getting reported to the board of nursing

it would seem that if the patient did not hear it, it was not abuse. disrespectful, unprofessional, yes. consult your malpractice carrier.

I got accused of something like that - the problem was that a staff member wrote down "I" personally said something to the patient, when it was the patient who actually made the statement - it was her interpretation of it - NOT what I had said to her. I was told they wanted to fire me, but gave me a final warning instead, even though I was not guilty of anything they were accusing me of.

The real problem for me was that I KNEW that the managers who were writing me up were at least 85% sure, even if they didn't work with me that much, and all the had to rely on was common sense, knew I didn't do what they were accusing me of, and they wrote me up anyway based on other false accusations, and things they creating in their heads while gossiping.