Question about signing MAR

[Kittypower123]

A nurse I work with (I'll call her Katie) told me that another nurse (I'll call her Jennifer) that works a different shift did not initial something in the MAR. Katie called Jennifer to find out if she had just forgotten to initial or did not administer the med. Since Jennifer just forgot to initial, Katie put Jennifer's initials in the MAR. To me this seems fishy to say to least. Katie said it was better than "throwing her under the bus" but it just doesn't feel right to me. I'm not wanting to get anyone in trouble, but I'm not comfortable documenting what someone else did, even if it is another nurse. Thoughts? Suggestions?

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I would check with the other nurse and check with the computer to see if the med had been withdrawn and by whom. If she said she had given it I too would sign given by AT/per KT and comment on the chart.

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

We have an EMR. When signing off meds on the eMAR, there is a spot for "performed by." It defauts to whomever is signed on, however you can change it. You could put in "Smith, Jennifer" (or was it Katie?). I would do this and then also write a note about it "50 mg Metoprolol given by Jennifer Smith, RN per her report and the report of the pt." Needless to say, I would be unlikely to do this for a narc or insulin....