Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

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I am a nursing student and today one of my fellow students was telling me how she expects to make a mistake in her career that will lead to a patient's death. She then said every person she knows in the medical field has made a fatal mistake at some point.

I have heard over and over again that every nurse will make a med error, but is it true that every nurse will make a fatal error?

Are the any experienced nurses that can shed some light on this?

Thanks,

Concerned/suddenly terrified student

Geez, Brownbook and wondern - dial it down a notch!

Why don't you! The OP is just a flame thrower! Tossing it out her 'friend' plans on killing someone. You dial it down klone!

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
Why don't you! The OP is just a flame thrower! Tossing it out her 'friend' plans on killing someone. You dial it down klone!

It's times like these when I wish Allnurses had better emojis.

Trust me, if I dialed it down any further than I am in this thread, I'd be unconscious.

You see a flame thrower, I see a naïve student who is asking an earnest (albeit somewhat alarming) question.

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THANK YOU!

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:cheeky: Yeah we can agree on the emojis thang for sure! :eek::roflmao::geek::o :bookworm:
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A flame thrower? I literally just asked a question.....isn't that what this is for?

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
A flame thrower? I literally just asked a question.....isn't that what this is for?

Yes, it is. Ignore the ones who are being unnecessarily harsh. Please know your nursing school colleague is full of beans.

Yes, I would say that every nurse has or will make a med error at some point in his/her career. The vast majority of med errors do not cause patient harm, let alone kill a person.

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I feel like you didn't read my original post of the post that I was responding to. I was simply asking if there was truth to a rumor I heard about nursing, and someone suggested that I was "gullible" and that I shouldn't go into nursing because of it. Am I crazy, or does that just not make any sense? I appreciate all positive responses. But that response in particular seems illogical and overly negative.

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.
You see a flame thrower, I see a naïve student who is asking an earnest (albeit somewhat alarming) question.

I see a flame thrower, but its not the OP...ahem.

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Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.

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