Sex talk onthe job

[GAstudent]

Ok, I work in a LTC facility and have just went to a new hall. Well one of the pt is 35 years old (he was hit by a car at the age 19 and only has one leg now ..etc). Well he was out in the hall the other day and was wanting to see another PCT, so I went to go and get her on another hall and she said "Oh no, he is up to something".She is also a PCT...well the RN that was in the room with her said "Go and ask him what he is going to give me for my birthday.and ask him if he will tell you." Well I went back and asked him what he was going to give **** for her birthday and he said "sex"..I said "what" and he said "that's what she said" I just walked away..l am wondering if i should do anything, such as report it..i am very new and don't want people to start hating me but I feel that is not the right kind of talk to pts. I would never do that. I talk to the pts like they are my grandparents and love every one of them, but that is just wrong. I have heard the nurse talk of sex acts before, but not with the pts just with another co worker..not toward the co worker but about oral sex with the husband. What do you all think? Thakns

[healingtouchRN]

If ya can't prove it then just myob. It might be just his way of messing with your mind. My patients do this with me all the time. I just remember that they are sexual beings as well. Don't get me wrong, I don't condone solicitation (of staff or anyone else) in my area of practice but the patients do talk about having sex. I just stay in my professional nurse role. I have been sexually harrassed in my day as a caregiver. yup, by an 88 year old man, strong old geezer, & I put him in his place. I exchanged assignments with a male caregiver so he still got care & we both were still working. Just keep us posted. This is interesting.

[Used and abused]

wow, touchy subject. I reported a doctor and nurse constantly talking like that at work, in endoscopy while the patients were under concious sedation. What happened is that it grew into a touchy feely time. Sometimes I would walk in with a patient and they would "jump" apart. It got really embarrassing. AND to make matters worse, put me under a microscope and I was forced to resign. I know it is legally and ethically wrong, but I lost a lot of seniority and because this doc was making the hospital lots of bucks, they went the extra mile for him. Kicking my behind out. Now those two are seeing eachother openly and are divorced from their spouses.

My concern was for the hospital and how things looked. It was NOT professional.

My union was ineffective because my manager trumped up things on my record. I had 10 years of clean record before she showed up to work on our unit. A bully she is.

I am now a DON of a LTC. It is very different but I do love the old folks.