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Before the don wanted to write me up, The day shift nurse that counted with me gave a written statement saying that she did count with me. I should have been more specific in my question. What I meant was do you have to sign with the 3-11 nurse or 7-3 nurse on your shift

today I met with the DON and she is doing an "investigation" of this matter. I really need some reassurance now from you guys. Here are the facts, the 3-11 nurse and I both signed the narcotic log, and all of the narcotics are there (there are no discrepancies in any of the meds). my DON is now calling this "falsifying documentation". can my job/license be in jeopardy? I would understand if some of the meds were missing.. and I do take responsibility for not following "protocol" and counting with the other nurse. but I think this is just getting out of hand, like they are just digging for a reason to fire me

Customer service > patient care

Yeah guess it just makes me upset. he is incompetent, and doesn't follow simple direction. He's very very combative, so something as simple as washing his hands is usually a huge ordeal.

I've been having a lot of problems with this facility. If you guys can take a look at my other thread, I would really appreciate it. https://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/c-diff-hallways-914197.html

Oh and the same patient is NPO because he failed his MBS horribly. But the same DON said he can eat whatever he wants because it's his patient right. I guess my problem is just with the DON in general. I don't feel comfortable with some of her nursing decisions.

It's not in our policy manual. All it says is "maintain correct narc count throughout shift". It doesn't say anything specific to counting with oncoming nurses. However our building did just get bought out by a new healthcare company. But they never gave us a policy/procedure manual..

I am a 8 month old new RN. I have a question about the "narc count". I work at a nursing home/rehab center. I usually work the 7-3 shift, and 9 times out of 10 the 3-11 nurse is always 15-20 minutes late. This is one particular nurse that is always late, and she typically works on the same days that I do. Giving her report plus counting the narcs usually take 20+ minutes. At 3:15 I gave up waiting for this particular nurse, so the other RN on the same shift and myself completed the narc count as we were waiting for the incoming nurse. I got a call the day after this event saying that I may get a written warning for counting with a day shift nurse instead of the incoming nurse. my question is, if the narc count was correct, no meds were missing, and the incoming nurse SIGNED the narc log saying that she counted with me.. can i really be written up for this?

I'm an RN at a long-term care facility. one of my residents was diagnosed with c. diff quite recently. we put this resident on isolation precautions and began flagyl. 2 days later, my DON asked me why my incontinent and confused patient was not allowed out of his room. I explained his dx, the order for contact precautions, and that he is incontinent. she stated thats not a good enough reason and that good "customer service" should be our goal, and now he is allowed to wander the halls and he oftentimes comes into direct contact with other residents, objects at the nurses station, etc. my question is: is there anything I can do to ensure that my resident with c. diff is receiving proper care without exposing my other residents to the infection? and is my DON really allowed to ignore a doctors order of isolation precautions just to achieve satisfactory "customer service"?