Sexual relations with patients

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Hi there I am new to this site and well new as a nurse as well.

there is a male nurse who we all know is having sexual relations with a patient in acute care. The hospital seems to want to stick their heads in the sand and people do not seem to want to get involved. The female patient is on very heavy narcotics and benzos and the hospitals thought is it may be mutual but given the dosages she may not remember and we know they did not know each other prior to her admittance.

What is our duty to report ?? And to whom ? If the hospital will not listen will the nursing boards?

I started in the ER per diem and took full time on a floor after a back injury. Yes it seems this place is a hell hole to work at.

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Sounds like you are sort of bored. Maybe you should consider doing some volunteer work.

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You are correct but I am not bored. Researching as to why no one stopped the nurse? What are the ethics and rules of nurses that know this transpired and 2 months later they all say well we knew something was wrong but we did not report. Even worse the doctors were told and just said she is on narcotics could not be happening. You see I was that patient and I just want to know when nurses feel they should intervene??

Sorry it had to be done this way but everyone stuck their head in the sand then and a few nurses boldly did report and the hospital shut it down and now I need to live with that.

Nurses saved my life. Not the doctors I can assure you, but why do people think it is not their job or their shift is done, not my problem.

We rely on you , we trust you implicitly and for the majority of you 99.9%, you have the toughest most commendable job there is.

Do not sit back and let that .1% make an image so negative of everything you worked for , stand for or belive in. And yes

I will not be back but I hope if this one thread makes all of you think twice about not reporting another patient will not go through what i have to live with the rest of my life. And as far as those drugs and the other thread. that was what was found that he was on. So I guess my questions have been answered.

Do not be so quick to judge unbelieveable situations in your mind.

They do happen.

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It's not that abuse should be ignored; it is that there was obviously considerably more to the story than we will ever know, and when a new member posts something this peculiar there is generally another agenda.

I'm very sorry that you had this experience and I wish you the best with moving on in your recovery.

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maybe camille read about it???

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,399626,00.html

story only 5 days old.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

We rely on you , we trust you implicitly and for the majority of you 99.9%, you have the toughest most commendable job there is. .

You mean, pt's rely on US, and THEY trust US. And WE have the toughest most commendable job there is.

You are a nurse, aren't you? It's strange for you to switch persons in that last thought. I'd never say "they rely on you" I'd say, 'they rely on US'

This is what makes me wonder if you are telling the truth.

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Specializes in Pedatrics, Child Protection.

Things that make you go "hmmmmmmmmmmmm"

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could be a troll posting. maybe a psych patient. who knows if it's true.

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Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery.

Could I respectfully request that members discuss the subject and not individual posters.

Thank you

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I was told by a nurse last night it was complicated because he is not the hospital employee he works for an agency his contract ended last night and he was not invited back . He is the employee of the travel agency hence they have to deal with him. Is the hospital just hoping to dodge legal liability....

Yes they are, and it won't be the agency sued, it will be the hospital.

The hospital has a legal duty to protect the patients. They also have a legal duty to report ANY unethical or illegal behavior to the BON regardless if that person is a direct employee or a traveler.

Being a traveler doesn't release the nurse from breaking laws or the hospital from liability if it was a known situation and they failed to report it and protect the patient.

I would also bet anything, that this is NOT the first time this nurse has done this.

He is a sexual predator and anyone and everyone that had direct observation of it, should be held accountable for reporting it.

If I witnessed something like that directly, those are the type of things I would gladly lose my job over reporting.

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you are correct but i am not bored. researching as to why no one stopped the nurse? what are the ethics and rules of nurses that know this transpired and 2 months later they all say well we knew something was wrong but we did not report. even worse the doctors were told and just said she is on narcotics could not be happening. you see i was that patient and i just want to know when nurses feel they should intervene??

sorry it had to be done this way but everyone stuck their head in the sand then and a few nurses boldly did report and the hospital shut it down and now i need to live with that.

nurses saved my life. not the doctors i can assure you, but why do people think it is not their job or their shift is done, not my problem.

we rely on you , we trust you implicitly and for the majority of you 99.9%, you have the toughest most commendable job there is.

do not sit back and let that .1% make an image so negative of everything you worked for , stand for or belive in. and yes

i will not be back but i hope if this one thread makes all of you think twice about not reporting another patient will not go through what i have to live with the rest of my life. and as far as those drugs and the other thread. that was what was found that he was on. so i guess my questions have been answered.

do not be so quick to judge unbelieveable situations in your mind.

they do happen.

not to be rude, but i can't even believe that you completed nursing school and feel that you have to even ask that question.

if you witness it or directly observe it, it is your responsibility to report it.

not on rumor, not on gut, not on suspicion...but direct observation.

period. end of discussion.

frankly, anyone that doesn't should step out of the profession.

sexual abuse of a patient isn't about politics, it's not about ethics, it's against the law.

why do you feel that you need to run the scenerio by all of your co-workers and sit and contemplate what to do???

am i the only one that sees this situation as that simple?

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Am I the only one that sees this situation as that simple?

No Hopefull, you're not alone with this thought. This is why we are starting to think this is a troll alert.

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