DonaldE16

I documented everything. The only thing I did not do was call the family. I just really do not want to get more than a write up at work for this.

Ok so I am an LPN just turned RN last week. I work at a long term facility and I had a resident that had a fall last night. We picked him up off the floor and put him in bed. Alert and oriented x3, no c/o pain, no s/s of any injury, equal strength in both lower extremities. Everything was properly documented in an incident report. This was at 1 AM so I did not notify the family because everything was ok.... Big mistake on my part. Turns out he had a hairline fracture of the right femur. Now the family is extremely upset and they are probably going to call DHEC. I am very nervous about what is going to happen and would like to have some advice about what I should do next. I have obtained my first write up in my nursing career after 2 years of nursing. If anyone has any suggestions of what they think I should do please let me know. I'm a nervous wreck!