Facility Soap Opera

[Chad_KY_SRNA]

In the past the facility that I worked at had a certain level of professionalism. After the past month in my mind thats been shot to heck. We have this one CNA who has been married for two years who has been seperated and living with a drug dealer for a few months. She got tired of him and decided to go back to her husband who calls nightly to have two hour conversations with her. To get back at her he cuts all of her scrub pants up and puts ketchup in her work shoes. She swore she was going back to her husband tonight and not thirty minutes later goes outside, leaves the nursing home and comes back after spending an hour with the boyfriend. I forgot to mention that this boyfriend is an ex-convict who served 10 years for manslaughter. (Killed a man over a woman) We are all terrified that he is going to shoot her or get mad at her for playing with his emotions and kill all of us. He is having a sexual relationship with a nurse at our facility to get back at her. He thought that this nurse would make her jealous. He called at 3:00 am yesterday stating "I'm laying next to your boss, I told her that you were a big druggie and you are gonna have to take a drug test in three days. Unfortunately his plan backfired the nurse he slept with has no power she works the floor. He told her that he would sleep with everyone in the building if he had to. Most of them are married and wouldn't have a thing to do with him. Last week he came to work harrassing her and she went out to her car and brought a pistol into the facility and flashed it at him and told him if he didn't leave he was going to wish he had. Had I witnessed this I would have immediately dialed 911 and had her removed from the property.

[ARNPsomeday]

Chad, nursing entails big risks, we do not need crime from the outside coming in!

Please speak to your nurse supervisor, DON, NM, safetey commitee or whomever to keep this nurse and her criminal partner OUT of your facility!

Don't all hospitals and clinics post regulations about it being prohibited to bring firearms into the facility?

[night owl]

This is crazy! Regardless whether or not you witnessed her with a pistol, someone should have notified the supervisor, and then the police. I would be terrified to work with her not knowing what was going to happen while she was there. No one should have to work under this kind of stress and as someone said everyone's safety is at risk. If the boyfriend is a drug dealer, what makes you think she's not doing drugs? For the safety of everyone, this NA needs to be terminated.

[Jo Dirt]

That girl needs to seek employment elsewhere! She is putting the rest of the staff, residents, and visitors at risk. I would be afraid to work my shift!

I have one burning question: WHY is this CNA still working at that facility???

They need help that bad?

[Chad_KY_SRNA]

They fired her on monday. Her ex was also banned from the facility but has been trying to sneak in. They both hate me. Now I am liable to be the one that gets shot. More details later, I promise.

[Twinkie1]

They fired her on monday. Her ex was also banned from the facility but has been trying to sneak in. They both hate me. Now I am liable to be the one that gets shot. More details later, I promise.

Thank goodness they fired her!

Just remember, she brought it upon herself. Also , I'm sure they have more enemies than they count! Keep safe! Since her ex is banned from the facility and still tries to sneak in , get a restaining order a few nights in jail might change his mind

Best of Luck 2 U ! Please keep us up to date.

[markjrn]

They fired her on monday. Her ex was also banned from the facility but has been trying to sneak in. They both hate me. Now I am liable to be the one that gets shot. More details later, I promise.

WTF is the world coming to? This should be made into a movie.

If you are concerned about your (or anyone elses) safety, maybe you can speak to the police. They might be able to keep an eye on your area a bit more at night, or whatever. I guess it depends on the area you live in, and what the cops are like. I know up here, the RCMP have been very helpful in the past, so maybe the boys in blue can help you out, on your end.

Peace.

[Antikigirl, ASN, RN]

I would certainly report this to the administration or even higher up the ladder! This is a safety issue for your staff and residents and in my state that is a mandatory thing for me to report!

Not to mention that if there EVER was a gun branished at my facility...no matter who did it, I would have them escorted out by the police! There is NO place for a gun at an LTC unless it is held by a police or security (if needed).

Also the phone calls are harrassment and are not good for staff or residents.

I would be scared too...I would report it as soon as possible to the admin, police, board of nursing, ombudsman group..anyone! I would not allow this behavior in a medical facility!

I had some family members escorted out of my facility for being outragiously drunk and screaming at the caregivers. They came in screaming that their loved one need watermellon in the middle of the winter at 2300 (I think they were a bit high too!), and basically started tearing up the kitchen in our 15 bed secure unit! Okay these are demented patients in there and any disruption really scares them and it causes all heck to break loose. And it did, for three days those poor folks were scared and didn't know why and had behavioral issues we had to quell. Those folks aren't allowed into our facility anymore or we call the police!