Here's the story, one night I was crazy busy and I some how charted I gave a medication when in fact I did not. I really thought I did. I gave report in the morning to the oncoming nurse who basically told me she was going to write it up. I said ok and figured that would be done and everyone would know. Then a few weeks later I was pulled into the office and was told that I tried to hide my mistake by not going to my supervisor right away and telling her!? In my mind it was already reported when it was written up. I did not try to hide anything! So because of that I should not get a verbal warning I should be written up because I made the mistake then tried to hide it so that's a double offense?
i don't see it this way and this by no means was my intent! What do you all think? Maybe I'm not seeing clearly? Thanks
I guess that would be true if a person habitually does that! Except that I have a 92 percent accuracy in scanning according to the hospital. And have no track record period over 10 years.
If I had been in that situation, I would have reported the error myself, regardless of what the other nurse did or didn't say about reporting it. I wouldn't have counted of the other nurse to make the report. Better a duplicate report than no report at all. That may have been where the "tried to cover up" concerns came from.
Caroline123
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I guess that would be true if a person habitually does that! Except that I have a 92 percent accuracy in scanning according to the hospital. And have no track record period over 10 years.