cosmicsun

No stars - how did your situation work out? It sounds like the missing topical med was found in the sharps as co-signed as a waste by your coworker. The CNA's account of your touching a patient with a glove on that you also used to touch another patient sounds really arguable. Her word against yours. Did you file an EEOC complaint. You can do that without a lawyer. (Contact the EEOC and they will tell you exactly what you need to do.) All of the documents that need to be filed and legal ease can be done by yourself or with help from a legal assistance firm (paralegals or such). WAY Cheaper! You don't really need a lawyer unless you go to court. Believe me, I've learned the Hard way $$$$, and did most of the work myself anyhow! I actually could have done better without the lawyer. Not kidding. Let me know what happened. It's not to late to file.

Congratulations on your new job! I'm glad the previous employer didn't destroy you! I also got a new job and am really happy. However, ........let's not forget what we have learned - being graduates from the school of hard knocks. Trust is gone, and it's wise not to forget it. Enjoy your job and stay under the radar.

Good for you mom1234. You see what its like - it is not an illusion....

As far as I know, it is much more desireable to work with a Union as they strive to provide better working conditions/pay for the employees. The Employers like to pocket the money instead of paying the employees better and having lower nurse to patient ratios. It's all about where the money goes - to the many CEOs with their 6 figure incomes, and the directors, assistant directors and managers, or to the workers. The employer feels threatened if you mention Union. ($$$)

Apply in the Southern states. They actually have job openings.

A darn good lawyer. It sounds like you were accused of possibly taking patient drugs... A urine test could have cleared that up, unless you have your own at home and sometimes take them as many do... We are only human and have many aches and pains - which means you should show them your prescription and that would prove you don't need to risk taking them from anyone - you have your own! I don't know your whole story, but you would have to prove you have not been able to get another job - which would be part of your damages. You'd also have to prove stress and other - so you'd have to show you've seen a doctor for it.. The facilities are usually very large and have great lawyers. Your best bet would be to get your name cleared and then some compensation from them. They sometimes might setttle to get rid of you. You should probably take that. Some get really ugly and will try to destroy you. It can be very expensive and you don't want to go through it with those a_ _ h_ _ _ _ _. You really don't. Again, your lawyer has to be great. I doubt any would take it on a contingency basis. There might be ALOT you can do with a legal assistance firm. They could help you file your own case. I'm not kidding. You wouldn't have to pay a lawyer a dime. You're the one with all the facts. You might find a friend who could help you with this. If things got further along - like depositions, trial, then you will need one. Get the paperwork for filing an EEOC complaint. You write your story - wrongful termination, loss of wages, loss of enjoyment of life, embarassment, shame, depression, fear, stress, palpiations, insomnia, damaged reputation, ect... Then the employer will respond. See what happens after that. You will be referred to a mediator and you could settle for something. (Part of that settlement would be to clear your name - I hope.) Good luck.

And, if you are going to spend time and money on the lawyer - I would go after the company that put that report on your record and charge them with falsification of documents... Hopefully, you documented your side of the story. If they did not submit your side, then I believe you'd have an easy case. I would file stress, loss of job, loss of income, attorneys fees, and wilful misconduct for starters. Good luck.

I think people are just talking in general at this point... They are not directed at you personally or your original post any longer - its too far back...

The rude awakening will be when you can't find a job, or if you do, how much the pay will be.

People do not believe what a horrible occupation nursing has turned out to be. It truely is detrimental to one's health. I believe every word you said - and the palpitations, depression, stress - - it's all real. Nursing is the one profession where you have to be PERFECT. If the doctor misses something and the nurse doesn't realize it, the nurse is held responsible (eg., well patient x has this history - why didn't you think to do this...?).... Well, because sometimes you do and sometimes you don't. ... We are too **##^^ busy and not educated enough to be playing doctor but are expected to. When someone is in chronic A.Fib - some are on tele monitors and some are not. How do they choose? I don't know.

It's already happened, and will continue.

Oh, I think we can be assured there aren't going to be anymore exorberant procedures on the elderly. In fact, how often they can even go to the doctor will be drastically limited....and, their conditions will get worse quickly, and then they won't qualify for anything else because of how sick they are. Poor Grandma and Aunt Lulu....

what about nurses who have paid into healthcare programs their whole lives, but now have gone part time, per diem or agency? They are ____________. Only option - individual plan, pay 5,000 per year for you and your kids, and a $10,000 deductible per person per year. No short term, long term, prescription, dental, eye, nothing. Where is a nurses' organization to buy health insurance as a group?

We've all paid for health insurance our entire lives, never used, and when we need it - we won't be able to "afford" it and we will all DIE. Funny how that works!

why does my post say 2:50 AM when it is 8:50 pm?

cutting corners is never a good idea....

Wasn't this said in response to the nurses threatening to strike? I wonder how much of it will be retaliation to those that did strike. All of a sudden, written warnings being documented, ect... A prelude to firing a few "difficult" nurses. That's what it sounds like to me. (And, they have an abundance of robot nurses who will be grateful for the crumbs and have a job... Go nursing schools!)

Can you believe the Billions they have spent making their hospitals look prettier. Like a resort. What a joke - yes, rising healthcare costs... duh. Whoever made those decisions should be fired.

if they are going to have fewer nurses, then they need to have fewer patients. Oh, yeah, they will - people won't qualify for care and will die. For some reason the united states cannot take care of the elderly. Just let them die. That's the solution.

yes, many days...

There will be PLENTY of poop and icky stuff you will be emersed in. In fact, the CNAs have a funny way of always having someone else in the shower when you call them for help. You'll be on your own cleaning it up.

If they cut nurses, there will be more mistakes and death and LAWSUITS.

They need to cut MANAGEMENT. The Assistant Director, and the Assistant Director's Assistant, and the other Directors of the Directors, and the Manager under the Director, etc., etc., etc. How many chiefs does the tribe need?

alaine - you sound like someone in management. I don't care if I say my own thing or what the hospital wants me to say. BUT - if I was lying in bed and nurse after nurse, shift after shift, came in and said the same thing to me - I would have HIGH DOUBTS they think for themselves and have a brain. It would make me uncomfortable that I already know what the nurse is going to say before he/she walks into my room. The hourly rounding and management asking patients how their care is, is undermining care. Of course, we are doing our best to care for our patients. I am in their rooms MORE THEN ONCE AN HOUR, but the fact that I have to write down what time I'm in every room has taken a toll on my stress level - and I HAVE FOUND I am spending LESS QUALITY time with the patients because I'm worried about what time I write down on the logs. I am now the HURRIED NURSE that management doesn't want but HAS CREATED. And, the other day I was in a patient's room with dementia. He was asking me what the cheapest ticket was for Florida, and how much was this going to cost, etc. Then management comes in and is interrogating this person on their care, asking all these logical questions and writing down the answers. It was bizarre. (The previous night this patient had been in restraints with an Enclosure Bed ordered - clueless.) The nurses are stressed out. We do more than hourly rounds. Having to bounce constantly between rooms and write down the times a minimum of 60 times per shift is exhausting. I'm now going into their room like 4 times per hour because I can't remember exactly what time I was in there before. That would be bouncing from room to room about 200 times per shift... I spend more time worrying about writing on the rounding log than anything else.... If there is a problem, they will check it against the rounding log. They are being proactive to blame the nurse for anything - and the nurses have to defend themselves. That's the respect we get and that is what is passed onto the patient - LIKE IT OR NOT. The rules have consequences and what you are doing to your nurses is negatively affecting patient care. You should be more concerned about the patient to treat your staff better. How the nurse FEELS will be picked up by the patient. (I like the cop out for the Doctors..... epic)

The money isn't what it used to be. They are cutting back. Ask some new grads what they make and it's getting worse. Job security? An RN today is a dime a dozen. You do anything someone doesn't like - YOU'RE FIRED. I wouldn't call that job security. The benefits are horrible. The amount you pay for insurance is as if you had independent coverage, the employees absorb all of the cost these days. 4 days off a week - spent lying on the couch with your aching feet up and emotionally drained from abuse and all the other stresses. Sounds super!