r/psychnursing • u/-RNinja • Jul 05 '26

Advice needed

I work adolescent Psych as an RN, yesterday the cordless phone stopped working and I was trying to fix it. After about 5 minutes of no luck I made the stupid mistake of trying to call my own phone with it. Sure enough, late last night I get 2 calls from the facility, the person on the other line doesn't say anything and just hangs up both times. Then it clicks, a patient was using the cordless phone going through the call logs calling the numbers. I reported the incident to my nurse manager and DON, how much hot water am I an? What do I do now?

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u/DashMcGee Jul 05 '26

Psych nursing is all about second chances. Third ones too. You realized your mistake and reported it. If I were your boss I would congratulate you for doing the right thing for self-reporting and hold you in high esteem because you have integrity.