:madface: I had one co-worker falsely accused me of an incident. I was under investigation and nearly lost my job! The truth came out in the investigation, and I returned back to work shortly.
But it makes me wonder.....
I deal with crazy residents on the daily basis. Now I have to work with bat-sh*t, crazy co-workers, too???
Has any of your co-workers ever tried to get you fired? Has any of your co-workers ever lied to/or on you? If so, how did you handle it?
I apologize for responding so late. The answer is 'yes' and 'no'. I enjoy working as a cna, and apart from becoming a nurse in the future, there's no other profession I'd enjoy working for. I'm happy to have my job, I'm happy to be working, and I'm happy to get paid.
Besides from the frequent fantasies of pulling this girl's hair, and punching her in the face, I instantly feel agitated and upset everytime I see her. I'm not typically a violent girl, but at this stage in my life, nothing would satisfy me more than to throw down with this btch!!
I'm doing my best to control my temper. I don't want to say or do anything that will jeopardize my job. I know she wants me fired. In two months from now, I'm going to ask myself 'Are you happy where you're at, or do you wanna move on?' And I'll just go from there....
Trust me, I feel the same way about some of my coworkers. I work my frustration out on a punching bag at the gym.
From my experience this stuff happens all the time in health care, at least among aides. I've worked at a place where some aides were always convinced other aides were out to get them fired, sometimes they would team up with other aides or try to recruit others to their side. It was like a real life soap opera with plots and drama and alliances being made and broken lol. I always try to stay out of it but sometimes its impossible not to get dragged in.
This kind of stuff definitely crosses a line when people start accusing others of abuse or neglect simply to get back at them or get them fired. Its important to work some place where you can trust the judgement of management to decide when these things are real or when its a product of work place politics, and will give all employees the benefit of the doubt and not play favorites when it comes to these kind of situations. Its not just your job, but your certification and reputation on the line. Nobody wants to work in a hellhole where residents are abused and neglected, but they also dont want to have to constantly worry about coworkers wrecking their careers on a whim.
Usually supervisors know who is the 'good egg' and who is the 'bad egg' it shows through in your work and how well you take care of your patients. If they don't know yet, they find out quickly. So with your instance where you were proven innocent...gave the other co worker a black mark in their minds. Good luck to you and try to avoid the drama
I'm going through that right now!I have a nurse on my shift who ALWAYS has something to say about me....be it my age (I'm 24,been a nurse at this same hospital since I was 18) or my weight (her personal fav.!) even though I can lift more then twice my weight! Or the fact I don't have kids....because I'm focused on my career,is that a crime? So I have awful migraines just in the winter and one night during the shift I had one get so bad I was throwing up,like in the bathroom every 10-15 mins. But I stayed because I didn't want to leave my floor short,but here is the thing there were 2 other RN's on that floor and we don't have a "charge" nurse but we have a supervisor and both of them knew what was wrong...neither one said "look we appreciate u want to stay but your really sick go home,or go down to the ER." or if they didn't want to get involved alll they had to do was call the supervisor have her tell me the same thing! But no they let me finish working the whole shift because they didn't want to gave any exta work. That morning the supervisor said I had to take a for cause drug screen because of how I was "acting" so I took it and I still haven't been allowed back to work. And this girl is my boss's golden child and my boss doesn't like me either she acts just like her she yells at me like a child in the middle of the nurses station but I have never said anything because I would kind of just rather deal with it but now that they are trying top take away something I worked so hard for......I consulted a lawyer and I hope he can help
I'm sorry that you are going through this, and I hope your situation gets better. It's unfortunate that we have to deal with people's nonsense and temper tantrums on a daily basis just to make a living.
I know it. I feel just because I'm young does not mean I don't deserve the same respect as everyone else. If they are trying to get me to quit too bad...I didn't do anything wrong! It really bothers me because they are acusing me of doing drugs and my brother in law died in April and he was in EMS and he had chronic back pain and got addicted to dilaudid and some other drugs I helped him detox twice because we were so close and it ended tearing us apart before he died......why would I ever do that? but no one but my family knows that......and my boyfriend ...speaking of if I was doing drugs I would think my boyfriend would know considering he is a police officer! Come on! What else do they want???
Poi, how dare you give your pt their tray without a bib?! How DARE you???Hahaha I am so sorry but I just can't stop laughing at the mental image of someone ratting someone out for that... Hahahaha. Ok I'm done. Hopefully they were put in their place by mgmnt??
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The truth came out in the investigation, and I returned back to work shortly.
Poi Dog
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Trust me, I feel the same way about some of my coworkers. I work my frustration out on a punching bag at the gym.