Vent: suspended for not charting on time

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Ok I just got suspended because I didn't chart off on a med that I gave at 0745 last week. I didn't chart on it because the pt was on isolation so I couldn't take my computer in the room plus she was a tube feeder. I figured I would chart off on it when I got back at 0945 from a staff meeting we had at 0800. I needed to start my 1000 med pass anyhow. Well when I came back the nurse stated she gave this pt the 0800 med and I told her I already did it and she should have called me first or check the pyxus to see if I pulled it out already. Her response was "it wasn't charted in the computer". She knows that I like most of the other nursed I work with don't chart everything right away for whatever reason. I know we should but things happen and we get side tracked. Well my manager had me down in human resources for this and I was threatened to be turned in to the state and have my license suspended for this. I am really upset about this because I think that the other nurse should have asked me or check the pyxus before giving anything to someone else's pt. My manager told me this will probably be grounds for termination as well. What the hec? I think if I do, so should the other nurse who is the assistant manager for her!! Someone please give advice. I feel singled out and bullied. I get many compliments from other peers, pts and family members on how I care for my pts. I don't get it, I see so many crappy nursing habits and laziness and those people get away with it. I don't get it........

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Specializes in ICU.

What an unfortunate chain of events. Clearly your manager is throwing you under the bus to protect her friend.

I would say if you report me I will have no choice but to report her for administering a med to my pt without checking with me first.

Did you verbally hand off care to the other nurse or was she supposed to watch the floor for an hour and a half.

What was the med and did the pt have any adverse effects.

Call your now.

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It was a med that the pt gets every two hours, no one passed off any of their pts but we just told her where we would be and we had our phones with us. No adverse effects as a matter of fact it was just about a half hour early for the next dose. I think they just are petty, they do this to people there and lose great nurses for it. We just had a mass exodus and getting ready for another one. I'm just worried about the threat my manager and HR made to me about reporting me to the state for a safety issue. According to them it is because if that patient coded, then they wouldn't have known I already gave her the med. Its was a sinemet. I think its petty and should not be anything more than just a conversation between my manager and I.

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Specializes in ICU.

This is a lot of trumped up nonsense.

you really dont want to work for these shady people. Go per diem after you quietly secure another position.

They clearly hate you enough to threaten to destroy your career.

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Specializes in ICU.

You could fight the suspension if you have a union

otherwise you are just screwed.

Is this illegal retaliation related to a previous incident or report?

if you are terminated and if you are over forty or in a protected class. you have 90 days to

file a claim with the EEOC for discrimination. Be SURE to list age as the basis of the discrimination.

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Specializes in Cath/EP lab, CCU, Cardiac stepdown.

I completely sympathize with you but charting the med two hours after administrating seems quite long. And why didn't you just chart before going to the meeting. The systems I've used are quite simple and takes just a click to Mark as done. It's better to be late to a staff meeting by one or two minutes than to be late with med administration chart by two hours. That nurse was wrong in not contacting you first prior to giving meds to someone else's patient but as the mantra goes "if you didn't chart it, you didn't do it"

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Do call your . And if it was well within the time frame for the next dose, (which can be one half to one hour before or after depending on facility policy--and it varies) I am not sure what the issue is, other than the nurse gave the next dose as opposed to giving the dose late, which is what she assumed.

What is more troubling is that no one gave a report on their patients before leaving the unit. And that could be what the bottom line of this is, as opposed to the med issue. Which I do think that in fact the pyxis would have flagged as "too close to last dose" if in fact it was not taken within the time frame for the next dose--but clearly states when the last dose was given and by whom.

You must be a nurse who has been with the facility for a long time. And have made your way up the salary scale. I don't mean to be flippant, however, now they can get 2 new nurses with what you make in wages. It will be interesting to see if this "meeting" becomes a "leave quietly or we will have your license" conversation.

I am so sorry this has happend to you.

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I never thought of that, she has written me up and been petty since day one. She likes the male nurses and new students, and likes to intimidate people. I have been around that block and have challenged her in the beginning so I think its a little pay back. that floor is very difficult to work on, its no big deal at least I have hospital experience now. No there isn't a union for the nurses just the aides

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No I'm an LPN for almost 4 years now and 2.5 on that floor. I am 44 though and don't sweat the small stuff and she knows it. When I first started there she made me cry and then laughed in my face. I heard she has done that to others as well, she is just a bully

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Specializes in ICU.

It is a big deal.

You have been suspended and are going through progressive disciplinary action.

Are you in a so called right to work state?

keep records of everything especially that meeting in HR. DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING. They

will.use it against you. Say I am not signing this pack of lies.

Do not post anymore on a public forum .

contact me privately.

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yes I know I should have charted it, I was in a rush to get down there.

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no we are a open door state....Michigan

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