berrynurse

Thank you everyone for the advice. I just received another call from my manager saying the issue was resolved.

You’re right. I can only control what I do so I’ve learned from this to just keep quiet unless patient safety is at risk.

I can see how it would come across as passive aggressive. And the patient had his phone, wallet, and keys in the bed so I guess I just wasn’t thinking when I did it. Lessons are learned everyday! ?

Hello all! I have been a nurse for 3 years and I received my first write up a few shifts ago. I'll summarize what happened. I was notified by my shift leader that I was going to be getting a patient (I work in critical care) who needed a warming blanket since out floors are not allowed to have a patient on a warming blanket. I prepared my room and was waiting for the nurse to call and inform me when she was bring the patient down. Over 45 minutes go by without any call. I am busy helping another nurse who has a patient that is crashing when my new patient rolls through the door. I said "oh you didn't let me know you were bringing him down." she replied "I thought you knew you were getting a patient" I told her that I was aware but nurses typically call to make sure it is okay to bring the patient up in case that nurse happens to be off the floor. The tech handed me my patients clothes so I tossed them over so I could help move my patient to the new bed. A few hours go by and the nurse from the floor called to inform me that she was writing me up because of my "unprofessional attitude" because I, apparently, was rude and threw the patients clothes very aggressively. I had our tech and another nurse in the room at the time that can back me up and saw that I did not do that. I may have snipped at her when I mentioned the not calling thing so I apologized for coming across as rude. I have already discussed it with my manager and she said that I did the right thing by coming to her. She told me that it seems like a petty write up and that nothing more would come of it. I am just worried since I've never had any issues before. Any advice would be helpful.