Whoa, that sucks. I really feel for you. Most of the nurses I've encountered have been either friendly or at least left me alone. I always try to be really nice to them because a.) I have close family members who are or have been nurses, b.) they can sometimes be very helpful to you as a confused medical student, and c.) because some of them have an innate hatred of medical students/residents, and I somehow hope thay by being extra nice I'll crack through their stony exterior and get them to like me. This has rarely worked, and I've had to bite my tongue on more than one occasion when dealing with one of the latter types.
So yeah, let this serve as a warning to those entering their clinical years to be nice to nurses and other hospital staff, because they can help you out a lot and because there's nothing like petty authority to bring out the absolute worst in people. But it really doesn't sound like you did anything seriously wrong in this case, other than show a little attitude. The nurse confronted you about a policy you have never heard of or seen observed, and you responded by showing an intention to comply (by finishing your coffee), although not in the time frame she desired. At least at my institution, I believe incident reports are handled by the human resources department, who should contact you to get your version of events. I wouldn't wait, though- I would find out who it goes to and call them to verify that they actually received the report and to tell them your side of the story. Don't lose your cool or badmouth the nurse involved, just explain that you were confused about the policy (as someone pointed out, as students we are not privy to employee manuals or trainings about these types of policies), and that you intended to comply by finishing and disposing of your coffee and were surprised when the nurse responded the way she did.
This seems like it will be a pretty minor infraction if it even goes on your record (which you should fight), but the next step is to find out (either from HR, dean's office, or student ombudsman if you have one) if this type of report in any way goes into your school records. If it does, then the priority should be doing everything in your power to keep it from going there. The dean's office should also be able to tell you if this has to be reported in some way that could affect residency applications. Hopefully this won't go to the level of professionalism reviews, if things went down the way you say then that seems pretty extreme. In any case, your school should be advocating for you; they want you to get a good residency placement, too, so blowing up something so minor isn't really in their best interests, either. Basically, I would deal with this proactively by contacting first your HR department or wherever the report goes, and by talking to someone in the dean's office. And steer clear of this nurse as much as possible. Good luck, hopefully the whole thing will blow over.
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