Re: UCI Medical Center has fired 13 nurses Originally Posted by bluesky 
Maybe the charge nurse told her to chart it. That happened to me once. I was involved in a "controversy" and both the charge RN and other RNs on the floor told me to chart it. So I did and was later completely punished for it by management. They said I should have 'known better" and defied the charge nurse.
Was the Charge punished in any way? Or did they protect their own and throw you to the wolves?
I was told to write everybody up for leaving med rooms unlocked, for nurses leaving narc keys in a drawer instead of carrying them on their person, tardiness, and so on, instead of following my instinct to talk with people about these problems first. Just doing a verbal, low level talk seems most correct to me, instead of writing people up immediately. I feared the boss would be mad if I didn't write but then everyone hated me for writing, of course, including, I think, the boss! Can you say "bully"?
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