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I was not the one who erase the notes, i was informed during handover by Nurse A of what the manager did and when Nurse B known about this he was furious because the manager did not discussed it with her, she was the first one to make a move and tried to ask the manager on why they erased her notes.

I was told by Nurse A during handover that they have to erase Nurse B's nursing notes in the chart as the the incident was not supposed to be written in the progress note.(I know that you are not allowed to just erase somebody's charting, I asked her why but she said that it was per manager's order). The incident was we had a patient going to a high level facility(mental health needs) and the family felt that the patient was roughly handled by carers, what happened was written by Nurse B in the chart. The next day the family came and talked with the manager, then that same day they erased Nurse B's notes in the chart. I don't know how did they ever come up with that decision and if they know that it is illegal to just erase somebody's notes. I felt that I should also tell this on the next shifts handover, as the nurses in that facility I think that everybody in the team has to know what has been happening and it was also part of patient care we have to know. Then this reached to Nurse B. They've already talked with the manager regarding this. Did you think I did the right thing of handing it over to my other collegue about what happened?

Hi The bavarian just want to ask how many times did you take your ielts? just want to share what i know about this but still your consultant knows more than i do. i have some friends here in nz working as healthcare assistant although shes a registered nurse from her country of origin but shes not able to register with nursing council as she needs to take all 7 in her ielts what she did was take ielts twice last year and was able to get 7 in reading, writing, listening and speaking combining her 2 exam results. she's going to have her competency assessment program later this month in wintec to be able to register as a nurse here in nz. if you are a registered nurse there in germany maybe you can take this path but not really sure though:)

hi nope im in new zealand

I just want to air out what I feel... I was employed in a Resthome & hospital facility, had 52 residents with 1 nurse on duty there's also an EN but her shift's end at 5pm. This happened on the afternoon shift 3p-11pm. I made a medication error by giving Trimethoprim 300mg bd p.o instead of od only, the morning RN has given it at 8am and i gave again at 5pm for 3 days in a row. I didnt realize my error in the 5th day when the morning RN told me during handover that she couldn't find the ABS bottle, although on the 4th day I just had this feeling of I might have done something wrong/ has not done something that I should have done but then it slipped of my mind because I was busy charting my notes I didnt have the time anymore to check my medication chart(which I should have done even if i'll stay longer at work) and still has to check the residents and do security check (close doors&windows) before starting the night shift handover. Anyway back to the 5th day I informed my Manager I made the medication errors and she called the doctor and I went to get the residents vital signs,the resident was fine there was no adverse reaction noted.(thank god she was fine) I filled up the IR. The next day my 6th day the business manager and clinical manager called me to the office as they want to know what happened so I told them what happened but the CM said that why would I not be able to know my error when it was clearly accurately written in the medication chart, then she said that I should have told/discussed with the night RN/doctor about the error so that they can monitor the resident(but how can i tell the night RN when I myself cant pinpoint yet what error I've done) anyway they then told me that they will report what happened to the NUrsing Council and they will do a diciplinary meeting, after a few days I was terminated. I was so devastated about what happened esp with the medication error I have been a RN for more than 3 yrs in my country and coming to this new country just in my 5 month of working as an RN i made this error already and now my license is also at stake because Nursing Council wants me to go for competence review. Im still looking for a job right now but I dont know if I'll be able to get one because of my status right now. I just dont understand my managers why do they have to report it to NUrsing Council when I have another collegue who had given another residents anti seizure meds to another residents twice but she was not reported. And that a few days after the error the residents trimethoprim was stopped and was changed to another antibiotic because her UTI was not responding to it... oh i just dont know what to do anymore should i just go home back to my country or just stay put and go on with the competence review? i just cant stay here long enough as my savings are running out but how can i get a job with my status right now.

how many patients/residents for 1 nurse at your work place? hospital? rest homes? rest home & hospital? dementia unit?