It seems like the medical community just dumps on nurses who makes mistakes.
A common topic on these forums is "I got wrote up" and "I got fired/asked to resign".
I have never heard of anyone getting wrote up in the lab because of a mistake. If someone makes a mistake in the lab a swarm of people will jump in and correct it to insure the pt doesn't get false results and all is well. People are human and people make mistakes. We are never yelled at or wrote up. The only mistake I know the lab will fire you for is doing a type & cross on the wrong pt.
Do nurse manangers get prizes for writing people up? Not saying that lab manangers are soft or skilled in cover-ups..........but they look out for their people.