community both of those providers may have ability to damage your ability to get hired (assuming that they have professional credibility).
I have thought about that, I know I have to cover myself no matter what, I just don't want that information in the chart without the whole truth. I am still on the fence about what to do about turning it in the board. I am afraid that will really damage me in a small community.
Specializes in NICU, PICU, Transport, L&D, Hospice.
Prudence and pragmatism can go a long way in preserving a career.
I have found that it is often best for me to walk away from a situation like this with a smile and without a fight. Professional relationships are valuable but not always friendly.
You are correct that you want the record to reflect the truth about your conduct and interventions.
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Run. Don't look back. The MD will continue to let his wife carry his balls in her purse.