cluelessRN81

How could this be construed as self-serving? Hiring a lawyer for big bucks would be that. I just accepted what the hospital was offering -- none of this was my idea. Trust me, I would give it back if I wouldn't have had to go through with any of this. But to blame me when I didn't do anything wrong? Kinda like blaming the short dress for rape instead of the rapist:cool: Am I happy with the decision...of course! Am i happy it happened...absolutely not.

I understand your reservations. I have the same. My plan is to keep my head down, work hard, take the money and when the contract is up...perhaps move on to something else. I don't feel bad about taking the money -- the hospital is getting off easy that I'm not being litigious and they know it. So for now, I'm not rocking the boat and neither are they.

Again thanks for the advice. I have a contract with this particular hospital, so I'm here for at least 2 years (they paid for my schooling). I can only get out if I pay back the money, so I think I'll stick it out for the time being. Since the doctor is no longer here, I don't see where that will be a big problem. I love where I work and my other co-workers. And btw, without going into too many specifics...the pay raise I got was significant -- I'll just say my salary has been doubled. I was going to go to NP school, but now I don't know if i want to take the pay cut!

Hey guys. Again, thanks for all the support and messages of encouragement I've received. Forgive me for taking so long to update on this situation...it's been rather busy with work and the drama that comes along with it . Well, there's good news (at least to me). The doctor no longer is employed with our hospital . Last Friday, the board of the hospital met, as well as the doctor and myself. I feel we came to an amicable agreement. The doctor chose to resign, in lieu of being fired. I guess he saw the writing on the wall, and didn't want a firing to haunt him for the rest of his life, so he decided to step down as a hospitalist there and relinquish his admitting privileges there. I was given a raise due to this incident, and was also asked to not speak publicly about it, and thus is another reason I'm weary about posting on here (although I know its anonymous -- you never know who reads these boards!). But again, thank you everyone for so much support. It truly means so much to me.

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Hey guys. Thanks so much for all your support and words of advice and encouragement. I had a meeting early today at the hospital. Present were the DON, my preceptor, the unit manager, the HUC, the medical director and the physician. I filed an official complaint and the HUC has corraborated my story. I didn't file a police report -- I don't know...I've never done that and felt so weird about going that far. I just want to keep my job, keep learning, and get this all behind me. During the meeting, the doctor said he was only "joking around" with me...I couldn't believe that:no:. He did admit to hitting my face, though. Anyways, the good news is that the hospital has officially put him on "administrative leave"...the bad news -- with pay! An official decision will be reached about what to do with him on Friday when the Board of Governors of the hosptial will meet. While it's not ideal, at least its something -- and neither I nor anyone else will have to worry about working with him! Hopefully he'll get the boot altogether.

Thanks guys for the support. My preceptor had went home at 5 or I would have gone straight to her. This happened around 6 and I got off at about 1930. At first I thought this may be a cultural misunderstanding...he is from Pakistan, and I thought maybe he felt it wasn't unnormal to behave this way...but still I feel its intolerable! Now I'm thinking of all the things I wish I would have said or done and stewing!:angryfire I'll definitely be reporting it.

I honestly can't believe it myself! I just graduated from my program on May 16 of last month. I am still in orientation at a large level 1 trauma center on a busy cardiac care unit. The hospitalist is known for having a horrible temper anyway. Well, he was on a roll all shift today. One of my pts BP was all over the place all day. It became very low suddenly. I told my preceptor (still on orientation) and she said to have the MD paged. He was not happy and screamed at me over the phone. I braced myself for when he got to the floor, already getting very nervous. Well, he came up fit to be tied. He slammed the papers he was holding onto the nurses station where I was standing with the health unit coordinator. I forgot to get the pts chart out for him to look at (as he requested on the phone...my fault i know ). He asked for the chart and I said...hold on I'll have to get it for you. He turned bright red and said harshly (but not screaming) "You paged me and you're not even ready!". And then thats when it happened -- he took his hand and hit my cheek. Now, it wasn't some soap-opera backhand where I went flying across the room or anything..but a little pop. Kinda like what a mom would do to a small child if they said a bad word or something. I was so shocked I couldn't even say anything. I just handed him the chart and he want to the pts room. The whole time I was fighting back tears. The HUC and I just exchanged looks of shock with each other! I think I am going to file a complaint tomorrow against him...and the HUC said she will back me up since she was the only one who witnessed this. I had no idea that doctors behaved this way..is this normal?? To say the least I'm dreading going back in on Wednesday. I had heard some doctor horror stories..but nothing like this -- what I consider to be assault. Am I overreacting? I don't want to be seen as a drama queen or a trouble maker being on the floor only 2 weeks in this unit . Ugh!