Hi everyone desperately need advice because I'm so stressed out and I don't know what to do.
Cut a long story straight I'm a newly qualified nurse (3 months) and we have a WhatsApp group for the ward. On said group, one of the sisters left a horrible message about a patient stating he was left wet, dirty, etc and that next time she will be putting names on the chat about it. Although my name wasn't mentioned, it was my patient as for example it was put as patient in bay 5 bed 6. So everyone knew it was my patient. The patient had not been left like that when I left my shift I checked him at 19.05 and left at 19.30 so the issue must have arised afterwards. I was very upset, crying because I felt like the ward would think I was a terrible nurse etc and so I said I have a right to go to HR as it wasn't dealt with properly and I should have been pulled to one side about said issue. The sister is now saying if I go to HR about her, she will report me for helping the other nurses do IVs. I do mix the IVs with another nurse but I don't administer them as I haven't had the proper training yet. I'm terrified she's going to get me sacked or worse I'll lose my pin, but equally I can't let her bullying behaviour carry on. What would others do in my situation? I've also now been signed off sick with stress as I am also 6 months pregnant. Thank you for taking the time to read this!