Hello, I would like to know if there's someone here who had bad experience with their first nursing job and how did you guys cope with it. Please share because this time I feel like it's the end of the world and would like to quit. Also, Please excuse my English because I'm not a native English speaker. Thank you so much.
First of all, I'm a new nurse and just landed a job in skilled nursing facility 2 weeks ago. I made a mistake for not reporting abuse within the exact time frame to my administrator but I did report it to my supervisor on time. My supervisor didn't do anything about it and she just told me it's okay. I know for sure that it's not okay and I need to report it but I wasn't aware that it should be within 2hrs. What I knew is within 24hrs. To make the story short, I am now in trouble for not doing that. I got all the blame and my administrator was so upset like she pointed fingers on me for not following the policy and now they might get in trouble. Also, I did my part by assessing both involved resident and no one got hurt or harm. My coworkers are just unhelpful. I asked help from them and they just told me the they don't know. DON and administrator was so upset to the point that I cried in front of them. I felt dumb and stupid and so anxious right now. I fee like I wanted to quit. I can't handle the stress. I'm anxious. Everything is just full of negativity on my end. I feel like I don't wanna work there anymore.
Please share your experience and how did you cope with it? How did you handle the situation? Did you resigned?
I can't imagine why they would tell you not to cooperate with a DOH investigation; it seems that the most likely reason would be so that they can throw you under the bus. Either that or they haven't reported anything and don't plan to and just want you to be scared and go away.
I have never faced this but would consult with a lawyer.
Sorry you are facing this very stressful situation.
Also, to someone who witnessed the incident is she gonna be involved or just me? She witnessed the incident and reported it to other CN which is my co worker because I was on the other side of the facility. It happened that it was my patient so my coworker reported it to me then I reported it to my supervisor.
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I can't imagine why they would tell you not to cooperate with a DOH investigation; it seems that the most likely reason would be so that they can throw you under the bus. Either that or they haven't reported anything and don't plan to and just want you to be scared and go away.
I have never faced this but would consult with a lawyer.
Sorry you are facing this very stressful situation.