Staffing agency nursing x 5 years working in a variety of settings including LTC, mental health, rehab hospital, and home health PDN. Experienced case manager in home health and hospice.
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Fortunately things have improved over the last several weeks. The CM has obviously done some things to address the nurse’s actions and behaviors. While at first very standoffish and hostile during exchange of report, she and I have actually been able...
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Well, I have done as advised and escalated this matter in an effort to resolve this situation and protect my 2 patients. The case manager chose to initiate a confrontation between me and two of the night nurses, including the main offender during shi...
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Agreed. In this situation, there is no charge nurse or supervisor. Physician notification and charting notes have been non-existent. Agreed that it is pathological behavior, as she will begin to fabricate lies, and try to turn the tables with accusat...
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The pt does not reside in a facility, but rather in a private residence along with his brother who also requires around the clock nursing care. There is no nurse supervisor in this scenario. I have informed the CM in the past of similar incidents by ...
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You are right about that. I will have to look back through the pump history. After checking the pump history, I can’t quite figure it out. The only times I can see that pumping was suspended were for short time periods that were most likely when the ...
I have been working with another nurse for several years in a home care setting. We usually don’t do shifts together as she works night and I work days, however, during report she often tries to bully me into using what she calls “nursing judgment” w...