worst night EVER!!!

At least you don't have to go back :)

Sorry you had such a rough night. That charge nurse was anything but supportive.

Sorry for all the grammar errors in the original post, I posted it without reading it back.

If that ever happens again to you try to get the witch off your back from the get go with a really strong statement. I would have also let her know that if she was not happy with me that she was free to call in a replacement and I will stay until my replacement comes in and I give report! One night of pay is not worth all that agony. I know I would have words with this person had this happened to me.

My suggestiuon is that you might want to express your "CONCERNS" (you noticed I avoided "COMPLAINTS") to your agency and request that they review it with the facility you went to. Inasmuchas I'm only hearing your report of the night's activities, it sounds like you ran into the Wicked Nurse of the West. You didn't deserve her behavior.

I will give her the benefit of the doubt in that she, too, may have waded into a cesspool that night also, so that might explain her behavior. But she risked upsetting you to the point of your making a possible mistake. And she was possibly raising a level of concern about your competency (and hence your agency's) with the patients. At minimum, that jeopardizes the professional contractual relationship of her facility with your agency.

You will need to calm down if you go this route. Your emotions are running full speed. But you should notify your agency of this incident as that nurse may also be complaining to her DON about you already. Keep you concerns short and sweet, factual, to the point (avoid pt names r/t HIPAA) and for all sakes, don't blow up! Keep a good set of logical, sequential summary notes of the shift.

If I had been you that night and the situation was as bad as you describe, I would have called my agency STAT and her DON if I felt it was it was that stormy. I mean, what would have been next ... a screaming match between you two??? hands on??? Just curious, was there another nurse or supervisor to mediate?

It was NOT a good night for all. And you're right, you don't have to go back there, but you are dependent on the agency for time and your reputation. Agency can be tough for experienced and newbie nurses but professionalism and pt safety are stil in order.

I did complain to the agency about her that morning and she was reported to her facility that Monday morning. I did find out that it was not the first time she was complained about and 3 other nurses also refuse to go back. The nurses that also worked there was notified and they verified what happened that night. Yes, I should have called my agency that night, that was my mistake but I lived thru it. I told the nurses at my full time job that "I will never complain about this place", they laughed and said "it's not always greener on the other side is it". I'm glad that now I know. I actually applied there at one time but did not go to the interview and I am so glad I did not!

OOOPS!!! OP should have titled the post "Worst night so far". Tempting fate otherwise.

All nurses have had shifts that support the old adage .... just when you think things can't get any worse, they always do. Seriously, surviving "those" shifts makes us tougher & more resilient in the long run - and gives us some great war stories to share with colleagues.

OOOPS!!! OP should have titled the post "Worst night so far". Tempting fate otherwise.

All nurses have had shifts that support the old adage .... just when you think things can't get any worse, they always do. Seriously, surviving "those" shifts makes us tougher & more resilient in the long run - and gives us some great war stories to share with colleagues.

Point well taken!