A nurse passes mediations this way:
Takes medication out of drawer or cart.
Verify 5 rights
Signs the medication sheet.
Passes the medication
If pt refuses or does not take, waste or refusal is recorded
and initals are circled indicating pt did not take.
Is this negligent?
I am stunned by my experience.
Agency nurse, travel to different facilities.
This one skilled nursing, been there before.
Approached yesterday by management regarding pm shift Oct 27 5 weeks ago?
patient wrote letter ( she is alert and watches calls state frequently) saying I had not given her BP medication that evening and I had acted unconcerned.
I replyed to admin I do not recall this medication pass but it seems unlike me to treat a patient this way but of course I would go speak with here, which I did.
She said, no you did nothing wrong, it was the nurse after you that told me you had not given me my medication and I should write a letter to nurse manager.
I told managment all is ok, what patient had said to me and I returned to my work.
little while later they approach me to complete an indident report.
I again was agreeable but said I really do not recall this medication pass as I have done hundreds since then but I will fill this out to best of my knowledge.
I looked at medication sheet that date and I had initaled it, which tells me I had given the med and she had taken it.
I wrote incident pretty muchas above with no admission of guilt.
remember I am employed by agency.....so these managers are keeping me past my shift telling me my indident report is not adequate.
I explained how I pass meds..that is when sh... hit the fan. They assumed by my method of passing I had made the error and this became the focus.I had also walked into an office and overheard one of the managers speaking to a staff nurse that was uninvolved in any way how I had made this mistake because of the way I pass meds!!!
It is now 2 1/2 hrs past my shifts end. they are having a private meeting about this , asked me to wait whiich I was trying to be cooperative so I did.
then 2 of managers came out, took me into room to counsel me basically leading to me writing a corrected incident report because obviously I had made the error because of the way I pass meds!
The DON was present at this meeting, I am exhausted and hungery, I saw what they were getting at and stood up saying under my breath as I left the room, this is Bull Sh...
My shift ended at 2:45. At 5:15 I walked out, got into my car and parked called my agency. They were very supportive of me and suggested I call them to come if ever another problem but...this situation left me feeling like I had been interrogated by the FBI and they were wanting me to confess to a crime I did not committ, perhaps to take the heat off them because this patient frequently calls the state.
I have never ever been treated this way or had a situation like this
and still feel overwhelmed by it all.
Sorry I am not whining but this , to me, is an eyeopener as to what can happen in a dysfunctional place.
My employer asked if I would want to have a meeting with them, he would go too, perhaps to sooth things over ( it is their contract) but I declined after sleeping on it. I simply do not trust them. Should I go meet management of facility? Thanks for reading.
