What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?georgia
I am an RN in an Intensive Care Unit in a large hospital. I was hired under a 2 year contract for a bonus of $10,000. Our unit is often less than adequately staffed and we are often given difficult assignments. On the night in question, I was given an extremely difficult assignment and asked that it be changed without response. I took the assignment and did my best. A nurse who had been pulled from another unit that I did not know was assigned to help me. She and the charge nurse complained that I did not seem to respond to them appropriately and did not accept their help with the assignment. I subsequently worked two more 12 hour shifts that week and was called in the next week for a meeting about the above incident. I was told that I appeared to be overreacting to stress and was to receive a psychiatric consultation before I could return to work. I have missed three 12 hour shifts, I have no sick or paid time off and although they assured me that I would receive short term disability insurance for the time lost, I found out that this does not begin for seven days after the incident and that it must be approved. I did not feel that I displayed any behavior that would warrent having to have a psychiatric evaluation. I was sent to the hospital physician who was to refer me to a psychiatrist-he stated at the exam that he didn't understand what he was supposed to do and needed to call my supervisor and find out. He also stated that he did not believe anything was wrong with me. I went to the hospital and stated to them that I would not receive the disability insurance if I had no diagnosis of stress related psychiatric illness and since I have no other means of support for my children I would have to seek employment elsewhere. I felt that this was in violation of the above mentioned contract since the hospital is not allowing me to work. They agreed to terminate the contract and allow me to leave their employment and I shall seek that in writing on Monday. In the meantime, I feel as if I have been treated unfairly and I have lost 36 hours of wages and endured two meetings in which I was unable to defend myself and not allowed any options except to NOT work. My children are scared because they know I have not been working-we have a mortgage and a tight budget. It will take approximately a week to get into another position in another hospital and there is more lost wages due to this one incident. And I felt as if I had no other option but to leave that institution. Would I have a case against the hospital for my lost work time and emotional duress? My history as nurse is good-I have been in the field of ICU for 28 years. I worked in the previous hospital 12 years and worked in this hospital 9 years prior to that. My work record is untarnished-and that night my patients were taken care of properly despite the stress I was under. Do you think I have a case or would it be worth it?
I am an RN in an Intensive Care Unit in a large hospital. I was hired under a 2 year contract for a bonus of $10,000. Our unit is often less than adequately staffed and we are often given difficult assignments. On the night in question, I was given an extremely difficult assignment and asked that it be changed without response. I took the assignment and did my best. A nurse who had been pulled from another unit that I did not know was assigned to help me. She and the charge nurse complained that I did not seem to respond to them appropriately and did not accept their help with the assignment. I subsequently worked two more 12 hour shifts that week and was called in the next week for a meeting about the above incident. I was told that I appeared to be overreacting to stress and was to receive a psychiatric consultation before I could return to work. I have missed three 12 hour shifts, I have no sick or paid time off and although they assured me that I would receive short term disability insurance for the time lost, I found out that this does not begin for seven days after the incident and that it must be approved. I did not feel that I displayed any behavior that would warrent having to have a psychiatric evaluation. I was sent to the hospital physician who was to refer me to a psychiatrist-he stated at the exam that he didn't understand what he was supposed to do and needed to call my supervisor and find out. He also stated that he did not believe anything was wrong with me. I went to the hospital and stated to them that I would not receive the disability insurance if I had no diagnosis of stress related psychiatric illness and since I have no other means of support for my children I would have to seek employment elsewhere. I felt that this was in violation of the above mentioned contract since the hospital is not allowing me to work. They agreed to terminate the contract and allow me to leave their employment and I shall seek that in writing on Monday. In the meantime, I feel as if I have been treated unfairly and I have lost 36 hours of wages and endured two meetings in which I was unable to defend myself and not allowed any options except to NOT work. My children are scared because they know I have not been working-we have a mortgage and a tight budget. It will take approximately a week to get into another position in another hospital and there is more lost wages due to this one incident. And I felt as if I had no other option but to leave that institution. Would I have a case against the hospital for my lost work time and emotional duress? My history as nurse is good-I have been in the field of ICU for 28 years. I worked in the previous hospital 12 years and worked in this hospital 9 years prior to that. My work record is untarnished-and that night my patients were taken care of properly despite the stress I was under. Do you think I have a case or would it be worth it?