I worked in a same day clinic with another nurse and there was an incident when we had given an injection to an 11 year old patient. Medication was administered in the glutes bilaterally. After I finished and put my safety shield up on syringe and was assisting the patient to pull up her pants, the other nurse was standing on the opposite side of the patient with her dirty needle in the air when I felt a pick; she had stuck my arm with the dirty needle.
I have put this issue aside even though this nurse did not handle the situation professionally. Immediately after the incident she chose to go outside for a smoke break and I had to be the one to report it to my supervisor and do a webcident report. After the incident I had no trust in this nurse and I viewed her as a very unprofessional nurse who had no regard for others.
I have recently been informed that this nurse is now telling co-workers that what she did was on purpose and has made jokes about it with her nursing team.
I have done my best to remain cordial with this nurse and keep a working relationship, however this is going to be extremely difficult to do after finding this out.
I would like to know how to handle this and I am asking for assistance in pressing charges. This is assault and needs to be dealt with legally.
