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What are some reasons you've known nurses to be fired? I worked for a small company and was fired. I'm not going into why, but I did not cause any harm or do anything illegal. To me, those are the reasons nurses get fired.
RNGuyUS said:
Have any of you ever encountered charting policies so stringent that the staff has a one-and-done typo policy? The administration won't even explain the issue. I mean, its serious enough it merited firing a nurse, no warning, no correction, nothing. So it must be serious. If so, why so secretive? If this traveler's mistake is so life and death, then wouldn't it make sense to use this as a teaching moment?
Has anyone else encountered charting issues that merited immediate dismissal?
It's easy to fire a traveler bc they're a contract employee, have no union involved, etc. Understandably, the hospital does not want to invest in remediation for a non-employee.
A "charting issue" is code for a medication error or failure to document a change in condition or not taking vital signs.
The hospital is not interested in teachable moments, just liability.
"Nothing to see here, folks; move along."
Hoosier_RN, MSN
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The teaching moment may come after any potential suit or payout to family. I've seen immediate dismissal, and it rolled just like this. The dust has to settle before any open discussions