At work last night, I was with the day nurse in the med room, and we were beginning to count what is in the locked narc box....Well, there were some (recently deceased) pts meds on the counter, and I told her I would be d/c-ing them that night to get them out of the way.
She told me to go ahead and take them if I wanted to, and give them to some other folks I know, and that she would sign them off with me.
I said, "No thanks, I'll destroy them tonight."
What the heck was that? Talk about an uncomfortable situation...this person has been a nurse for over 20 years and seems to be quite intelligent (maybe not!), but still....
And I have been noticing for the past few times I have followed her that she has been signing off on the MAR in "my" place, on my shift, like she already gave the med....and an antibiotic that was sceduled bid was given tid, I do believe, cause not only did she sign in my place, but there was one more tablet missing than should have been. (Pet peeve of mine are my residents not getting their antibiotics on time or not at all, so I count them every time I give one and see if it adds up.)
This nurse has only worked at our facility for about a month.
Hubby wants me to keep a log of all times she has signed in my place, and on what med...he thinks something fishy is going on.
What do you all think?