Complaint Letter

I would like to bring to your attention the unpleasant intimidation I am receiving from RCH Katrina N.
Katrina’s behavior has created fear and stress in my life. I believe the problem started around October 2022. Around that time Katrina showed me a letter written by Mariano about the new management team Ana and the 2 ANM right after that on November 16 Katrina and Mariano approached me “we want to teach a lesson to the new management team do not help them or pick up extra shift for the week of November 20th and 27th. I did not feel comfortable following their plan so picked up an extra shift on November 29th.
Since then, I became the target of Katrina and her group and labeled as “loyal to management.”
Katrina is always an RCH, so she uses her assessment to retaliate and punish me.
Sadly Kartina sees bedside assignment as a punishment, one day right after their “min RHC strike” Katrina was not a charge nurse instead she was sent to MRI then to main side. When she asked me to transfer her patient to the 9th floor. She said, “she believes she has been punished from being RCH and assigned as bedside nurse.”
Every time Katrina is in charge it is very tense and stressful. She runs a very tight shift, no appreciation no support no encouragement and acknowledgement she will give me patience one after another even with NPA or OPA in placed. On the other hand, her friends will sit next to her either without an assignment, or they get to choose and pick between pediatric and adult.
When I asked for help, she would get very upset with her body gesture and tone changes. On March 22nd I had to ask ANM Laura to come and watch for my patient when I was transferring another patient to the floor.
Katrina uses her RCH assignment to make me feel incompetent and unsafe. She does not even want me to cover her lunch break. More than once when I was available and ready to cover her lunch break, she made me take over her friends’ assignment instead. She chose her friends who are less experienced and have lower seniority than me to cover RCH during her lunch.’
She also tried falsely accusing me of “almost giving a wrong dose medication to a pediatric patient”. When the fact is far from her accusation. In February of this year, I noticed one of the pediatric anesthesiologists ordered the wrong dose of Heparin to be given. As soon as I noticed it, I brought it to Katrina’s attention, and she called the doctor to fix it.
Katrina is using her RCH assignment as a weapon of punishment to retaliate and bullying therefore I fear for my patient’s safety and my license to work with Katrina as RCH. Since I have been working in this PACU I only saw her once as a bedside nurse. Everyone who comes to main after closing SMOB will have an assignment right away but Katrina.
According to our union book RCH is not a position but a managerial assignment therefore RHC should be rotated. I am sincerely asking management to evaluate and take appropriate action.I would like to bring to your attention the unpleasant intimidation I am receiving from RCH Katrina N.
Katrina’s behavior has created fear and stress in my life. I believe the problem started around October 2022. Around that time Katrina showed me a letter written by Mariano about the new management team Ana and the 2 ANM right after that on November 16 Katrina and Mariano approached me “we want to teach a lesson to the new management team do not help them or pick up extra shift for the week of November 20th and 27th. I did not feel comfortable following their plan so picked up an extra shift on November 29th.
Since then, I became the target of Katrina and her group and labeled as “loyal to management.”
Katrina is always an RCH, so she uses her assessment to retaliate and punish me.
Sadly Kartina sees bedside assignment as a punishment, one day right after their “min RHC strike” Katrina was not a charge nurse instead she was sent to MRI then to main side. When she asked me to transfer her patient to the 9th floor. She said, “she believes she has been punished from being RCH and assigned as bedside nurse.”
Every time Katrina is in charge it is very tense and stressful. She runs a very tight shift, no appreciation no support no encouragement and acknowledgement she will give me patience one after another even with NPA or OPA in placed. On the other hand, her friends will sit next to her either without an assignment, or they get to choose and pick between pediatric and adult.
When I asked for help, she would get very upset with her body gesture and tone changes. On March 22nd I had to ask ANM Laura to come and watch for my patient when I was transferring another patient to the floor.
Katrina uses her RCH assignment to make me feel incompetent and unsafe. She does not even want me to cover her lunch break. More than once when I was available and ready to cover her lunch break, she made me take over her friends’ assignment instead. She chose her friends who are less experienced and have lower seniority than me to cover RCH during her lunch.’
She also tried falsely accusing me of “almost giving a wrong dose medication to a pediatric patient”. When the fact is far from her accusation. In February of this year, I noticed one of the pediatric anesthesiologists ordered the wrong dose of Heparin to be given. As soon as I noticed it, I brought it to Katrina’s attention, and she called the doctor to fix it.
Katrina is using her RCH assignment as a weapon of punishment to retaliate and bullying therefore I fear for my patient’s safety and my license to work with Katrina as RCH. Since I have been working in this PACU I only saw her once as a bedside nurse. Everyone who comes to main after closing SMOB will have an assignment right away but Katrina.
According to our union book RCH is not a position but a managerial assignment therefore RHC should be rotated. I am sincerely asking management to evaluate and take appropriate action.

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