jennydoe

Finally a person on here with some kind of sense thanks for your answer.

I only mentioned upmc because every company is different on how they handle alcohol abuse and I wanted to hear from people who work for them. You must not be familiar with upmc because they have several hospitals, urgent care centers and doctors offices that they own in PA. You must be psychic if you know who i'm talking about without a name on a public message board not to mention the thousands of nurses that upmc employs.

I'm not getting involved i'm just curious because the dr we work for only recently signed on to work for upmc so this is all new to us. This nurse is now really ****** off and thinks it was one of us in the office that told on her and she has been calling our houses and harassing us. She made it my business when she came to work drunk and annoying. I don't know about anyone else but I wouldn't want this nurse taking care of my family and making medical decisions while intoxicated. I just wanted a couple of questions answered because when she comes back to work in a week she will be unbearable and if she was positive for alcohol and upmc let her come back without no rehab i think it's disgusting because I know several nurses who busted their behinds to get their license's and take pt care seriously.

Hello, I want to ask if anyone who works for upmc knows what happens when an employee is suspected of drinking on the job. I have been working with another employee who has been drinking before and during work hours, a pt complained and the first time she was let go with a warning. She came to work the other day trashed slurred words dropping stuff and reaked of alcohol another pt complained this time the practice manager of the office came in and took her to the hospital for a drug and alcohol test. I wanted to know what upmc's protocol is on this situation and how long would it take for them to get the results. She was suspended for a week and is now telling us that she will come up clean it was a mixture or her iv remicade and benadryl that made her act and smell like she had been drinking (she had the iv done 2 days prior to this incident). I'm not a nurse and have no idea if this is possible for the iv and benadryl to make her act this way. Can someone help me out this has caused a lot of tension in the office not to mention several workers in the office have even smelled alcohol in her pop and have witnessed her pouring stuff in her drink out of the trunk of her car. She is super close with the dr of the office and we are wondering if he will be able to get this swept under the rug. Any input would be greatly appreciated.