auntie72

auntie72 specializes in LTC/SNF, Geriatric, Psych, Med/Surg.

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1. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

   auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

   really??? Im really sorry you feel that way. It is no witch hunt. Yes, I made copies to go along with the write ups/ med errors I wrote up. I had to follow up on the stat labs that were to be drawn.... it IS part of my job. I go thru all of this phys...

2. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

   auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

   thank you... I am feeling like I am having to defend myself here...

3. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

   auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

   read the posts... I didn't keep it for my own personal use. Geesh, I made copies to substantiate my write up. I made copies for the appropriate people and kept a copy of the write up for myself to show I did actually do something about this... once...

4. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

   auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

   no, I am not his boss, but I do kinda oversee the skilled nusing unit. I am an MDS coordinator, RN and I round with the physician. I am the only contact between the physician and the nurses. Yes, I wrote him up and made the copies of the supporting m...

5. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

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   Im not looking for trouble. The MD wrote the order during our rounds on Friday. I started looking for labs to follow up on Tuesday. I noticed that a patients hgb had actually dropped more and couldnt understand why if we gave procrit, her hgb did n...

6. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

   auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

   we have a complete melt down in nursing. No one to follow up, no one is held accountable and no one is disciplined... its sad and scary at the same time. Thank you all for your input, I know what I have to do to.

7. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

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   I am an MDS coordinator, I also round with the physician. I noticed the errors when gathering the information for rounding with the physician (labs, ect) I initiated the write ups when I found the errors. I made copies of the MAR's ect to back up my ...

8. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

   auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

   yes, our BON has an anonymous hotline number to call.

9. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

   auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

   basically this nurse noted orders and did not carry thru with them. The medication that he kept giving was a blood thinner, this patient was bleeding. He gave 6 more doses after the medication was dc'd because this nurse didn't carry thru with the o...

10. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that, but as a nurse I am a patient advocate. This patient imparticular was actually harmed by this nurse's actions or lack of. How can one just sit back an watch? I dont know what to do....

11. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    I have copies of the MAR's, the orders that were written, statements from the lab and the pharmacy. The labs so along with the woman not getting her procrit. You can make a report to the board atleast here where I live you can. I just feel like tha...

12. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    auntie72 replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I will try. He is very unreasonable, very forgetful, throws staff under the bus, he yells at staff for things out of their control. We got yelled out because the patients were sent to the hospital. No management staff wants to talk with him an...

13. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    auntie72 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a floor nurse that administered medication to a patient after the order was dc'd, he failed to draw stat labs, and this patient ended up at the hospital with renal failure and anemia. That same nurse also initialed that he gave a procrit inje...