what to do in this situation

I know how you feel this happens a lot and if she did this before then the DON knows this is her personality.. Don't be afraid go in and tell the truth about what happend ...GOOD LUCK !

thanks.

I was not found to be at fault which is good news but now I have another problem i now have a verbal abuse because i made a mistake when i wrote my statement I wrote that i apologized for yelling at her but i meant yelling after her ( she took off running and i yelled to her to stop running) i first wrote that i had to yell AFTER her then wrote the apology when she was eating her lunch. this ofcourse will be reported to the state but will i be able to amend the second from at to after or am i just screwed on this?

Okay I was in a bad situation which a patient accused me of physical abuse that was found to be not true, but now because of one word in my statement I am being reported to the BON i had wrote that when the patient got up an ran through the house i had to yell after her to stop. then i wrote that i apologized to her for yelling AT her earlier which is the part that they now are saying i verbally abused her but it was just mistake on my part for not using AFTER the second time so will i be able to amend this mistake or am i screwed? please help I've been stressing over this and lost my job its ruined my birthday and causing uclers.

Sorry... you should never be yelling at or "after" a patient, ever.

Oy! perhaps you have never worked with the HOH? In the OP perhaps the word "calling" to/after would have been better....

Sorry... you should never be yelling at or "after" a patient, ever.

so because I used the word yelled instead of called even though its the same, its still in a louder voice than talking. I give up I dont care anymore its messed up that i have seen a nurse physically abuse 2 patients and turned her in and she wasnt even repremanded but i have a patient that gets mad an says things that are not true and then they looked for something to report me. So let the abuse go so long as its only against the ones that cant talk or defend them selves right, and if the patient can talk and defend themselves we let them ruin nurse's career cause they can?

oh and im not the only nurse that has called out to stop running there are two other nurses (one being the nurse i have seen abusing patients) that have had do this on occasion to.

Hey, I am on your side! but have the occassional issue of choosing a less than desirable word once or twice. Yelling has a negative connotation, calling, not so much.

so because I used the word yelled instead of called even though its the same, its still in a louder voice than talking. I give up I dont care anymore its messed up that i have seen a nurse physically abuse 2 patients and turned her in and she wasnt even repremanded but i have a patient that gets mad an says things that are not true and then they looked for something to report me. So let the abuse go so long as its only against the ones that cant talk or defend them selves right, and if the patient can talk and defend themselves we let them ruin nurse's career cause they can?

oh and im not the only nurse that has called out to stop running there are two other nurses (one being the nurse i have seen abusing patients) that have had do this on occasion to.

I know you are and Im just frustrated Ive never had anything like this happen to me in all my 9 years in the nursing career. I fear that because of this one incident i will lose my license. Im so stressed and worried its eating me alive literally.