To add to the reply;  I was also told in my write up that every call that I get when I am on call I am to call my boss and she will help me make a decision. How insulting is that?  Why do they have me on call if I am not permitted to make a decision. 

Ouch, this one is a disaster waiting to happen..Unfortunately there are places like this..Where  do you live? I live in Florida and that means "it's a right to work state"  What that is ,is an em[ployer can terminate you for any reason including the sun not shining, your eye color etc.. Pick a reason.. The only thing we can do if fired is to go for unemployment..It's usually turned doen the 1st time, but then you'll get a medeator to assist. Then you will usually get it.. Just incase though, do your self a huge favor and document every thing. You can also with those other women can take him to court for wrongful termination. Is your boss the director of this establishment.. Does she have a boss. If you find that there is one, you can go to her boss ond on up.. Just keep it in the chain of command.

I just with my husband, and he states that is the way some place run so they can hirer cheaper employees. As for your 90 day eval., Neither of us would of signed it..

I am also going to send this to Dr. Tom and see what he can tell us.

Hugs,Teresa

What a truly crappy situation.  I would dust-off my resume' and start looking for a different place to work.

First, yes, document everything, including date, time, anyone who may have witnessed the situation.  On the whole, this is a morale buster of an organization.  If they are lying on your evaluation, I would not try to walk out, I would try to run out of that place as soon as I could afford to do it.  If they do that kind of crap, you could lose your license and maybe do jail time, if they accuse you of taking drugs or something like that.

The type of organization can play with how you can approach this situation.  If it is governmental or has a union, you can go through the governmental higher-ups/union bosses to find some help. 

NGO's (Non-Governmental Organizations) can be really tricky.  First split is Profit or Not-for-Profit.  If there is a board of directors, an appeal to them (have your evidence together and solid).  If the corporate culture is coming from the Board, you know what they say about snowballs-in-Hell?  Not-for-Profits tend to be more rare in the USA, but they want to keep a good name, because if they are dragged into a labor issue for poor business practices, it plays havoc on their donors and how much they give in donations to the organization (if I hear that some outfit I donate to is having administrative problems, I look for someplace else to donate my money.)

Sorry, that I can only contribute these few ramblings.  Knowing the type of organization it is and how they get their money makes a big difference in where this conversation can go.

I had a terrible Director (he was hired on a 1 year probation-which for physicians in the government usually is just a formality).  I was working on my PhD in Health Care Management and was taking a course in Total Quality Management.  I wrote a paper that was about 15-20 pages long describing the situation in my division, the effect that he had on morale, the support that we were finally getting from the FDA Commissioner and Congress and what was happening and what should be happening.  No names, just generalities.

One of the senior physician reviewers who I spoke with frequently, had read the paper and knew that I got an A+ for the paper and in the course.  Also, he knew who I was talking about in the paper.  He copied my paper and took it to the Office Director in charge of hiring this guy. 

It turned out, my paper was the damning evidence that caused that physician not to be offered a permanent position.

Anyway,  the type of organization and where your boss fits in the organization, as Teresa had said, would help for us to flesh-out this problem further.

Anonymous says ...

To add to the reply;  I was also told in my write up that every call that I get when I am on call I am to call my boss and she will help me make a decision. How insulting is that?  Why do they have me on call if I am not permitted to make a decision. 

yeah, that sort of defeats the purpose. It may seem difficult to walk away @ first but what a relief, seriously! Keep records on everything, they will owe you for wrongful termination!

For what it's worth:  My son was in a crappy situation at his work and he was coming home with high anxiety.  It was not worth it to his health, physically or mentally.

I told him to call in and find someone else to threaten and abuse (not exactly those words, but you get the idea.)

Tom

You would think that adults could work together and get along. I love my chosen profession, but it seems that back-biting and back-stabbing is the order of the day. All you can do in a situation such as this one is DOCUMENT,DOCUMENT, and DOCUMENT!!!! It makes no sense to me to write someone up for meds not being given when pharmacy didn't deliver them. I hope things will get better for you, but I don't see it happening! I say cover your butt in all instances while working at this facility, because I see an accident waiting to happen. I hope my 2 cents helps. GOOD LUCK and GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As I havebeen reading through the documentation that I have. I noticed several mistruths.  I document every conversation that is important. I am covering my a$$.  It seems to me that they get off on treating people this way.  ANd if for some reason I too get the AX I will have enough documentation to sue for wrongful termination.  Thank you for your thoughts and advice.

Keep us posted..This sucks...Teresa

If you can print this string out, your lawyer might be interested in the chronology and the opinions of other professional nurses. 

Just something to keep in mind.

Tom

What I'm trying to understand is why you would need a supervisor's permission to report a dose of missed Ativan?????? You were hired as Assistant Program Director/ Administrator, and I'm assuming you had authority to make important decisions, right??? How  in the heck is this facility and incompetent staff still up and running???  I can't get my mind wrapped around firing someone for calling 911 when someone is threatening to kill themselves? Come on, she may have been dead before you got around to assessing her! It's just OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do not know how egregious your supervisors decisions were, but if she is a nurse, it would be something to flag the state Board of Nursing about this behavior and how the supervisors professional practice may be endangering patients.

Her behavior may not reach the tipping point, but I would personally feel better if a third party would poke their heads into the situation and make sure that nothing that bad is happening.

Tom

Please direguard the above post..I think I had a brain spasm and for got to know how to spell. So:I am a nurse and instructire. I was trrying to say that if you are not severly injured, you can take you own vehicl or a friends. However all of my student are taught  to use 911. It's better to cal lif you don't know what to dol Remember you are liable to this situation..Amd don't this the facility will back you up..I qwould be calling the health department, the county, The state , and The Bon.Tis would be done the first time I saw it, I would have called in a NY minute..Please be careful and guard your self..Go Bless and Good luck. Please keep meposted on the events...Hugs,Teresa

Sounds like you are off to a great start.  Congratulations.  Tom 

Cool Beans, Good going...Hugs,Teresa    

If they investigate even one of the complaints and the investigators are worth their salt, they will pick up on many other things and if they start finding more as they look, they will dig deep.  Two reasons, one is that is what their job is and they should protect the public and the other (not as glamorous) is that it is easier to go after a sure thing, than go chasing maybe investigations.

The ball is rolling.  Talk to you lawyer about what his/her strategy is to protect you.  The company you left will find their own lawyer and use their "evidence" to go after you and try to discredit you ( and trying to get the attention off of them).  Just make sure your lawyer is on top of it.

Tom