Help, do I need a lawyer

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I am a care manager at a memory care facility.... I was accused by a Cna for neglecting a resident.... the Cna wasn't even on the shift in question... she is claiming that I didn't do enough to follow up on a fall .. this resident was on hospice... it was Thanksgiving morning at 530 I was on call.... I asked questions about the resident and determined that he was not hurt.... I told the lead Cma to let the oncoming shift know and to call hospice and have hospice come out and evaluate.....(they didn't call hospice) now my director has made a state report and is turning me into the board of nursing even through the investigation was unsubstantiated and the time sheet shows that the Cna didn't get to work till 6pm that evening. A nurse was there for the 2-10 shift.... I'm flabbergasted that I've been a nurse for 10 years and never had anything like this happen

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I'm not asking for legal advice..... I'm just wondering if this something nfs like something that I should y'all yo a lawyer about....Ive never been in a situation remotely close to this...

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Specializes in Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice.

I'm curious as to why you didn't call hospice yourself? I know that if one of my patients fell, I would want to be notified immediately, regardless of time or date. If something like this happens in the future, and patient is on hospice, please call them. Please don't pass it off onto another person.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

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