Roaches At work

Safety Coach RN · May 14, 2015

I work for a SNF and noticed roaches during noc shift at nurses station.
Would you bring this up with DON?

This is a true story.... We have those HUGE roaches in our building and by HUGE I mean like 3 inches. They're a slip and fall hazard if you were to step on one. Well, one night I had a rubberband in my hand from a batch of chart dividers and one of my co-workers was "freaking out" on the hall. I went out to the hall and saw the culprit. I shot the rubberband and hit the roach into a doorway corner. One more shot and I killed that roach, dead.

I haven't seen one since. :up:

mvm2 · May 14, 2015

What confused me about your post is you were asking if you should tell your DON. It seemed like such a simple answer that I thought you could not be serious. Did you really think anyone logical would tell you oh no don't tell your DON. What was the alternative not tell your DON and let the bugs run around. Sorry but it puzzled me that one would not take the simple step to tell your DON to get the situation eradicated. I couldn't follow your thought process for any reasons why you would not tell your DON is all I was saying. So sorry I thought you as a troll but I did not think a care giver would hesitate to tell people in charge something as serious as roaches running around.

So there is my thought process for you. Disturbing I don't thing so... logical thinking yes I believe so