accused of falsifying documentation

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I charted a wrong blood sugar in error. Once I realized it I disclosed it, to the doc and on the chart, but my med nurse was suspicious and reported me to the DON and HR as falsifying documentation. Her evidence is her statement that the glucometer didn't match the BS reading I documented. I submitted an incident report, med error report, and a statement at the time. But now HR is investigating. What should I expect, are they likely to fire me due to being a potential liability? Is it up to my DON or does HR play a big role? I don't have any other marks on my record, an occasional med transcription error but am overall in good standing. I'm worried sick, it's 1am and I can't sleep thinking about this... any advice is appreciated!

Thanks for the feedback, it puts my mind at ease a little bit. It's just embarrassing to have to go through and defend myself when I didn't mean to do anything wrong. Hopefully the powers that be will see it that way too...

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Specializes in ER.

This is a good example of why it's better to have the one giving the insulin also take the blood sugar. I once made a med error when a tech told me that a pt had so and so a blood sugar. Turns out he was the roommate, and luckily their blood sugars were very similar, so I actually gave him the correct dose.

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