Am I Overreacting
Back story: I am an ADON in a long term care facility.
My DON called me into her office with the administrator. She had the most serious look on her face, didn’t have the most friendly tone of voice, and said to me:
I AM USING FAKE NAMES HERE BTW.
She said, “Lulu’s daughter said she reported a bruise to you. A really big one and it wasn’t written up”. Her look on her face had “I don’t believe you” written all over it and she was not very nice. She knows me and my work ethic, as I got promoted form a floor nurse to ADON. She wasn’t asking me, was basically ready to just call me out. I got defensive and said, “Absolutely not. I don’t remember that ever happening. I’m very thorough and I would have written that up”. As I’m defending myself, she’s speaking over me and not even listening to me.
The resident’s daughter is actually in the facility. So she comes into the office to talk about the huge bruise that was found on this lady’s back and I ask her, “Lulu’s mom, did you report the bruise to me?”. And she said no. She gave the name of the other nurse she reported it to. I said, “Oh….okay” and walked out the office before I said something that would make me lose my job.
Not so much of an apology or a simple acknowledgment. In a world where nurses lose their nurses over stuff, I don’t take this shit lightly. I have a good work ethic and to be questioned in such a shitty manner makes me mad.