should I be mad?

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I'm a recently Licensed Practical nurse and I just started a new job. Not at a hospital, but in a donation center. One of the employees at the center fell on her back and hit her head. When I got there, a medic who just started was already with her. We agreed that she should go to a hospital to be evaluated, since she recently had back surgery. One of the supervisers threw a fit and told her to get up, that she was fine. The superviser is a phlebotomist, not a nurse. The employee chose to not go to the hospital and continue working. That's her choice, I'm fine with that. I am not ok with the phlebotomist telling the employees that they are "fine" and that it was going to cost the company too much money to go to the hospital when they are hurt on the job. Am I right to be mad about the superviser/phlebotomist? Or am I overreacting?

Ditto!

Any employee who becomes injured on the job should be evaluated, even if they outwardly appear 'fine' or look uninjured. In my opinion, employee safety is far more important than any amount of money saved.
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We spoke w/ the center med director today, and he said that the phlebo had no business in saying what she did about costing the company money to go to the hospital.

thanks again, guys!

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I think it is fair to say, that taking in consideration the history, it would have been better just to check the nurse out at the hospital. There usually is a policy in place for work related injuries. This phlebotomist obviously is not familiar with this policy and does not care much for her fellow worker's health. You have every right to be mad!:flamesonb

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