Turn employee into BON for inadequate documentation?

[Cola89]

Has anyone heard of this? A manager where I'm at told someone she might turn them into the BON for inadequate documentation / assessments. Is this possible? Is it a common thing? I've worked at places where the nurses didn't document anything except medication administration.

[Wile E Coyote, ASN, RN]

It's not nearly the most common reason to file a complaint, but a pattern of conduct displaying poor judgement, poor nursing skill, etc. could definitely lead to a complaint being filed. In the right circumstances, I bet a case could be made that care is negligent based upon the quality of charting alone.

To be clear, literally anyone can file a complaint, the more pressing issue is what kind of impact does the complaint have. Even baseless complaints can be nightmares if the allegations are severe enough.

[TriciaJ, RN]

Yes, people have been sanctioned for inadequate documentation.

[Julius Seizure]

I'm curious about this place where the only documentation was for med administration?

[Cola89]

I'm curious about this place where the only documentation was for med It was a snf. We were supposed to write skilled nursing notes on patients certain days of the week, like it would rotate, and some of the nurses never did that. I did, and due to our charting system, I could see that some nurses werent doing them at all. I thought that was more of an employment issue than bon?