Hey everyone, I need some advice and a sanity check because I feel like I'm losing my mind on my unit. I work in an ICU where we are constantly short-staffed and doing mandatory overtime. I raised concerns to my manager about nurses taking group breaks unannounced, leaving me to cover 7–8 ICU patients alone. Nothing changed. Recently, a critical safety event happened. A nurse went into another patient's room without handing off or letting anyone nearby know. Meanwhile, her patient's Norepinephrine drip ran out, and the IV pump was alarming for about 5 minutes. The patient's BP dropped significantly. The charge nurse and I jumped in to help and replace the line. When the primary nurse finally came back, I told her, "Next time, please give a quick handoff to nurses nearby before stepping away." Instead of acknowledging the safety risk, she blew up at me and yelled, "Don't you EVER step into my patient's room again, even if an alarm goes off!" I was stunned. This wasn't personal drama—a patient literally decompensated because of neglect. So, I submitted an anonymous internal incident/safety report about the unmonitored Levophed runout and the lack of coverage/handoff culture. Instead of investigating the safety issue, my manager took a photo of the incident report and posted it directly into our unit's nurse group chat. She was furious and claimed that: 1) I didn't report it directly to her first. 2) "Peer conflicts" should not be put in incident reports. Since then, the nurses on my unit have been extremely hostile and mean toward me. On top of mandatory OT, I am emotionally exhausted and thinking about quitting on the spot. Isn't an empty Levo drip causing hypotension a clear patient safety issue, not just "peer drama"? Is it even legal/allowed for a manager to photo an anonymous safety report and blast it in a group chat to shame the reporter? Should I escalate this to Risk Management/HR, or should I just hand in my resignation and walk away? Any advice or perspective would be greatly appreciated.   submitted by   /u/BlueForest_RN [link]   [comments]