Topics About 'Abandonment'.

Can a nurse be threatened with patient abandonment in Florida for quitting before shift starts and before taking report on any patient from the prior shift?.

Dear Nurse Beth, I woke up to go to work feeling sick. It was too late to call in, so off to work I went. I informed the ADON about my illness and was told that a replacement would be provided and then I would be relieved to go home. Sever...

Dear Nurse Beth, I am a nurse with a little over two years of experience. I have never had issues with coworkers that I wasn't able to resolve and I have never had disciplinary action or sat in front of HR in all of that time. I change...

I quit my CNA job in california with only a few days notice. When I quit, my now former boss started claiming this was patient abandonment because I was not giving enough notice. I was under the impression that patient abandonment was when you lea...

Seems like abandonment is the new catch phrase being passed around to scare nurses into working more than they are scheduled for. What exactly is it? I work in a correctional/prison setting for most likely the largest outfit contracting suc...

Hi everyone, I was still in orientation, shadowing a CNA when an emergency came up and I had to leave. I let the CNA and nurse know why I had to leave and was told that I could be in trouble for desertion--which I think is the same as abandonment. ...

I was 2 hours into my shift attempting to complete my responsibilities when I continued to find things that another nurse had done over my days off that could of compromised my license/job. I had taken this to administration once before without any a...

The title says it. I know i will probably lose my job if irma gets bad here in north fl and i make the decision to stay with my child instead of my residents. But, whats the BON's stance as far as my license is concerned?

I have a question. But first, heres the situation. Ive been accused for job abandonment as CNA because its true i walked out of work soon after i clocked in. I hadnt been designated a work area so no not like i left my patients hanging half way throu...

I am a full time nurse 3p-11p. Our 11-7 nurse is out on DBL. The charge nurse told me she will file Abandonment charges against my license If I don't pick up some of those extra shifts. Here is the thing...it isn't Abandonment because they knew of th...

I work in LTC day shift Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I am being told by my employer that if I do not pick up Thursdays that I will be turned into the State Board of Nursing for abandonment. Would anyone consider this abandonment. I do not believe...

Hello all, so I am located at the very end of south Florida near the keys! My question is simply this, I'm supposed to work weekend during this hurricane which some are saying could be deadly. I have a small child and his safety is my priority. I wan...

Southern California area (Riverside, CA is approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles) Employees’ no-show at Riverside nursing home with coronavirus outbreak leads to 83 residents being evacuated https://ktla.com/news/local-news/84-residents-evacuat...

I started a new job last month in long term accute care. I like it pretty much. I like my coworkers pretty much, hours are good, most days I enjoy it. The other night I was charge nurse. When I went to take my 30m break, one of the LVN med nurses lef...

For the last 20+ years I've been casual at a tiny (12 bed) rural critical access hospital. I mainly work there because its a lot of fun and I'm often the only RN on duty. The hospital has an attached small nursing home. It's usually staffed with...

Ready to leave this home health agency. new job wants me to start next Monday. i gave reassign last Tuesday and 2 weeks will last to next Tuesday. i have enough BTO to cover the whole week. so i agree to work this week and use BTO to cover rest of da...

If a technician is assigned to a group of patients and just leaves in the middle of their shift without permission is this considered patient abandonment? Does it depend on the state that you live in or the field that you work in?

I work in a very rural (only hospital in 50 miles), hospital. Usually there is 2 RNs and 1 LPN at night with an in house Dr. For my next shift I've been told I'm the only RN (and no one else in house), I'm really uncomfortable with this as I feel it'...

Today, I was accused of patient abandonment for leaving work during a snowstorm. Please enlighten me! I was working 7-3 last Tuesday, there was a snowstorm coming. I had asked my DON if I can do a double shift for that day and have a day off the nex...

Hello all, Just wanted your thoughts on an issue that came up at work. Some background info. I work as an RN(almost 2 years of experience) at a California based SNF that has 4 floors holding patients ranging from 25-31 patients each floor. To my...

I work in a LTC facility, and the company is horrible. Like, beyond horrible. I've put up with a lot of crap from them and I've only worked there a couple of months. Today I walked onto the floor at the beginning of my shift and was immediately alert...

Say an RN with an active license is working in a non-clinical position, such as MDS Coordinator or Medical Records or other non-direct care position. (not CNO, DON, ADON, Unit Manager, House Nursing Supervisor) or any other position that might be co...

Hi ?? nurses ! So I work in a poorly managed post acute/LTC we don’t even have DON at this moment (within the past 3 months it’s the third one that quit). I work 7-3pm only RN for 120+ pt’s and very often it happens that the next shift is either 2 h...

Dear Nurse Beth, I have worked as an acute hemodialysis nurse for more than 4 years. My question has to do with the long hours we are sometimes required to work. Often, after being at work 12-15 hours an emergent pt will show up in the ED requir...

I work in med-surg telemetry with 24 patients. Usually the floor is staffed with 4 nurses and 2 tech. Our unit is super busy considering that we are on surgical floor. On top of that we had 400 lbs patient who required 6 -7 people to turn for dressin...