I recently started a job in April as a RN Charge nurse, which i do love. The issue is the night supervisor. Since day 1, she has been picking with me, which ive been told is not uncommon for her. During my first night shift meeting, she began to scold another nurse in front of all the staff, in which that time, i politely said that this was an inappropriate time for this and that she should do so in private. After the meeting was over, she said that she needed to speak with me in the office. I asked a fellow nurse to sit in as a witness because her tone of voice already let me know she was upset. When we walked in the office, she told him to leave and at that time, i stated that i felt we should speak with the DON in the am because i didnt feel comfortable speaking to her by myself. She then grabbed my wrist and tried pulling me into the office, in front of the other nurse. I asked for her to let go of my arm and she repeated the tug to my wrist and them let go. I reported her to the DON and she repeatedly said she was fixing the the situation. I received an apology letter from her saying "im sorry for pulling your arm, i was merely trying to get you to talk about your negative behavior"! Weeks have gone by and she still find little things to pick at with me. 2 weeks ago, they were waxing the floor and the wax caused me resp. distress...sats as low as 83% and HR of 147...i was allowed to go home. Last week, they were waxing the floor and i told the same supervisor that i cant work around the wax because of my last incident and volunteered to work the other end of the hall until they were done and them come back to my unit...she said no and told me to go home! Tonight, we only had 2 conversations and she pulled me into the office and asked what was my problem. I was clueless!!! She said she didnt like my attitude and told me to clock out and go home. In my opinion, this is harassment! Thoughts on what i need to do would be great. I called the DON and she stated she was mad i woke her up out of her sleep. So confused. I would like to switch shifts or facilities. I also plan on calling corporate in the am.
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I recently started a job in April as a RN Charge nurse, which i do love. The issue is the night supervisor. Since day 1, she has been picking with me, which ive been told is not uncommon for her. During my first night shift meeting, she began to scold another nurse in front of all the staff, in which that time, i politely said that this was an inappropriate time for this and that she should do so in private. After the meeting was over, she said that she needed to speak with me in the office. I asked a fellow nurse to sit in as a witness because her tone of voice already let me know she was upset. When we walked in the office, she told him to leave and at that time, i stated that i felt we should speak with the DON in the am because i didnt feel comfortable speaking to her by myself. She then grabbed my wrist and tried pulling me into the office, in front of the other nurse. I asked for her to let go of my arm and she repeated the tug to my wrist and them let go. I reported her to the DON and she repeatedly said she was fixing the the situation. I received an apology letter from her saying "im sorry for pulling your arm, i was merely trying to get you to talk about your negative behavior"! Weeks have gone by and she still find little things to pick at with me. 2 weeks ago, they were waxing the floor and the wax caused me resp. distress...sats as low as 83% and HR of 147...i was allowed to go home. Last week, they were waxing the floor and i told the same supervisor that i cant work around the wax because of my last incident and volunteered to work the other end of the hall until they were done and them come back to my unit...she said no and told me to go home! Tonight, we only had 2 conversations and she pulled me into the office and asked what was my problem. I was clueless!!! She said she didnt like my attitude and told me to clock out and go home. In my opinion, this is harassment! Thoughts on what i need to do would be great. I called the DON and she stated she was mad i woke her up out of her sleep. So confused. I would like to switch shifts or facilities. I also plan on calling corporate in the am.