Thorp71

In surgical nursing this is typical though not for so long a period of time and to use your own phone? NO. They usually have a "on call phone" so that the person calling can reach you, otherwise they need to reimburse you for part of your mobile phone usage. I have seen critical care and other specialty care nursing doing call and surgical as well though not in an ambulatory care unit. That is above the pale. As an advanced practitioner I do take call though that is different as I am responsible 24/7 for my patients and if I am on vacation then I sign off to other providers. That is not the responsibility of my nursing staff though.

Withholding pay is against the law if you are doing the work you should get your pay and you have a right to protest this form of punishment or complaint. That being said, I hope you did not sign anything accepting this as your fault. I would definitely get an attorney ASAP and may have litigation though this may not help your job it will help your reputation and may actually sink theirs. This is yet another reason why it is a good reason to have independent insurance outside of your employer's. They can cover this and supply you with an attorney.

I certainly agree that you should hire an attorney and after obtaining cousel would make sure that you have that attorney audit that Omnicell report as those can be in error as well. Also how reliable was that patient? How many times did this occur? What was the pattern for this occurrence(s)? This seems rather suspicious that they targeted someone without even so much as drug testing them and no prior incidence.

Under these circumstances, with a poor preceptor, unprofessional conduct, criticizing a fellow nurse IN FRONT OF a patient, I would say is justified in quitting or at least having a discussion with the manager about the orientation process outlining what the first preceptor was doing (bear in mind after 25 years I would have lost my patience with that preceptor as I've had nurses on their phones when they are paid to work but that's another post). You are correct that it should have been addressed, however I would not fault someone for leaving such a facility where no one else spoke up either. That's why we lose good people.

My thought is to report this other manager's behavior to the BON in your state Only APRNs have prescriptive authority and to give anything to a patient who wants to refuse treatment and is cognizant of the risks and benefits is assult. You may need to report this facility to the labor board as well because you are a whistleblower and if you do not report them to the government you are not protected.

This is close to what I get though I got a better deal when I started in family practice and we get a yearly increase with productivity plus three weeks vacation and sick time which increases as our time accrues with the clinic. If we travel we get paid comp time and travel too. You should negotiate.

Me and my fellow nurse practitioners got nothing from our large physician's group though we were asked to participate in the nurses day celebration giving our nurses and MOA's massages in two day increments.

I would recommend that you seek help with EAP, and do not allow this to "box" you in. You can recover from this. This is coming from a nurse and family member who's father died in their own unit from a "never event". I was not on duty when my father died, but I too suffered from PTSD and most of this was from lack of support from management. Those who were involved never even offered their condolences.