I witnessed a nursing supervisor physically abuse a patient. While I have seen abuse before, this rose to a level at which I think the supervisor should face charges in court for assault. It was that bad. That supervisor's judgment is atrocious.
Unfortunately for me, I saw how likely it was for other hospital staff to be injured in the ensuing drama, so I did what I had to do to make sure nobody else got hurt. In the process, I did some things that were obviously bad calls... I said at the time to stop what was going on, deescalate, leave the room, don't do this or that, but the supervisor had their Supervisor bullhorn out and was shouting orders.
This facility has covered for that person in the past. That supervisor has been reported for executing an S&R event and not bothering with the paperwork. They let it slide. There have been numerous other incidents where the patient was provoked into certain behaviors by this supervisor, and this supervisor's friends covered.
Now I have other supervisors calling me on the phone and telling me that if I have concerns about this or that, that I should just write it down and turn it in without fear of retalliation. Oh please. Yeah, I should just do that. I should do that, kick the bear, and not think about my little kids at home and what happens when I show up at work to find all this supervisor's ******-off friends waiting for me to slip up somewhere so they can throw me under the bus. It's happened before at this facility.
Oh, and the new DON came to see me today and scheduled an hour long appointment for me to come and meet with her. Specifically about that event. At the time, I said I didn't want anything to do with that contagious garbage, don't mention my name, don't connect me with that in any way, don't make me pick up a pen because nobody's going to be happy if I start writing it down.
I really don't want to talk to the DON. The idea of it is making my skin crawl. Jobs aren't falling from the trees these days. I have other options. Two facilities have contacted me about similar positions, and 98% of me wants to just walk away and not do this. Like the DON is going to can this supervisor based on what somebody who's been at the hospital for six weeks has to say.
She's doing this under the auspices of "setting up a training session" for staff. I'm thinking about keeping the discussion strictly to training needs and equipment needs, and refuse to discuss the abuse incident until the DON can schedule a meeting that includes the supervisor so we can all lay our cards down together.
