Despite Objection Form Registered Nurses are aware of the need to document their work related to patient care. Registered Nurses need to be equally aware of the need to document workplace occurrences that affect themselves or general patient care. Documentation is a means of assuring accuracy in reconstructing events.
Documentation is a means of providing a record of an occurrence.
It may be used by the Registered Nurse to document an unsafe, or potentially unsafe environment. The safety issue may relate directly to the patient or it may relate more directly to the nurse. The purpose of the form is to document for institutional administration that the Registered Nurse recognizes a potentially unsafe situation and is reporting it. The Registered Nurse using the ADO form is not refusing an assignment, but she is making it known that she has cause for concern. Prior to using the ADO form, as a professional nurse you should discuss concerns about the assignment with your immediate supervisor.