one of my clients i take care is entirely too abusive.

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here is the thing one of my clients i take care is entirely too abusive. i've been with her for 2 years and it is still just as crazy there. she is a very heavy woman and we have to use a hoyer lift for transfers she is extremely abusive and i emphasize EXTREMELY!!!!!

one day i take her to her kitchen to eat breakfast, by the way she has already called me every name in the book and pulled my hair kicked me punched me bit me and spit a big honking wad of toothpaste in my face, i star getting her stuff ready and notice that there is a knife missing and i thought maybe it wasn't set out with the rest of her utensils. so she finishes eating we take her back to her room, oh there is 2 of us there and just so you know she likes me more than the other girl i'm with, get her in her chair and she stabs me right in the leg with that knife not very deep just enough to break the skin. so i call my boss and tell her and she straight laughs and me and says that's just how she is. i was so angry and couldn't do anything about it. so about 30 minutes later the woman rings her little bell, not kidding she rings this little bell when she wants something it's awful i even hear it in my sleep, because she dropped her remote i bend down to get it and that lady snips my ponytail OFF with a pair of scissors. again my boss doesn't do anything and i was still there for 10 more hours.

what should i have done?

I also found it hard to believe any of this. Seems like good troll material.

It does smell a little of troll but maybe the OP grew up in an abusive environment or maybe is in an abusive relationship so therefore this type of treatment is normal to her and that's why she allows it to continue.

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Specializes in NICU/Subacute/MDS.
It does smell a little of troll but maybe the OP grew up in an abusive environment or maybe is in an abusive relationship so therefore this type of treatment is normal to her and that's why she allows it to continue.

After reading the reply posts from OP, I was just thinking the same thing. I had a job I loved but the manager/owner was verbally abusive from time time. Only job I ever left with no notice.

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seriously, i am sitting here with my mouth open.

i have to tell you, most people would know what to do...

they would get the hell out of there.

how does an obese, immoble woman cut your pony tail off and complete the job?

didn't you resist or move away? is she that fast?

and if someone stabbed me, i'd be much more distrusting of my environment and watched her every move while i was there.

honey, if you don't have the sense to leave, then the only other thing i can suggest is to wear armor when you're with her.

just, wow.

leslie

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Specializes in Med Office, Home Health, School Nurse.

I'm with the others on doubting the validity of this situation....it just sounds too unreal. I'm thinking along the lines of someone is making up a lot of stuff....

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

Used to be you could look at a posters profile and see where they had posted before and that gave some insight. Does that not work any more? Or maybe it's an upgrade now.

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Used to be you could look at a posters profile and see where they had posted before and that gave some insight. Does that not work any more? Or maybe it's an upgrade now.

I've noticed they are making some changes/upgrades in the last couple of days, but for thread-starters you have to click on the name first, then you can see the blue profile dot below. I'm not a good troll-detector because I can't fathom why anyone would choose to spend time doing that. . . she used a specific birthdate and referenced being an HHA, details like that add credibility to me but I also defended the Balloon Boy parents 'til the bitter end, so there's that. :-/

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Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.
:lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:
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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
it took me about 6 months to find that job. i probably should have quit but i really needed the money and boy it was great money. now i have amazing clients maybe a couple that shall we say aren't all there.but it's kind of cool meeting all different types of people.:D

Hopefully the money is so good it will help pay for a good wig, plastic surgery (if and when that times come). Oh, and maybe a good lawyer while you are at it :clown:

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Specializes in Oncology.

There's no way I would be going back there. I'd work at McDonalds first. I would definitely be pressing charges.

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Specializes in Emergency.

Here's another thought. When the pt dies or falls or becomes ill, and it's inevitable with her being morbidly obese, the family (because they sound unstable too) is going to blame you. What do you have to defend yourself? A hx of being abused and assaulted. In the court of law, that's called motive. Just sayin'....

On another thought....you allow a pt to touch you, verbally abuse you and now stab you and you didn't call the police and your boss laughed and you still go back????? No, you deserve it, don't quit.

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Specializes in Gerontology.

I hope you got a tetnus shot after being stabbed with the knife.

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Specializes in M/S, ICU, ICP.
here is the thing one of my clients i take care is entirely too abusive. i've been with her for 2 years and it is still just as crazy there. she is a very heavy woman and we have to use a hoyer lift for transfers she is extremely abusive and i emphasize extremely!!!!!

one day i take her to her kitchen to eat breakfast, by the way she has already called me every name in the book and pulled my hair kicked me punched me bit me and spit a big honking wad of toothpaste in my face, i star getting her stuff ready and notice that there is a knife missing and i thought maybe it wasn't set out with the rest of her utensils. so she finishes eating we take her back to her room, oh there is 2 of us there and just so you know she likes me more than the other girl i'm with, get her in her chair and she stabs me right in the leg with that knife not very deep just enough to break the skin. so i call my boss and tell her and she straight laughs and me and says that's just how she is. i was so angry and couldn't do anything about it. so about 30 minutes later the woman rings her little bell, not kidding she rings this little bell when she wants something it's awful i even hear it in my sleep, because she dropped her remote i bend down to get it and that lady snips my ponytail off with a pair of scissors. again my boss doesn't do anything and i was still there for 10 more hours.

what should i have done?

honestly i think after i walked off i would go to the sheriff department and swear out a warrant for assault and battery and then swore out a second one against the manager you called that allowed the abuse to go on and laughed at me.

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