What money can get you.

[Jenni811, RN]

I'm appalled to say i came from a school that allowed this, but i want to hear what you guys think.

So we had this girl that graduated last year, she came from a very very wealthy family. we shall call her "Jane Doe" I mean...very wealthy, beyond the point where you cringe. And she is super showy about it. Daddy bought her everything. her New mercedes for passing pediatrics, a class in which she struggled.

She is constantly dressed up in like Gucci stuff, only does her shopping in New York City, which they fly too every couple months so she can shop with daddy's credit card.

Ok, she reminds me of paris hilton. No joke! So to imagine this girl, think of Paris Hilton in Nursing school and you have this girl.

Ok, now you picture this girl. She is was in her psychiatric rotation at our local mental health facility. There was a girl that Jane Doe went to high school with that was in the psych unit for attempted suicide. Jane Doe and this other girl, the patient HATED each other in high school. I belive they've gotten in a few fights, constantly fighting blah blah blah (high school stuff). Anyway...so Jane Doe actually access her medical record and got all this information about her. Such has her hx of depression, suicide attempts, drug use etc. So Jane Doe gets home after her clinical day and tells her ROOMMATE, who isnt even in nursing, who she saw. She told her Roommate everything she read on the medical record.

So Jane Doe starts emailing anonymously this poor girl things like "If you were smart enough you would have jumped off that bridge" ....really really horrible stuff.

So anyway, make a long story short because there was more said and done, this patient complained to the hospital that someone had to have shared information because she is getting all these emails and its information only the hospital knows (medications, history etc.). So while the hospital is doing their investigation, she is still writing all these nasty emails to this poor girl. Her Roommate knew all about it (but not being in nursing knew nothing about HIPPA). So her roommate goes to one of our psychiatric nursing instructor and asked to speak with her privately. The roommate told her everything, just stating that she doesn't know if Jane Doe is doing something wrong or if there are any regulations against this but her roommate felt something was very very wrong about the situation.

So all actions that should have taken place, did take place. She was suspended from clinicals until it was reviewed, hospital was notified, the head hanchos got involved...everything. But now here is the catch----- her dad donated $100,000 to the school. and little miss prissy pants got off with NOTHING. No punishment, not kicked out of the school, nothing but a slap on the hand.

What do you guys think of this?? It disgusts me to even look at her. Needless to say, she got a job after daddy donated money to the hospital she got hired at (Sound fishy??)

[SeeTheMoon]

So typical. Scary to think she will be taking care of patients.

Hopefully, somewhere down the line, someone or something will put this princess in her place.

[Jenni811, RN]

One can only hope she will be put in her place.

I overheard her talking about her interview at this hospital. In a paris hilton squeeky annoying voice "She actually asked me what an ideal manager was like. I told her i can't answer that question because i don't know. I've never had a manager"

....really? you got the job after THAT response???

[JRP1120, RN]

Money talks. Disgusting. It really is a shame though because all Daddy's coddling is setting this girl up for failure. What's she gonna do when she has a disagreement with her supervisor or a patient? Money will only get her so far and then she'll be SOL. Daddy won't be around forever and sooner or later she'll get a real taste of reality and Daddy won't be there to bail her out. After Daddy dies and leaves her all his money, she'll quit nursing because she can and be in search of another man that can afford to take care of her and the entitlement attitude will continue. Its also disgusting what this girl did to the HS enemy in the psych unit! How awful!! And this girl is taking care of patients? Ugh !! With that kind of attitude this girl doesn't belong in a hospital. She should have just stuck with her shopping trips and over-privileged life and left nursing for the rest of us! Amazing!

[RN_lor]

whoa! this girl should not be a nurse!!! maybe she should go work form daddy;s company or something... uggghh

[esrun00]

I'm thinking she will not last long as a nurse, it really is hard work (esp for someone who doesn't have to work). I can't imagine anyone with the amount of money you are suggesting, would want to do this job.

[Chinook2]

I give her a year as a nurse max. Then she'll be able to brag about her humanitarian work at cocktail parties. Don't let it burn you, she'll get what she deserves in the end.

[Sl1011]

I'm thinking she will not last long as a nurse, it really is hard work (esp for someone who doesn't have to work). I can't imagine anyone with the amount of money you are suggesting, would want to do this job.

Same here... I almost can't picture it. I doubt she'll stick with it, it's definitely not easy. There are a lot of rough days and tough situations, and bodily fluids.

[Double-Helix, BSN, RN]

She should have been kicked out of school. When she does the same thing as an RN, HIPPA isn't going to be swayed by money, and neither is the lawyer representing the patient.

[llg, PhD, RN]

Why didn't the victim file charges or an official complaint? That's the question. Perhaps they settled THAT aspect out of court.

And with no official complaints/charges filed by a victim, it would be a long expensive court fight to kick the perpetrator out of school.

If that's what actually happened behind the scenes ... then the victim got compensation that satisfied her. That would be my biggest concern.

[RNOTODAY, BSN, RN]

The weirdest part of this whole story is that why would such a person pick nursing as a career?

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

How in the world do you know all these details about the person and events floating around her??

She won't last as a nurse. The work will either become too much for her or it will begin to bore her. One way or the other, she'll be done with it pretty soon....