What would you do if....

[JuliaRNMSN]

You worked for a large facility with 4 group homes of intellectually disabled adults dispersed throughout a large city, entered one to assess clients and other nursing tasks....found an unidentifiable ( no scoring, no letters or numbers) tablet laying under a pile of papers in the med room. Checked it against all tabs in med room with no match....written up for not filing out a "medication error report."

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

A writeup is just a piece of paper. It happens and you move on. If it's valid, you do better from then on. If it's not valid...you still move on. I have trouble understanding huge anxiety over writeups.

Receiving a written warning (a.k.a. write-up) is demoralizing for me, but I would never quit a job just because I received one.

I've been written up several times in the nine years I've been a nurse. I've been at my current workplace five years and, so far, been written up twice with the most recent disciplinary action occurring in January of this year. Although being disciplined is a soul-crushing experience, it's not as if the written warnings are going to be sent to the state BON.

I agree that some people can become over-reactionary when receiving written warnings.

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Some states do ask you when you renew your license if you have received any disciplinary action or have been fired since your last renewel. If so, they ask you to document why. So I can understand some anxiety related to them. I've been written up once in my career. It wasn't deserved, but I documented my disagreement and moved on.

I can't say that I would quit a job without having another one lined up, but then again not everyone has to work to support their family.

[JuliaRNMSN]

There were many possibilities that being one. No one came forward

[JuliaRNMSN]

Written up or constructive debriefing....I think there is a big difference. Taking an ambiguous scenario and trying to resolve it by blame gives no one a chance to learn. Its like saying found a tablet on the med counter equals medication error. It makes no sense for me. There's more to investigate. I am proud that I voted with my feet after trying to understand the irrational.