JAJ

Mine was short and to the point. I was giving them notice this day of this year, blah, blah, blah. I told the administration what was going on. They told me before I started I would be working with 3 nurses that were a tight knit group. Just didn't realize just how tight they were wound, or the extent they would go to, to keep outsiders out. They were gay females, I'm a straight male. I had no issues with the fact they were gay. The owners manual for life says don't judge. I don't know if they saw me as a threat to the balance there, or I looked like someone who wronged them, you never know the motivations are usually. Lying about me I took as a given walking in there, I hoped I could show them I was harmless, no matter what bias they may have faced from others. Nope, they had me on an exit plan the first day I walked in there.

Patients were best part of the job too. Some just fell on hard times, some started out being treated for legitimate pain issues, others knew what they were taking was illicit, just didn't know what it was they were taking once real heroin dried up. But they were trying to atone for their behavior. Not so with nursing staff. They were actively breaking the law, not so good at it, but good enough. First time I was off one pill, I found it under the others nurses chair. The next time it was there, just in the wrong bottle. The order was the last straw. I feel management knew I didn't write it, but like me would have a hard time proving it. I caught it before the patient was dosed. It was written for twice what the providers would have written it for, if at all. It was done with intent. It's sad. It's sick. It's why I left.

I know, I'm very naive too but old and I thought wise enough to know better. I want to see the best in people but I really can't expect, not and survive. Sometimes I do things that show I've lost my mind is no defense. You can't loose something you've never had.

The med counts being off was serious too. It's all controlled substances in that type of clinic. Buprenorphine and methadone, in my case.

I became the 4th nurse at a SUD clinic. I was told by management I would be walking into a clic and likely find some resistance. The other 3 nurses road to work together, 2 lived together and 3rd lived in same neighborhood. I'm fairly thick skinned and could deal with a little harassment. Instead I found them trying to manipulate my pill counts to look like med errors, but the final thing was entering in a fake verbal order under my name (must have seen my password as I logged in on) that raised a clients dose significantly. I had a better job offer and gave the employer 2 weeks notice. They accepted my notice and paid me for the 2 weeks without having to stay and work the 2 weeks with that crew. I feel like reporting them to the BON in my state, but can't prove who did what, or that I clearly didn't. Anyone ever find this kind of behavior on a new job? I was there about 2 months. The only reason I can see that the employer paid me for my 2 week notice was a way to say "don't go away mad, just go away.” Think the extremes they went to there at the end even surprised them.

I became the 4th nurse at a SUD clinic. I was told by management I would be walking into a clic and likely find some resistance. The other 3 nurses road to work together, 2 lived together and 3rd lived in same neighborhood. I'm fairly thick skinned and could deal with a little harassment. Instead I found them trying to manipulate my pill counts to look like med errors, but the final thing was entering in a fake verbal order under my name (must have seen my password as I logged in on) that raised a clients dose significantly. I had a better job offer and gave the employer 2 weeks notice. They accepted my notice and paid me for the 2 weeks without having to stay and work the 2 weeks with that crew. I feel like reporting them to the BON in my state, but can't prove who did what, or that I clearly didn't. Anyone ever find this kind of behavior on a new job? I was there about 2 months.