So I work in LTC and State recently came to our facility and one of the things we got "tagged" on was holes in our MAR's and TAR's. My facilities plan of action recently has been to add a sheet in the MAR that the incoming nurse must sign off that all holes are filled in the MAR's and TAR's by the offgoing nurse. If for some reason you sign off that all of the holes are filled in and the Unit Manager finds the hole the ONCOMING nurse gets written up!! So now you have people just filling in holes with other peoples initials in order to avoid getting written up. So basically I am responsible for the prior nurses medications and treatments being signed off, even though I wasn't even there to know if this has been completed!! WTH!?!?!?
Someone please tell me I'm not crazy and this is so wrong!