Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

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Allright guys, here is my problem:

My mom works as a CNA?CMA in a nursing home. The nursing home is forcing people to take flu shots this year. My mom has never taken a flu shot, she is just a strong believer in not taking it. She knows that I think this is a stupid attidute, but I also respect her right to say no to the shot.

After about a month of trying to bully people into taking thier flu shots with saying that people won't get their pay check, etc. After a couple of calls to the labor board that got fixed pretty fast.

So here is their new tactict: Call people into their office, physically hold them down, and give them the shot.

Of course my mom is terrified. My advice to her was this: As soon as one of the administrators touches her to try to hold her down I told her to call 911. I told her to be sure to let them know that if they try to physically force her to take the flu shot. If they as much as touch her to try to hold her down to take that damn thing she will call 911 and press assault and battery charges against them. I told her to let them know that they have 3 options:

A: Leave me alone, I'll sign a paper that you offered it and I declined.

B: Fire me and we will take the legal route for wrongfull termination.

C: Touch me, give me the shot and I will call 911 and press charges.

So fire away and give me your opinion. What can she do?

I just read this whole thread and the first thought that entered my head was that maybe the OP's mom exaggerated things a bit... maybe the people in the facility weren't actually being held down physically for the shot. The story has been filtered a few times before it came to us- by moms coworkers to mom to OP then to us. In any case, I still think the facility was in the wrong if the employees felt forced to take the shot due to the possiblity of losing their jobs.

chanting to self:

i will not get paranoid.

i will not get paranoid.

i will not get paranoid...

he was telling the truth.

he was telling the truth.

he was telling the truth....

leslie

ditto

Specializes in Day program consultant DD/MR.

I have been watching the news and I'm sure that if the C$$$ hit the fan It would have made it. If the truth was being told maybe the employer caught wind of the situation and no other ppl were forced to recieve the injection. It would seem to me with the stream of post by OP through out the thread they would have posted and update by now if they were able to. So either OP is extremly busy, not avail to update, not at liberty to update if advised by a laywer or thread was fabricated.........

Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

maybe the poster got put in jail for punching out the DON

The world may never know.

Specializes in Med Surg, Ortho, Tele, ICU, Hospice.
maybe the poster got put in jail for punching out the DON

I would weep to think there's a jury on earth that'd convict the OP for beating the hell out of anyone who stayed between her and the door.

My vote goes for exaggeration.

Specializes in NICU.

My vote goes for exaggeration.

My vote goes for we're all suckers, but if we get outside verification, I'll happily apologize.

Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.
My vote goes for we're all suckers, but if we get outside verification, I'll happily apologize.

Just want to mention that I wasn't a sucker, I think that people like to go on sites and try to get a rise out of gullible people. It's usually posters with very few posts.

Specializes in Med/Surg, Stepdown, ICU, Emergency Room.

Sorry for the long delay, it's been a buzy week.

So here is the update for now:

The two people who were forced to take their show on friday refuse to go ahead with charges. They said the shot has happened, and it is over with now. They are worried about loosing their jobs. We spend all weekend talking to them, but they will not go forward.

The rest of the staff that refused the shot took the oportunity to do research with me. They made a 2 page declination statement that talks about the risks of not taking the shot VS. the risks of taking the shot. It also talked at length about how they have a right to refuse, and it made clear in no uncertain terms that any further attempt at forcing them to accept the vaccine will be considered coercion and assault and will be reported as such. The DON threw a big fit, but I think the prospect of 20 people calling the cops on her and the facility stoped her for now. The Board of Directors (the nursing home is affiliated with a local church, the directors are the deacons) has been notified and hopefully they will meet soon.

The Board of Nursing got the report and they will investigate the issue. Hopefully this will be the end of this crazy mess. For now things have settled down. I will let you know if and when any additional outcomes happen.

I really want to thank everybody that prayed/chanted/had us in their thoughts during this time. (Trying to incorporate Allnurses' Multiculturalism ;)) This story still sounds crazy to me, even though I know it really happened, so I know some people won't believe it. But thanks for everyone that checked in and offered encouragement.

Marcus

Specializes in Dialysis.
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hahahaha! very nice!

EG, for some reason, this is exactly how I pictured what you look like in real life.

;)

HEY!!

you're close, greg.

she IS bald, but has hair on her face.

leslie:)

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Sorry for the long delay, it's been a buzy week.

So here is the update for now:

Marcus

Thanks for the update. Just curious... what was the response of the person you spoke to at the BON?

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