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No idea what to do.

Trying to make a long story short, I've been a psych nurse for 7 years now. Around November I started travel nursing. I loved the facility so much I stayed until July.  All of June I felt the unit getting very bad and dangerous. I asked for clear policies and procedures on what to do if XYZ happened. They said "use your judgement". A situation arisedwhere I was floated to children's psych. We were being attacked and bitten and to protect ourselves and patients after a doctor ordered seclusion, Myself and an aid took a (ped) patient to seclusion and I messaged the unit manager my immediate resignation that morning. She not only called the justice center on me but the BON. I feel hurt an betrayed. They are claiming abuse when we took the patient down to seclusion. The justice center did say they were starting an investigation but I haven't heard anything from the BON. I do have a lawyer I plan on using if needed. I also wondered, I started a new job in hospice (that I love) Do I need to tell them im being investigated? I wasnt aware until after I was hired. Im terrified of being fired from my new job

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    Justice center investigations are very common for restraints of youth. As long as you had an order for seclusion and didn't PURPOSFULLY harm the child it should just be a routine investigation. Were there cameras there? 

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    All parties are generally duty bound to investigate. The behavior, as you describe, warranted seclusion, and as you say you had a lawful order to do so.  If that's all true, you're fine.  Quitting immediately could have board-related neglect issues, but you'll have to address that with your lawyer as it may or may not become an issue. 

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    As someone who worked at a county facility where our seclusion room was occupied pretty much daily, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Sounds like it was more than justified.

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