Have you ever reported someone to the BON?

[suanna]

I read a post by another member today who was concerned about 3 reports to her BON about her care. The issues she described are common at my workplace but to my knowledge no one has ever been reported to the BON from my unit. I can recall only 2-3 instances in the entire hospital in the 20+ years I've worked there that the BON was informed about a nurses actions and 2 of those involved admitted self administration of redirected narcotics on the job. If every incident of incomplete charting, narcotic count being off, missed meds, unsecured meds, or the MAR not matching the drug count was reported to the BON we would have to have a hot line installed at our desk. Is reporting incidents to the BON common where you work?

[buzkil]

She had gotten report and was on the floor for about an hour. She left at the beggining of the med pass.

Well, if she left after taking the assignment then ok, that's not good. But I still think it was harsh to report it to the BON. JMHO.

[zimsaint]

Yes I have. And would do it again if it meant my residents were not receiving the care they deserved.

An agency RN came to work and refused to work the floor if an LPN (employee of the company) was going to work the desk, it was beneath her... she walked out.

I am not sure what state you are in noc4senuf, but in GA you can walk out and refuse to take a shift as long as you have not counted narcotics or accepted report for a patient. That is on advantage of being an "at will" employment state. I guess thats the only perk we get for not having unions. Considering how much money the agency nurses get paid, I would have stayed and worked. When I do agency med/surg in hospitals even as an LPN, I make 27.00hr weekdays and 29.00 hr weekends; it is even more than the staff RNs make here in the south. I don't care what they ask me to do as long as my pay rate is the same; I will make the beds and mop floors if they asked me too:D