HikeRN4852

Hi everyone, i was suspended today. I have been reporting major med errors and omissions to my unit manager and director of nursing for a couple months and was told they were being taken care of. Then a few weeks ago, a nurse practitioner and I were discussing a patient’s stop date for antibiotics and I informed her that he had missed two doses. I was brought to the DONs office with the HR director and spoken to about not following chain of command. At this same time I reiterated my concerns about other patients consistently not getting their medications - one patient had only received 21 out of 45 doses of Xarelto and another had not received any protonix for 14 days. I was again told not to do anything further and that it would be taken care of. I asked if I could inform the NP and get an order to dc the protonix since the patient was asymptomatic after not receiving it for two weeks. I was told “no, we have a plan.” I work 7-3, the xarelto is due on 3-11 and the protonix is due on 3-11 and 11-7. A week later when I informed the DON it was still going on, she said “Be careful who you accuse of not giving meds.” Wednesday, I asked the HR director to be present while I informed the ADON that the patient was still not getting her xarelto, and a couple other examples such as one patient had only received 33/45 of his rifampin doses for sepsis. The DON was on vacation. I was told this would be taken seriously and that they would report it to the NP that evening, but that they had to call the DON first. I was told not to worry about being reprimanded because I was following the chain of command. I had yesterday off and when I returned today, I was suspended for “having knowledge that a medication was not being given and not following through.” No other nurses are being suspended or terminated. I am not doing any of this to rat other nurses out; I want to protect my patients! What should I do now?