Nurses and Narcotics

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I just want to rant about it. I've been bashed here before for saying how administration in our hospital **** but I don't care about that anymore because they are indeed very terrible people and I'm going to rant about it.

Why is it that the nurse who received the narcotics with one missing drug is considered to be the thief? How could they think that when that receiving nurse called on the outgoing nurse immediately to explain? ...when that receiving nurse immediately reported the incident? How could they believe that outgoing nurse when she said "because the incoming nurse took it" given the situation?

And they even got the nerve to make my colleague suffer alone! Okay, let's say my colleague didn't endorse face-to-face with the outgoing nurse. Ergo, the outgoing nurse can accuse her of taking it without a witness to back her up. However, the outgoing nurse could still set her up even when they endorse the narcotics face-to-face because it's just the two of them. What I'm trying to says is, how can they believe that outgoing nurse and let her go like that?!

NO consequences at all except for the person who reported the missing narcotic.

If this is how the system works, then I don't ever want to receive narcotics ever. That or I don't care if you are sick and tired, all staff on duty must be present when I receive the narcotics, and I won't be the one to do the counting with my hands =P But it doesn't work that way, at least in our hospital.

How do you deal with such situations? How do you do endorsements for narcotics on other institutions? How can you keep your license and yourself safe?

Oh, the injustice.