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 Can I be Charged with Patient Abandonment? I am so sorry this happened to you. Like you asked, it boils down to if you can be charged with abandonment by your state Board of Nursing (BON). Threatening (sick) nurses with their license a...

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...

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?

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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'...

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...

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 hr late or non show....

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...

Does my manager have legal backing for claiming patient abandonment towards me? Still on probation, less than 2 months working at this company. Working in a private transitional company doing visits once a week for 1 month after hospital discharge, n...

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...