[allantiques4me]

Dont mean to sound insensitive.My dad died of a blood transfusion reaction.I was a baby and have no memory of him or the event.But I would never have a blood transfusion.And the reaction might not only affect the PT.,.but their family as well....

[MS._Jen_RN]

Did you have a dream about it?
Live, Learn, Move on. . . If you can't get counciling. The guy probably would have hav a rxn reguardless. Now you know.
~Jen

[lovemyjob]

is this similar to leukocyte reduced?

I know in neonated we use a special filter to pull op the blood...it is given in a syringe, not straight from the bag.

OP, you have learned form your error, it was not on purpose, allow yourself forgiveness.... you would do the same for another person, you should do it for yourself too!

[meownsmile]

I agree, forgive yourself and move on. You learned several lessons from this one incident. To always look information up for yourself, not to take someone elses word for anything, and to admit to your error at the time it happens. Your patient was ok,, noone was harmed, consider it a lesson well learned and move on.
You cant continue to beat yourself up for something that actually didnt harm anyone. Save it for when/if something REALLY happens. Hopefully that wont happen and you wont be battered. Move on, your current patients need your undivided attention.

[nursemary9]

You were a new Nurse; You asked a more experienced RN, who, you assumed was giving you good advise; You made a mistake.

You have learned from your mistake & I'll bet you'll never make that mistake again. Another thing you should have learned is to always look things up in the policies if you don't know---that way you can be sure you are doing it correctly!!

Don't beat your self up at this late date!! As I said, it was a mistake; we all make them & we all need to forgive ourselves when we do. The important part is LEARNING!!

RElax!! Maybe you do need a vacation.

[janetjanetbobanet]

You can't spend your nursing career worrying like that! None of us want to do anything that would hurt our patients and we try to do the best we can under sometimes difficult conditions. You asked experienced nurses who should have been good resources for you. Quit beating up on yourself.

[BULLYDAWGRN]

Forgive yourself for being human.

[Irishgirl]

I think its stress-school; work FT, just bought a house. I gave IV Remicade on Tue and can’t remember if I used a filter or not…probably did, I remember priming one. But I spoke to the pt today & she’s okay. I think something would have happened by now if it were going to. See? I’m going crazy, its official. I need a vacation…Ahhhh!

[angel337]

i think the reason they told you that you could use regular tubing is because platelets are suppose to infuse in fast. i always use blood tubing for platelets and put in on an IV pump over 30 minutes. platelets can infuse in 15 minutes though. don't feel bad. we all make mistakes and learn from them.

[Irishgirl]

Is there any help for self-doubt? I took a BP today, and keep mulling over it, “did I hear it correctly, was it right?” It was low, and I gave the man his “numbers” to show his Dr., but if his BP med gets lowered b/c of it and he dies, is it my fault? They’ll check his BP at his MD’s office anyway, right? I’m freaking out…officially. I’ve never felt so nervous or on edge.