Goaldigger80

Hey guys, I am a new RN working in assisted living and I have a delimma. Today I was doing some chart audits and noticed some missing medication administrations from the same person this weekend. it appears that 8-10 people or more didn’t receive any medications for the morning shift both days. She says she “forgot to document” because of some crazy staffing issues. I continued to do an audit for all of October and found more. It appears that she is not charting or giving these meds either but she swears she gave them. All non narcotics. I just started in July so I really haven’t dug into anything like this before other than the med error here and there. I reported my concerns to the don who just started today, and the manager etc. my question is.. out side of med error forms and let the md and family know what do I need to do to make sure this never happens again and to protect my self? Is there anything else that I should be doing? thanks

The ladies Actual complaint was that she didn’t “like” my questions. She was clearly having a bad day and felt the need to take it out on me. I agree with karma! There was an investigation but there was nothing unprofessional about asking questions and the only thing they could say was I need to go there and put my head down. I literally just asked this woman if she had my correct email address.

Well, I finally spoke with the director of the program who informed me that my “complaint” was considered unprofessional behavior. This was in an email from the lady I previously discussed. The unprofessional behavior they reported me for was I asked too many questions, and they didn’t like the questions I asked. I was then told that as a guest of the hospital I need to “keep my head down”, and not ask any questions! There are just no words, I will continue on and finish but what non sense, and unnecessary stress.

I am an LPN-BSN student with the craziest story. Today I went to finish on boarding for my final clinical and semester: Mind you I have been to this same hospital 3 times now. We’re two weeks into the semester I still have not heard when my 130 hours of clinicals will take place. I have 2 kids and 2 jobs to give some kind of a notice too. When I arrived everyone was so nice and helpful, I was able to ask questions and found everyone to be knowledgeable until I met with the final lady who seemed annoyed that I was there. I didn’t really understand what she was asking of me, and When she told me she would send me an email to the hospitals email address I told her that I didn’t have access to that yet, she rolled her eyes at me and then said she was doing me a favor by sending me an email. Still unsure I asked if she could send it to my personal email. She agreed, I asked several more questions but I quickly stopped talking because she was clearly having a bad day, and didn’t care for me. Fast forward. I sent out two emails thanking them for their help to which I got one response and then I got an email from my dean saying that I violated professionalism and that this is a very serious offense. She will not tell me when or who? I am SHOCKED. I cannot believe that I am having to deal with this on my final semester with only 2 classes left. My question to those who are older and wiser or who have dealt with something like this in the past is how do I handle this? How do you defend your self when people are just so ready to find fault before they have done any investigation. I’m so afraid They are going to do something crazy and stop me from finishing, I know this seems paranoid but I don’t really know what to think. I am a super good student, I never been talked to by any clinical instructor or anyone else about professionalism so I’m just lost!