nursing home injustice? need advice!

[babybumblebee]

I was recently got written up and suspended for an incident. I feel that I was innocent though for some reasons. I need some advice, as to know if this is really my fault, and if i deserve the punishment. So this is my story. The daughter of a resident was very upset that she found a pill in her mom's room. She complained to the supervisor and wrote a letter to the administrator because she was very upset. I was the nurse who gave her the night meds while a CNA was present. I gave the pillls to her, INTO her mouth and gave her water before i left, all of this while a CNA was present in the room (I know that the resident is confused). The letter the administrator wrote to the family stated that they are sorry for the inconvenience and traced back to the nurse who passed out the night meds and did not wait for the resident to finished her pills therefore will be subject to consequences for violating the facility policies. When I read that, I was like what?? I know what happened and I have a witness. That was a lie. I was present in the room with the pills into her mouth and did not leave until she drank enough water. I later had a talk with the CNA who revealed that she saw the resident taking a pill out of her mouth after i left. The CNA placed the pill on the table and was going to let me know but she forgot. That explains how the daughter found the pill. Anyways, the CNA never mentioned to me about anything until I asked her about it. If she had told me, I would certainly have done something about it. I just felt that the nursing home was trying to put the blame on me without listening to my point of the story. Well, my point of the story didn't matter somebody had to get in trouble and so it was me. Even though, I felt I already did the best I can in that situation. So do I really deserve this? Is this injustice or what?

[davebigs]

I understand the way you are feeling now, but don't let it get on top of you. This kind of thing is very common. Also just ignore most of the talk about checking mouths of patients when you give them pills. No nurse in long term care has the time to do that, we barely have time to get the pills to the patients. I think its just one of the things that we as nurses have to deal with in long term care system.