Addendums

[0121Mednurse]

I want to know your thoughts regarding management creating addendums on progress notes written by another? Please share your opinions. Thank you

[JKL33]

On 7/22/2022 at 6:21 AM, mtmkjr said:

Maybe it's simply "Let's not create a problem where there isn't a problem"

That could be; I guess it depends on whether everyone knows there's a problem/what the nature of the resident's behavior really is. OP says

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told to monitor the resident inappropriate behavior with  multiple female residents for quite sometime

 

[SethH]

Seems like the addendum would be more suited for a incident report rather than a patient chart. It was some form of management objectively commenting on their interpretation of the event as told by the nurse who witnessed it.

[0121Mednurse]

I feel the same way. Admin could have asked the registry nurse if she would be able to stop by and agreeable to adding an addendum. I don’t think admin thought this through, what if the registry nurse says the DON never contacted her about this.