Please give me advice. My former employer is being sued. I was contacted by the families investigator for information about the company. I can't say very nice things about my former employer.   The DON did not like me and I was set up and terminated. And no I did not  do what they said I did. I was not the only nurse set up and terminated. The law suit does not pertain to me. It pertains to another nurse that worked on my day off. I was contacted because they are trying to prove that the staffing was short and that is what caused the residents death. I know for a fact that staffing was short. I often worked alone on a 60 bed unit after 6pm.  I can;t say very nice yhings about this company. And not because I am angry and want them to pay. My husband does not want me to get envolved because he is afraid that I will be drawn into a long law suit.

What is your advice should I help the family? What could happened to me if I get envolved?  I think this horrible unethical nursing home should pay.  But, if I help will I pay in the long run?

You know the right thing in your heart.  It's going to be really difficult for you, but I think you should do it. 

Do it for the current and future patients, whose families are trusting this facility. 

Do it for this nurse.  She is probably named in this lawsuit, even though she was probably doing the best she could with what was given to her.  What if the resident had died on your shift? 

Do it for yourself, because you know that this facility is in the wrong and if you don't do what you can you will probably always think about the situation with regret.  You don't need that weighing on you. 

I hope that you can come to a decision that you can live with and isn't too destructive to you.  I am very sorry for this position you've been put in. 

Ok, I went to the hearing. How freaken fun. My former employer had dozens of write ups in my file that never happened. None had my signiture on them. None where on the forms that they used when I worked there.  They tried to make me look like the most unsafe nurse out there. They said they terminated me and they did not. The way the write ups looked I should have been terminated yeras ago and had my license shredded.  The best part was all my evaluations stated I went above and beyond. Real nice of my former employer to go out of their way to make me look like a unsafe, unethical nurse.   I wish I would have stayed out of the whole mess.