I need help- Infection control issue or nursing admin issue?
Dear Sister Nurses,
I hope you can help me and direct me.
I don't know the details of this situation because my ED will not talk to me. She hate me(really she does).
I am working as the SDC/IC Nurse at a LTC facility. I never had this position before but was willing to learn. I have been doing this for 6 months.
2 days ago my ED received a letter stating a family was going to JACHO and the State for various issues. I found out about this issue because I ran across the ED discussing the situation with another nurse-LPN.
From what I gather( because the ED has not discussed this with me) one of the issues were having dirty towels on the floor on shower floor after a CNA gave a shower and took the resident back to his room.
The second issue was that 2 CNA's took a patient into another patient's room to clean him of stool.
Unfortunately, the room was of that of the family making the complaints.
I think both are Nursing issues of bad timing and bad judgement.
What do any of you think?
What should I do?
I still don't know what has happened? Only the ADON, the DON, and Unit Manager know what the complaints are. The ED never has shared the info with me, but yet she says they are infection control issues.
Well, shouldn't the infection control nurse know what the problem is?
How should I defend myself?