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I recently received a written warning from my DON and ADON which I refused to sign. The photocopied MAR's that we're attached to the warning were from two different patients.
First: Norton scale to be done by the 7-3 staff
Second: weekly skin checks to be done every Wednesday on the 3-11 shift.
I refused to sign the warning because I've only done one shift on that floor which was this past week on Monday 3-11. I told them it was not fair that I should get a warning because the nurses on the 7-3 shift haven't been signing off the norton scale as done and they haven't been signing off as doing weekkly skin checks on Wednesday. I don't work the 7-3 shift and I was not there any of the Wednesday's from 3-11. How is it right that I should get a written warning if they weren't even supposed to be done on my shift. The DON said I should've caught the missed signings and brought it to their attention. First off, I work in a Rehab/long term care facility where I have 30 patients with extremely heavy med passes that include a ridiculous amount of narcotics, extremely time consuming. We get many new admissions, discharges, orders, lots of treatments done. We're told we need to take a break, if we need help someone should cover us so we can take a break (keep in mind we currently don't have a 3-11 supervisor). I typically clock out for break and return to working during my break so I don't get written up. I'm at work anywhere from an hour to two hours past my shift just so I can document all meds given, finish my treatments and chart. How can they expect me to flip through every chart to look for my coworkers errors?!? Yes, if I come across something glaring I take the appropriate steps to correct the error. Shouldn't it be the supervisors/managements job to find missed initials? I don't feel like this is my responsibility and feel it's unfair that I'm being punished for someone else's mistake! I made this very clear to them and the DON and ADON response was that it's sloppy and lazy nursing. They refused to take back the warning even though I didn't make a mistake and said it would still go in my file! I feel like I'm being targeted and harassed by them. I literally started shaking and tearing up while having the conversation. Help!
Has anyone had a similar experience or advice?!