momof3alRN

I risked it because it's a patient safety issue and something that can impact my nurse license. Also it was reported to me. I have an obligation to report what is reported to me. It was after I reported the actions that I was denied finishing out my notice. I have been told it's wrong to punish someone for reporting unethical behavior.

I work on a busy medsurg floor currently without a director. I'm the CC. The assistant manager is currently acting as interim director. Management has sent "helper managers" . They put these people in place and don't bother to introduce them to us. They show up and start telling us what to do, the last the nurses call pregnant girl, clipboard, or skippy (because she seems to get paid for skipping up and down the halls. She was useless as far as helping with any nursing task and went around telling to do incidental tasks when the nurses are crazy busy. She has reported nurse who didn't react positively towards her. Resentment to towards her was very high. Now in the last week we have a new "helper manager" she has the demeanor of a rattlesnake and orders the nurses to do things that are improper such as: directing a nurse to deaccess a port without a doctor's order, twice she told nurse to "give it anyway" when oriented patients refuse flu and lovenox injections. I've reported these things to my manager but he has done nothing. I gave 3 weeks notice two weeks ago. Yesterday I spoke to the person above my manager, she told me I don't need to finish my last week of notice. This happen to another charge nurse when she tried to report drug diversion. They want to make CCs who report unethical behavior go away. I'm terribly upset and feel this is unfair (i need that last weeks paycheck) what should I do?