A nursing assistant complained to the nurse manager that a staff nurse

QUESTION

A nursing assistant complained to the nurse manager that a staff nurse was making sexually inappropriate statements. The nursing assistant felt that the nurse manager did not adequately counsel the staff nurse.

After the nursing assistant filed a grievance, a hearing was held. It is the nursing assistant’s responsibility to:
a.
Hire an attorney
b.
Obtain a witness
c.
Leave the hospital because of conflict of interest
d.
Obtain the services of the American Nurses Association

ANSWER:

ANS: B
A hearing is similar to courtroom proceedings. Witnesses are presented and cross-examined in an alternating sequence. First, a witness testifies for the initiator, and is cross-examined, and then a witness for the responding party testifies and is cross-examined.