on my way out of my current workplace.

My soon to be ex manager approached me to tell me I’m not allowed to use infusion pumps anymore because the doctor in charge of educating nurses at my current unit never explained that to me.

While true, I never learned to change pumps from any doctor, but from other nurses at another unit, where nurses without accreditation but experience teach nurses that, because otherwise shifts would have to be 14 hours long to be done with.

Same with taking blood samples, specially during emergencies btw.

Several nurses with less experience than me are free to do this, but she singles only me out. This is absolutely NOT retaliation.

Rant over. I guess the correct reaction would be to get the necessary accreditation, something she clearly implied is not going to approve, but I’m soon going to work elsewhere, so time to prepare to convince my new manager I want and need that accreditation and maybe some others as well?

Is this something that benefits me?

  • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
    4·
    3 hours ago

    No idea about your specific legal situation, as it heavily depends on where on earth you are.

    But what sprang immediately to my mind is that it sounds highly illegal if the manager is indeed right. They knowingly let you do things, which apparently they know you are not allowed to do. In a health care environment, which normally have some kind of control instances.

    So regarding the “benefiting you”: have a talk with your old manager about somebody telling the control instances of your profession. Orrrr maybe they could help making the transition easier for you… For example by paying the training for you.

  • jeffw@lemmy.world
    15·
    16 hours ago

    Is this the US? There’s no requirement afaik, unless your employer has a policy in place requiring a specific certification

    Edit: wait, that might be an RN thing. If you’re an LPN there might be restrictions