How would you handle being in a dangerous or unsafe work environment?
The facility that I work at was set up to be a rehab facility and has since been transitioning to a halfway house for parolees.
The place is swarming with bed bugs, I am the only nurse for 150 patients (what was originally 45) and yesterday I was nearly attacked by one of the residents.
Is there a place that I could call to report unsafe staffing levels, health concerns, etc?
I really enjoy my job, but yesterday frightened me pretty badly.
Aside from telling you to get out of there before something horrifing happens to you, I would let you MD know the exact reasons for your leaving. Does he not go in to see this place?
If you wait until you are attacked or otherwise harmed, you won't have to worry about leaving. They will get rid of you. That is what happened to me. Get out of there while you can leave on your own terms without being harmed.
Aside from telling you to get out of there before something horrifing happens to you, I would let you MD know the exact reasons for your leaving. Does he not go in to see this place?
He comes in approximately once per month and gets out of there as quickly as he can.
I truly love what I am doing, the work is very fun (for the most part) and I really hate to leave.
Do I have other options, or is the general consensus to just find work elsewhere and move on?
Please take a moment and re-read your original post. The situation you described sounds like anything BUT fun. Is it that you hate to leave, or that you are scared of having to start at a new place?
You need to GET OUT of this situation now. The other posters are right. This situation WILL NOT end well.
Please take a moment and re-read your original post. The situation you described sounds like anything BUT fun. Is it that you hate to leave, or that you are scared of having to start at a new place?
You need to GET OUT of this situation now. The other posters are right. This situation WILL NOT end well.
You're right, you're right. :)
My resignation goes in on Monday.
Part of it is, is that I don't want to leave. I was going to stick it out until I was done with my RN here in a couple of months and then move on. Clearly that can't happen now, but I just keep hoping for a miracle. The miracle didn't come. Friday my boss was supposed to raise hell and shut the clinic down if they didn't comply with his safety requests. They didn't and he caved to them which tells me that he is more worried about his income than he is about my safety.
Part of it is, is that I don't want to leave. I was going to stick it out until I was done with my RN here in a couple of months and then move on. Clearly that can't happen now, but I just keep hoping for a miracle. The miracle didn't come. Friday my boss was supposed to raise hell and shut the clinic down if they didn't comply with his safety requests. They didn't and he caved to them which tells me that he is more worried about his income than he is about my safety.
Since you giving your resignation in on Monday, you can concentrate more on school and NCLEX. You can send resumes in now or later. But your safety what matters to us. Your mind and body may need a rest. Please keep us posted.
gentlegiver, ASN, LPN, RN
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Aside from telling you to get out of there before something horrifing happens to you, I would let you MD know the exact reasons for your leaving. Does he not go in to see this place?