This is my first job as a new grad RN. It's a home health job. My client gets all her meds through her tube feeding (she has many meds) and I decided to prepare all the meds in advance for the next nurse coming on.
The next nurse (day) dispassionately stated, "I can't give those meds. It's against policy. You never give meds that another nurse has drawn up." It wasn't until after she said this that it made perfect sense. I was thinking that I was doing her a favor.
I wasn't able to give the meds myself because it was my time to leave. She didn't want to throw them away. She said she would ask the parent to give those meds for the evening if she chose, or she could choose to dispose of them herself. Now I just feel like an idiot, and as though I should have known this. It didn't dawn on me until the other nurse mentioned it that it was wrong.
I did call the clinical supervisor right away to discuss the matter, who said basically take it as a learning experience. but the day nurse acted as though she'd never made a mistake.
