mc10

I am new to nursing and need help with the following scenerio: I recently had to take care of a patient with an abusive husband. He started yelling at me as soon as I walked in the door. He then got up and approached me still yelling, I have to admit a felt a little frightened by his behavior. I asked him to stop, finished what I had to do and left the room. The house supervisor was called and came and spoke with him on his request. She never spoke to me. This has happened with several other nurses. He has even threatned another nurse, security was called. Administration has apologized to this man for our behavior and sent them flowers, we where all told to treat them as VIPs. The next time I worked I along with three other nurses refused to take this patient, the house supervisor wants us all fired and charged with abandoment. My question is can they actually do this.