What would you do?

[mizfradd]

What would you do if a nurse walked up to you, (very close range) and squirted a syringe full of vaccine onto your upper body clothing and then laughed about it being "wasted" on you?

[barlowjb]

Okay, honestly, my first response would have been, "What in the he*% do you think you're doing??" Which would have led into, "That was soooo not cool. If you ever do anything so juvenile, stupid, and wasteful to me or anyone else, I'll personally see to it that your butt gets booted out the door. Got it?" I would have then let my co-workers know what an idiot the other nurse had been. But that's just me...I don't take a lot of crap or tolerate fools, but I also don't feel that it warrants an assault charge. I think a good tongue-lashing and general humiliation by peers is good enough.

well said!!!

[annacnatorn]

Totally agree with all

remain calm

report to DON/ADMIN immediately

document

Not cool what the nurse did. Gives those of us who work hard a bad name when this type of behavior happens.

[mizfradd, CNA]

Thank you all for your responses. I felt it was assault and told my friend who agreed.

She did report the RN (who by the way, has been nursing since the '60's), and the nurse was reprimanded by the nursing supervisor and "other higher ups" is what my friend, an LPN who witnessed it happen to another co-worker, told me.

The co-worker it happened to also reported it but didn't take out an assault charge.

My friend said this nurse has a bad reputation as "acting like the queen bee and a know-it-all" at her place of employment. I know if I had been that co-worker, I would have definitely reported the nurse as well as take out a warrant for assault with the police dept.!! It's the most bizarre thing I've ever heard of in my life, for a nurse to have done something like that to a co-worker or anybody for that matter!