You will recall from my post in May the manager of the ED calling me in to the office to tell me that “people” were complaining I was too slow. I proved, using the analysis tools in our charting software that I wasn’t slow. In fact, I was in the middle of the pack. That first conversation was in April.
In May, we had another talk that I wasn’t seeing my share of patients, and “people” were complaining I wasn’t carrying my share of the load. That’s what prompted the post in May. Again, I turned to the charting software and showed I was the third most productive nurse in the ED in terms of number of patients, even though I am PRN and worked far fewer days.
In June and July, I was getting some serious overtime with bonus money. In July, the department announced only full time employees are eligible for bonus money.
Two weeks ago, I was working with a pair of charge nurses. A patient came in and they were assessing the patient. They missed the fact that their patient was having a stroke. I pointed it out to them, and they said they were handling things and not to worry about it. The patient was in fact having a stroke, and the hospital is now freaking out about liability. I got called into the office and was asked about the case. I responded things could have gone better. The manager told me I was being written up for not overriding the charge nurses. I responded by telling her I didn’t want to be a scapegoat, especially since the two charge nurses aren’t receiving any discipline. I was overruled by the charge, I don’t see how that’s on me, the patient wasn’t even my patient. She replied by saying I am a nurse just like they are, and I am legally responsible for whatever happens to the patient, since I was in the room. She said she didn’t care if I signed the discipline or not, it was going in my file. The other manager who was there as a witness was sitting behind her, nodding at the points I was making. I got up and walked out of her office, walked over to the charge nurse and told her I was going home, clocked out and left. When I got home, I called the manager’s boss, who agreed with me and said I should not receive discipline for that.
It turns out my plan from May didn’t mean a thing when you can get in trouble for what others do:
So my plan here is now: No write-ups, no escalations, no drama, not being the fastest, best, or most efficient nurse. Keep my head down, collect my $50 an hour, and go home at the end of the day. If someone says something to correct or counsel me, the answer will be “Got it—I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you for your input.”
My next shift, and the manager acted like nothing happened. This morning, the new schedule came out. I am not scheduled to work a single shift for the next schedule period. That schedule means I won’t be working for most of October and all of November. Since she can’t write me up or fire me, she is going to just not schedule me to work.
This is like a girlfriend who doesn’t want to date you any longer, but doesn’t have the guts to break up with you herself, so she makes you so miserable that you initiate the breakup, then she gets to play the role of the injured party.
This is why it sucks to work with women or have a woman as a boss. Women are scheming, drama seeking backstabbers doing underhanded passive/aggressive stuff like this while patting themselves on the back for being a powerful boss woman.
Anyhow, I am looking for another part time gig. In the meantime, my income is still higher than my expenses, so I don’t need to work. The loss in income will just cut into my guns and ammo budget for a bit. I don’t think I want a regular job any longer, unless someone comes along and offers something awesome.
I’ve been getting recruited pretty hard for travel positions, so I may just take a 13 week contract January-March. There are a couple available that pay more than $2k a week. One of them is just a 90 minute drive from here. I will call the recruiter and see what they can get me. I won’t quit for now, because I get to say I still work there, which makes a resume look better.
I thought about putting in for unemployment, but you only get $275 a week, and that isn’t worth the hassle.
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