narcotic orders help needed Legal Qs!?

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audit founds errors in charts made by 1 nurse like no Dr's orders 4 narcotics are signed out & no record that nurse gave them to the clients or wasted them...What would be the good decision of Incident based peer review committee ?

a-RN needs remedial education in how to documents these meds

b- the nurse must be reported to the BON for signing out med without order

c-the nurse sould be terminated from work for stealing drugs

d- the nurse must be reported to the BON becoz of the combination of the errors with possible impairment due to and/or substance use and /or abuse

What is the wright answer!!???

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

I have no answers, but this just stresses the importance of counting narcs with another nurse at the beginning of a shift and also at the end of the shift.

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Specializes in ICU/ER.
audit founds errors in charts made by 1 nurse like no dr's orders 4 narcotics are signed out & no record that nurse gave them to the clients or wasted them...what would be the good decision of incident based peer review committee ?

a-rn needs remedial education in how to documents these meds

b- the nurse must be reported to the bon for signing out med without order is this something that gets reported to the board?

c-the nurse sould be terminated from work for stealing drugs where does it say she stole?

d- the nurse must be reported to the bon becoz of the combination of the errors with possible impairment due to and/or substance use and /or abuse where does it say she is impaired?

what is the wright answer!!???

i go with a

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Specializes in ER, PACU, Med-Surg, Hospice, LTC.

I would also say A.

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

no doctor's order but the narcs were signed out? this is bigger than forgetting to document the drugs were given...

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Specializes in Medicare/rehab (prev), Ortho Research.

Is this a nursing school question?

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Is this a nursing school question?

it is RN Legal test question CE)) by rules and regulations it seem we must suspect each other and report))) crazy) option A makes sense but after reading that legal txt it looks like D..

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it is RN Legal test question CE)) by rules and regulations it seem we must suspect each other and report))) crazy) option A makes sense but after reading that legal txt it looks like D..

i'm inclined to go with D as well.

signing out narcotics w/o an md order, and no record of who it's being administered to, is a reportable offense.

leslie

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

I don't think any of the answers are good.

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yup, "D"

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Specializes in ER, Med/Surg.

I vote "E" None of the above

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Specializes in mental health; hangover remedies.

A might be an option, as would B - but I would suggest D - and I would also strongly suspect that this action is a proscribed mandatory reporting requirement of either the State or the BoN - or both (or federal).

If it states it is a "legal" question - I'd look for the legal answer.

A = managerial

B = reporting to the BoN (but wait,....)

C = employment

D = reporting - but the answer gives a more qualified reason for reporting than B; ie: becoz of the combination of the errors with possible impairment due to and/or substance use and /or abuse

It clearly states for what purpose the reporting law exists.

I have no idea what law or regulation it is and suggest you check against your State Board home page.

(Unless it's a federal requirement)

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