Called back to fix charting

[Lucky7nurse]

Our pharmacy reviews our medication charting and if they note that something was signed out of the Pixys System and then wasn't charted correctly they make a report to our supervisor. The supervisor then calls everyone on the list and asks them to correct the mistake so that billing can be done correctly. Usually it isn't a case of not charting a medication at all, it usually is that something was charted as a home med when it was actually our supply or vise versa ....or that the number of mL or tabs was accidentally recorded incorrectly. We usually fix the errors the next time we work as most of us work 3 days a week. I should note that I am going to be out of town for these next few days and that I live an hour away from my hospital so driving down there on my day off to fix something that takes about 5 minutes to do when I will be there in a few days anyways seems a bit impractical.

1) Can the supervisor demand that we come in to fix an error prior to the next scheduled shift given that the next shift scheduled isn't for a couple of days?

2) Do they have to pay me for the time? I am not on call, am an hourly employee, and do not carry a company phone. The drive to work is about an hour.

3) Does anyone else have a similar situation?

Thanks everyone!

[anon456, BSN, RN]

You should be able to verbally tell your supervisor what meds were given, and they should be able to enter it on your behalf with a note stating such.

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

Can you not check that you have done everything correctly before you leave?

[MunoRN, RN]

We do it over the phone, it's charted by the pharmacist, supervisor, whoever as "per MunoRN's report".

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

we don't have to do that, but we can access intranet at home. I have added things to notes after getting home and I had forgotten. One of the percs of EHR.

[caliotter3]

Instead of doing it over the phone, they are most likely making you come in, in order to get you to be more careful. A matter of providing inconvenience. And no employer cares how far you have to drive if they want you to come to the job for some reason. They only care about the problem they are dealing with at the time. Be careful, if too many of these instances, they will have justification for adverse personnel actions in the future.

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

I would make sure that it's done correctly to the best of my ability, but PPs are correct--even w/ EHRs, we have the option to "document for another provider." I would not go in on your day off...actually myself, I screen all calls from work to avoid any communications I don't want on MY time.