Hi All,
I hope you will take the time to advise me. Here is my situation. The facility I work for is Magnet Certified, and this past week Magnet was surveying the facility. I was walking out of the hospital at the end of my night shift when the VP of Nursing for the company asked me to talk to the Magnet representives briefly in one of the conference rooms. She said she only had one other night shift nurse and needed someone else. I agreed and spoke with the Magnet Reps. They were very kind, and ask me three questions. I answered them positively and honestly. Overall, I thought the meeting went very well, and that I represented the Hospital in a positive light. That was until I received a nasty message two days later on my home answering machine. It was from the Director Of Nurses at the hospital. She was vague in her message, but stated " This is -------, I am totally disgusted and heartbroken that you would say anything negative to the Magnet Reps. May I remind you 2 years ago, when I came in during the night to be nursing supervisor....." It went on... I called my Supervisor immediately to ask what had happened, as I had no idea anything I said was negative and that I really had no idea what the D.O.N was referring to. My supervisor stated she did not know anything about it, and instructed me to call the D.O.N back and ask her to explain what she is refering to. I did... The D.O.N stated that the feedback that she received was that the Managers and Directors are not accessable on the off shifts and she accused me of saying it. The sad thing is I said no such thing. I wasn't even asked that question by the Magnet Reps. I told her this, and in detail described to her what I was asked and my answers. She then said, "Fine... Whatever, I just don't want any dirty laundry aired in front of the Magnet Reps..."
Now, I am angry... As I have had time to stew over this. I feel what the D.O.N did was very wrong. First, she should never have contacted me . Secondly, she made an incorrect assumption that she should have never made in the first place. The Magnet Reps talked to many staff nurses over the past week.
I feel as though I was truly harassed by this D.O.N and don't exactly know what to do from here. We do not have a union at this hospital. I am almost tempted to write to Magnet and inform them of how I was contacted.... I know, however, I probably will lose my job at this hospital if I do so. I should mention, that I have worked happily for this hospital for over a decade and have never been councilled or disaplined. My evaluations have always been excellent. I guess I am just having a hard time accepting this.... What would you do?????:confused:
I hope you will take the time to advise me. Here is my situation. The facility I work for is Magnet Certified, and this past week Magnet was surveying the facility. I was walking out of the hospital at the end of my night shift when the VP of Nursing for the company asked me to talk to the Magnet representives briefly in one of the conference rooms. She said she only had one other night shift nurse and needed someone else. I agreed and spoke with the Magnet Reps. They were very kind, and ask me three questions. I answered them positively and honestly. Overall, I thought the meeting went very well, and that I represented the Hospital in a positive light. That was until I received a nasty message two days later on my home answering machine. It was from the Director Of Nurses at the hospital. She was vague in her message, but stated " This is -------, I am totally disgusted and heartbroken that you would say anything negative to the Magnet Reps. May I remind you 2 years ago, when I came in during the night to be nursing supervisor....." It went on... I called my Supervisor immediately to ask what had happened, as I had no idea anything I said was negative and that I really had no idea what the D.O.N was referring to. My supervisor stated she did not know anything about it, and instructed me to call the D.O.N back and ask her to explain what she is refering to. I did... The D.O.N stated that the feedback that she received was that the Managers and Directors are not accessable on the off shifts and she accused me of saying it. The sad thing is I said no such thing. I wasn't even asked that question by the Magnet Reps. I told her this, and in detail described to her what I was asked and my answers. She then said, "Fine... Whatever, I just don't want any dirty laundry aired in front of the Magnet Reps..."
Now, I am angry... As I have had time to stew over this. I feel what the D.O.N did was very wrong. First, she should never have contacted me . Secondly, she made an incorrect assumption that she should have never made in the first place. The Magnet Reps talked to many staff nurses over the past week.
I feel as though I was truly harassed by this D.O.N and don't exactly know what to do from here. We do not have a union at this hospital. I am almost tempted to write to Magnet and inform them of how I was contacted.... I know, however, I probably will lose my job at this hospital if I do so. I should mention, that I have worked happily for this hospital for over a decade and have never been councilled or disaplined. My evaluations have always been excellent. I guess I am just having a hard time accepting this.... What would you do?????:confused: