I just read a post about an RT who was fired for handing a patient some cough medicine on behalf of an RN who asked them to hand it to them, I guess the RT was working outside of their scope,,but that was pretty minor... Also, someone told me to never do vitals out in the hallway where everyone can see due to privacy. It would be easy to get tricked into or pressured into doing stuff like that.
What are some other things that one may find minor or even tricked into that you can get in trouble for?
Relatively new nurse (few years), but very good with patients and everybody in general. The nurse you loved have take care of your Dad. Took ICU patient on a road trip to interventional radiology to to have Dobhoff feeding tube placed post-pyloric. Road trip took 3 hours. They _just_ got back, settling back into room. RN turns her back and pt (obviously confused) pulls the tube right out. *TA-DA!* Nurse reacts with a therapeutic "WHAT THE **** DID YOU DO???"
Ooops, that was it. No questions asked, escorted out immediately by security, they cleaned out her locker for her.
Just that fast.
She was escorted by security and fired because... the patient ripped a tube out? Or because she took him off site? I'm sorry I'm not a nurse and I'm confused as to what exactly the reason for her being fired was.
I believe because of the language that was used.... not appropriate but after a three hour roadtrip to IR with a confued ICU patient....can't say I blame her for THINKING it, too bad she verbalized it.
I was written up because "the cards in the med cart aren't in order." They were organized by room number and (sometimes) drug name. Apparently, having the cards out of alphabetical order was a problem, though they were never that way when I came on.
As a new nurse, I was written up for leaving meds at the bedside, after being encouraged to leave them at the bedside. Then I was "talked to" when I refused to leave meds at the bedside.
I was "talked to" for wearing gloves in the hall. I was on my way to clean a piece of equipment in the hallway.
Relatively new nurse (few years), but very good with patients and everybody in general. The nurse you loved have take care of your Dad. Took ICU patient on a road trip to interventional radiology to to have Dobhoff feeding tube placed post-pyloric. Road trip took 3 hours. They _just_ got back, settling back into room. RN turns her back and pt (obviously confused) pulls the tube right out. *TA-DA!* Nurse reacts with a therapeutic "WHAT THE **** DID YOU DO???"
Ooops, that was it. No questions asked, escorted out immediately by security, they cleaned out her locker for her.
Just that fast.
I'm sorry but I would have LOL! I wouldn't fire 'em, I'd keep em forever!
Giving a co-worker a Motrin or Tylenol from their bag.
Even though it's OTC medication brought from home
they were "dispensing" medication w/o a doctor's order.
THIS is just absolutely ridiculous. It's an OTC med, first of all, and it wasn't given to a PATIENT! THAT I can see them getting upset about. I see it as no different than the other employee just going to buy their own.
The ones regarding doing things in the hallway seem to fall under 'privacy' issues. I would say most of these would be difficult to dispute (except for the snack ones, which probably fall under 'infection control' issues).
In the ED, we do tons of vitals in the hallway...cause on some days, it seems that half our patients are in the hallway. Wouldn't do no good to just not do vs on hallway pt's, and we certainly can't cram them in the restroom to do vs, since it is sometimes the only available private area......
I think it may be more of a privacy issue to ask a patient in a ward "Mr Doe, when was your last BM?"
Than it is to risk having an unrelated person see the miniscule screen and say:
"Psst, can you believe that the dude in the hallway has a systolic pressure of 134? tsk tsk"
Sometimes these privacy issues seem like they are taking precedence over safe care. HIPAA is misused and abused.
If you are taking vs in the hall....just turn the screen towards you
My coworker whom is a CNA, got yelled at for not closing the door and or the privacy curtain when changing/putting resident to bed after lunch. Another CNA got in trouble for giving a resident a snack in the middle of the hallway. Must be something going on, I am glad I work once a month.
Seems 'minor' except to the butt facing the door ... and those are both violations of state regs in facilities. :)
Nurse reacts with a therapeutic "WHAT THE **** DID YOU DO???" 
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She was escorted by security and fired because... the patient ripped a tube out? Or because she took him off site? I'm sorry I'm not a nurse and I'm confused as to what exactly the reason for her being fired was.