stacydye222

Update for everyone. I was let go. I start my new job on the 2nd. What a Christmas this is going to be. Thanks everyone for being civil and kind. In a way, I am glad I am not longer employed by them.

I have nothing on my work file. No complaints or anything. Completely clean, never in any type of trouble..

I have been on suspension without pay until investigation is over. It has been 2 weeks.

It ended up not being the men security was looking for.

It states on all of our entrance doors no photography of any kind is prohibited. The patient did have an IV. I was not arguing with the family. I was being accused of something I did not do. The false accusation is I was being abusive to their family member. I just rotated the forearm with no force due to the IV being on the inner forearm.

I have had a personal experience that has my life in a whirlwind right now. This is the story. I am a charge nurse on a med/surg tele floor. I was sitting at the desk when the phone rang and it was security. The security guard asked me if I seen two gentlemen get off the elevator with one wearing a baseball cap. I told him yes they just past the desk and went into a patient's room. The security officer started to tell me why he was asking, when the gentleman with the baseball cap came up and stood in front of me. After about a minute, I told the security guard to hold on. I asked the gentleman what I can do for him. He proceeded to tell me he is a family member of the patient in room xxxx. He wanted to know why his family member didn't have an IV in when one should of been put in this morning. The first thing I did was say OK and then asked him where his visitor's badge is. He pulled it out of his pant's pocket. He said it is right here. I told him he had to keep it where we can see it for the safety of our patients. He said well, what if I put it right here. I told him that is fine now, but you will have to go to security to get a new one. I said this because the gentleman said it doesn't stick any more. He then asked me my name, which I gave my first name only. He then asked me why I was being so cort with him. I told him I wasn't. He then proceeded to take his phone out to take a picture of my badge. I told him he was not permitted to do that because it is against the law. He said no it isn't. At that time the security guard said I am on my way and hung up. I told the gentleman yes it is, He said OK and I will be in the patient's room waiting for your answer. I looked up the information in the chart and found out there was an IV placed around 1628. By the time I looked up this information and got up from my desk, the security guards and nursing supervisor was coming around the corner along with the family coming out of the patient's room. One family member stopped right in the doorway and I said excuse me. I went into the room to verify the patient still had the IV in. As I walked in I said to the patient (who has dementia), hi sweetheart I am here to check where your IV is. I turned on the light, pulled the covers down. I noticed it wasn't in the left arm, and when I turned the right arm to look, the patient said ow. The one family member that was in the doorway says, you don't have to be so rough. I turned and looked and asked the nursing supervisor, who was in the room at this time, if that was rough. The nursing supervisor said let's take this outside. The family and the nursing supervisor went into the hallway and they unleashed on him about me. I went to the desk to finish my work because I also had a patient and was a resource for the other side of the floor. The family said I should be fired. I only had this one intervention with the patient. The family went to administration about this and I have been suspended for a week now. I am waiting for their decision on the outcome of the investigation. Since this has happened, I have not been able to eat, my home life is a mess, and I have lost 10 pounds. I have put applications into other hospitals. I really love being a charge nurse and working at this hospital, but I am afraid of where this might go.