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kellya127
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What is the name of your state? Florida. Last year I hurt my back lifting a patient. I asked to go to the Dr. and was told no, I was putting them in a bad spot. I did get to the Dr. after much persistence. I was placed on light duty, and returned to work after a couple days off. I was following up with a Dr. and having an X-ray and MRI which took forever to be set up by work comp. In the mean time I was treated very poorly by my administrator and Director of Nursing. I was told by the stafffing coordinator and HR director that admin said I was faking an injury. My situation was openly discussed in meetings. I feel they purposely treated me bad in either an attempt to make me quit or they were just plain retaliatory. The following are examples of my problems; Placed in a position that I knew nothing about (staffing coordinator) which had just been vacated, With one day of training. They said they did not have any where else to put me. Rescinded my vacation which had already been approved and scheduled. They said they could not allow me to take it, they needed me too much. Make sense? They put me on the floor while I was still on light duty because they were short nurses. It is impossible to work hands on with patients and maintain "light duty". When I did get my vacation the following month, They called me in after 3 days and the rest of my vacation was cancelled. Finally when I returned to full duty, I was told I had to change positions. Different floor and different shift. They almost made me switch to nights but I insisted that was wrong and they backed down a bit. All this and there was noone new in my position from before. I feel very discouraged by this treatment, especially after hurting myself taking good care of their patient. Other employees have had similar problems. Can employers face any recourse for this or is it just one of those things? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks