TexasGal1964

I am being 100% honest with myself. I don't like her, and that is the main reason why I am hesitating. I don't want to be the cause of her losing her job, she has children to support. That's why I posted this question in the first place, I wanted to hear from seasoned professionals about their opinion. I have decided to remain quiet at this point. Others are aware of the situation, and they have been employed in this department a lot longer than I have. I will add that I have not mentioned this to anyone, but there were others in the room that heard the same thing. That's why I know that others are aware.

I don't trust this person since I've seen her lose her temper frequently. She screams and yells and makes sure everyone knows that she's angry. She's a control-freak, a textbook narcissist, a brown noser, and a workplace bully. I obviously don't think very highly if her, but I would feel awful if I was responsible for her losing her job. But what if something bad did happen with the gun? I couldn't live with myself knowing that I could have done something to prevent it.

There was a discussion taking place in the lunch room about guns and she said she had one in her locker and "did they want to see it?". I think it was very unprofessional and quite frankly, a stupid thing to do. I am in Mississippi, not Texas. I am afraid to report her because if it the others found out it was me, they would make my life a living hell.

I witnessed a nurse employed at our hospital showing a handgun she keeps in her locker to several reps Who were visiting in our department. I am a little concerned and was wondering what the policy is on guns inside the hospital facility in the state of Mississippi. Can anyone advise me on what to do?

I appreciate all the comments very much. I spoke with my preceptor today and she said that we are going to work on this next week and see if we can resolve some of these issues. She still put the blame on me, but at this point I don't care if I can just make it through.

I am currently doing my clinical rotations in a hospital cath lab. I am actually a cath tech student but since there are no forums specifically for cath techs, I hope it's OK that I post this question here. I have read many of the posts on this site about workplace bullying and I think that nurses and techs have the same experiences when it comes to this topic. I have been at this CCL for 6 weeks now, it is my first rotation. I have one year of classroom work only in the cardiovascular technology program, I knew nothing except the basics of sterile gloving/gowning and table set-up. But I was eager, motivated and teachable on Day 1. Things went downhill fast. I was criticized for my lack of knowledge, and my lack of skill. I asked a lot of questions, and was told to stop. Every mistake was met with annoyed attitudes and negative reinforcement including exasperated sighs and raised voices, open humiliation in the presence of others, disrespectful comments and the ever-popular eyes rolling back. If I did something wrong, I was asked "why didn't you ask?"; but when I asked something, I was reprimanded for not knowing it already, or for not searching out the answer w/o asking someone. I was ostracized socially and often found my preceptor and the other techs talking about me and laughing at me, they didn't even bother to hide it. I was ignored and rarely included in meetings, in-services, lunches, etc. I felt my confidence and self-esteem slipping away and began to have health problems. I suffer from adult-acne, and the high level of stress I was under, am under, has made it much worse. I also can feel my depression returning. My instructor at the college says I need to grow a backbone or I won't survive. She doesn't understand how bad it is. I need to add that I am a non-traditional student, I am 50 years old, divorced, with grown kids. I like the people at the cath lab, but they obviously don't like me. There are 3 techs that are the main bullys, but everyone seems to follow their lead. I have gotten visibly upset, the know what they are doing. But I have not verbally fought back or gone to the CCL manager. I thought this was normal, at least that's what my instructor led me to believe. If this is normal, then I want nothing more to do with it. But I love the work, and I am great with the patients. I desperately need some advice.