I am an RN at a small nursing home. On Monday of this week, I submitted 2 incident reports to my DON, she admits that she "KNOWS" I did them but now, on Friday, they are nowhere to be found. She is requesting that I redo them over the weekend to have them ready for her on Monday morning. I am not sure I feel this is right? I didn't lose them and I can hardly remember yesterday, let alone Monday. The incident report is just a facility policy, it isn't part of the chart (we still paper chart). Any input?
Actually the DON and I have been friends a long time, before I even started working at the facility. And we have talked about someone possibly taking them out of her box, I'm not upset with her, the situation is what had me upset. She knew I turned them in, another coworker saw me turn them in also. I just wondered if it was in fact ok to rewrite the reports almost 5 days later, and was frustrated because the reports are a 10 pg packet to begin with and they take a lot of time, time I don't have as I work about 10hrs over my scheduled time weekly the way it is.
Actually the DON and I have been friends a long time, before I even started working at the facility. And we have talked about someone possibly taking them out of her box, I'm not upset with her, the situation is what had me upset. She knew I turned them in, another coworker saw me turn them in also. I just wondered if it was in fact ok to rewrite the reports almost 5 days later, and was frustrated because the reports are a 10 pg packet to begin with and they take a lot of time, time I don't have as I work about 10hrs over my scheduled time weekly the way it is.
ah! then what you need is a secured delivery system, last i saw was a mail box built into the DNS office door, slot too small to get a hand in. Putting it UNDER the door, if no one has a key, is also an option.
ah! then what you need is a secured delivery system, last i saw was a mail box built into the DNS office door, slot too small to get a hand in. Putting it UNDER the door, if no one has a key, is also an option.
I like this idea. My last facility the DON & ADON had the mailboxes on their doors. They were the simple ones with locks on them so no hands could get in there. The issue was is they were gone for more than a few days it became next to impossible to cram any other papers in there due to the smaller slots. Then things started going under the door, but the cleaning staff had access to the office and things would still go "missing".
It is probably illegal to keep a personal photocopy of them, especially in your locker or other space that you, more or less, control. That said, it is certainly a bummer to have to re-do them. Don't ever take it out of the building.
Ten pages? What, in God's name, are they asking for on those ten pages?
kendrasuey
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Actually the DON and I have been friends a long time, before I even started working at the facility. And we have talked about someone possibly taking them out of her box, I'm not upset with her, the situation is what had me upset. She knew I turned them in, another coworker saw me turn them in also. I just wondered if it was in fact ok to rewrite the reports almost 5 days later, and was frustrated because the reports are a 10 pg packet to begin with and they take a lot of time, time I don't have as I work about 10hrs over my scheduled time weekly the way it is.