Is this legal?

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Hello, I would appreciate some feedback about a situation I am facing. I'm an LPN, I used to work for a pediatric home health agency, I left the case I was on about 3 months ago. Recently I received a call from the new case manager for my patient stating that I need to go to the office and sign MARS from three months before I quit because three months of MARS are missing and the previous case manager is no longer with agency and they don't know what happened to MARS, none of the other nurses on the case were asked to go the office. I was always meticulous about signing for all meds I administered. I find it very strange and I don't see how I can sign for 3 months of meds that I gave, how can I remember that? Is that even legal what she's asking me to do? I'd really appreciate some input. Thanks

Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't possibly reconstruct records from 3 months ago and expect them to be accurate. I'm afraid if those records aren't found they'll just have to be considered lost."

I'm actually starting to wonder if someone else didn't chart something damaging, and in order to destroy that record they had to destroy yours. Now they want a redo from you. Still no.

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