I question this (VENT)

Last Monday we had a company representative come to give an inservice on a wound vac. This "inservice" lasted over 4 hours, ending with myself (charge nurse for the day) the ADON and the company representative getting the wound vac placed on the Resident. Then the ADON and I helped get the Resident up for supper. After that I as the day charge nurse went back to do the supper time med pass. give report and count narcotics, and then left. I had three days off.

When I returned back to work after being off, I found in my mail box a "Memo", stating that the CNAs were NOT allowed to disconnect the wound vac so that the Rsident could be up. Since I was off I do not know what exactly happend, or who had this happen.

But the rest of this "Memo" states to consider this your first verbal warning, and IF the ADON hears or see the practice of the CNAs disconnecting the wound vac, we will receive another written warning and possible suspension.

I am to sign this "memo" and return it to the ADON.

I do NOT feel that I did anything wrong to get a verbal warning on, and the "Memo" implies that this is a written one as well since it states ANOTHER written will be given IF this happens again.

I just do not feel comfortable in just signing this as it will go into my personal file and be used when it is time to have the work perfomance reviews.

Would anyone just sign and give the employer justification not based on your work to influence your annual review and possible raise?

I am so irrate about how this was handled... no policy and proceedures were made BEFORE this wound vac was obtained and placed on the Resident, and I can see how the facillity would want to clarify the new policy, but to make it both a verbal and written warning and nor even based on my work I feel is unfair and unwarrented.