Angieadore

I just always felt like if they could trust me with their entire home while they were gone, I should be able to leave my purse in the home while taking my patient on a walk. I've done private duty nursing with several other families that were completely trustworthy. I refuse to live my life thinking in those terms. And girl, I am aware I stayed too long. I stated that. I knew they had a camera in the beginning but had a conversation with the female care taker a year ago who reassured me they only use it for the other nurses, because I was originally appalled that they knew I pumped in their living room. I just don't understand why she would lie to me when she knows her husband is the one who watches the security tapes. My company was short staffed and didn't understand the severity of my pleas. And after I suspected that they were going through my purse, I started leaving anything private or worth value at home. I was basically carrying my lunch and eighty million lip gloss:)

Thank you so much for your reply. I had a feeling I was worrying over nothing. And that's what my boss told me too, that no one would have a license if you could lose it for cussing.

I'm embarrassed to ask this question but want to offer some insight into my situation. I am a private duty nurse (L.P.N.) in Indiana and have been caring for my patient for over a year. The patients care takers have always rubbed me the wrong way but I stuck it out longer than I should have because of my commitment to the patient. Although things were never comfortable, they started getting much worse in the last few months that I worked in their home. I started noticing when I took my patient on walks, that when I came back, my purse looked as if it had been gone through. On my last day of work in their home, I took a picture of my purse before our walk so I could compare it to what it would look like when we got back. When we returned, my purse was in such a different state (now on the floor when it was sitting on a table when I left), I didn't even need to look at the picture. I confronted the care taker who told me it was his house and he could do whatever he wanted with anything in his home. He also pointed to a nanny cam that was hiding in a plant and told me the camera would prove whether he was in it or not. I became upset because (this is really a much longer, more detailed story but I'm trying to spare you) I also had prior authorization to use their living room when they were not home as a lactation room. I had permission from my company and only did so when my patient was asleep. For anyone stuck on this in any way, my patient could not see me do this. So when he pointed out a camera, I felt even more violated to know they were filming me in such a private way without my knowledge. I told the care taker of my patient "f--- you and your nanny cam." At this point, he had already told me to get out because he was upset that I confronted him about my purse so I said this on my way out, after I did my last assessment on my patient. I went directly to my company and told them what happened. They were actually very understanding because this family has went through roughly 15 nurses in one years time and my company knew they were very hard to work with. They would always find reasons they were unhappy and ask that each nurse not return. I was in their home the entire year that other "unsatisfactory" nurses (their words) cycled through. In the last 2 months of me being in their home, I asked my company 4-5 times to put me on a new case due to how I was being treated on a daily basis but my requests weren't honored. If you are still reading, thank you so much for bearing with me and my long story. The patients family has contacted the attorney general regarding the swear word I said. They also made up many lies in their statement, which can be disproven. I am only worried that I could lose my license over cussing. Can anyone ease my worry? I can take a suspension, that wouldn't be the end of the world. I just want to sleep easier at night because I truly love my job. Do you think I will lose my license?