wondering if a complaint will be filed against me

linearthinker, DNP, RN · Sep 17, 2011

I doubt it.

RNdiva505 · Sep 17, 2011

NO but they should have at least given you a second chance....And I don't understand why doctors don't call and ask for the results!?! That bugs, esp. if you were working 3-11 shift.

Sounds like you were walking on egg shells all along!

RNChristy · Sep 18, 2011

.And I don't understand why doctors don't call and ask for the results!?! That bugs, esp. if you were working 3-11 shift.
OP, I hope all works out for!! RN Diva505, I have not worked with too many doctors that will call for the results. They expect he nurses to call with any abnormal results. You will probably see this more as you move along in your career as a nurse.
Christy

RNdiva505 · Sep 18, 2011

I'm sorry Christy, I should have wrote {sarcastic} at the end of that....Just funny that "short term and much sicker" patients dr.s wait for us to call knowing that usually 3-11 shifts are very busy....Wow! It is true...We nurses are the center of patient care! (along with other floor staff)!

luv4nursing · Sep 18, 2011

more than likely nothing will come of it. I remember getting reamed by a Dr as a new grad for not calling results on a low K+ level. It wasnt critical, but it was low and what I was taught in orientation was we had to call criticals. The nurse manager was at the desk at the time the doc was reaming me in front of everyone and she had my back.

GoingCoastalRNCCRN · Sep 18, 2011

You need to file a grievance with the employer that fired you. Go to the HR there and tell them you need to file a grievance that you were unfairly fired. Every employer has routes you can go when you feel you were treated unfairly. And I would say, from what you are telling us, that you were treated unfairly. We are not babysitters for doctors. . they are grown ups and need to be accountable for their own patients as well. I understand that we have a responsibility to contact MD's for problems but they have responsibilities to follow up with their own patients as well. There should be a system in place for errors. . not a "one mistake and your gone" system. That's ridiculous. .we are human. Good luck! Go get 'em!

CapeCodMermaid, RN · Sep 18, 2011

We were cited by the DPH for not notifying the doc of an abnormal lab...there was absolutely no harm to the patient. No one was fired. After that we were checking and double checking every lab. Some of the docs had a melt down since we were calling them for labs one point or one 10th of a point from normal. I'd say your boss had another agenda.

leslie :-D · Sep 18, 2011

The DON just said..."I don't think this is a good fit for you." I am now wondering if a complaint will be filed against me and my license. This has never happened to me! Why do I have to always learn things the hard way!!!!!

how long did you work there for?

i ask because i don't think the DON would say that to you (about not being good fit) based on one, isolated incident.

i sense more is going on besides not calling dr.

hope it all works out for you.

leslie

RiceChai · Sep 21, 2011

I really doubt it,

best wishes!

giveface · Sep 21, 2011

Gosh I sure hope not. You sound like you learned a lot from it and every single nurse will make a mistake at some point. Learning from them and moving forward is what's most important. You sound like a conscientious person, it is unfair to fire you from one mistake. But I too sense that given what the DON told you, that there was more going on that for some reason or another they maybe wanted you gone? Anyways, only you can reflect on that. But I wish you the best and worst case scenario, even if they proceed with a complaint against your license (which I highly, highly doubt), no body died, it is not a super grave error. Also, as someone said above, we are all human, patients and employers and nursing regulators need to be more understanding.