Tiredoftheabuse

once again, I had to close for him in surgery and he gets all the credit!

Thank you everyone for your comments. It truly makes me feel like someone cares if only out in the web This resident's main problem is short term memory loss due to brain injury. Claims they aren't getting their meds even after staff witnesses taking them. Humiliating me in front of my staff and other residents. Resident is alert and oriented to person and place. Ambulates independently, remembers what time Bingo is, is independant w/ADL's, you get the idea... Lately even after signing they received them, accusing me of stealing them! Then they repeatedly stand over me yelling cursing threatening me interrupting the rest of my med pass. Of course this is early morning med pass and no one is around to see this except me and my CNA's. It's happened to other nurses, others besides myself have charted on it so it's not only me. But staff does say it's worse with me. Perhaps because I have been there several years and they have gotten away with this treatment of me before. I do not want a reassignment if I can help it, would prefer getting this resident some treatment, be it meds or behavior program, whatever. I just want it to STOP! I have come to hate going to work, knowing what I have to put up with. I LOVE being a nurse and coming up on 25yrs this year. These problems have almost made me hang up my stethoscope for good. But I'm not a quitter! Good day everyone and God Speed

I am a nurse in LTC and have had to deal with abuse (verbal, emotional) harassment from a patient for quite awhile now. Management knows this is going on as they have been informed repeatedley and there is documentation to support it. After all this time, things have come to a head and I refuse to put up with this behaviour anymore. Supposedly psych is to come in to consult re meds. None up to this point, why would they start taking them now?? My feeling is this. Who they gonna get rid of? A patient that brings in money or a nurse complaining about abuse and harassment? What are my options? How long am I supposed to put up with this stressful hostile environment? Yeah and I could quit, but come on, we all know in this ECONOMY if you have a job you better hold on to it. I'm doing my best but this is causing BP problems (mine) chest pain (again, mine) and severe anxiety! There are all kinds of procedures to follow when is the shoe is on the other foot, ie, staff to patient abuse, but in my situation it's put up or shut up. Put up with it or quit. I know there are several legal steps I could take, but what? How do I start?