With only two weeks left of my last semester of nursing school, I made my first med error. My patient was off the floor most of the day for procedures. He returned one hour before clinical ended. I had an IV push med to give and a mini to hang, to catch him up on the scheduled meds he missed while off the floor. Then he requested pain medication - IV push. My instructor was with me, and we ended up leaving together a half hour after clincal was suppose to be over.
On the way home, I realized I forgot one med that had been held that morning before his procedures. I immediately called the hospital and left a message for the RN I was working with. I then left a message on my instructor's cell telling her about the missed med and what I did to rectify the situation.
My instructor called back a while later. She had already called the RN to confirm my story. She was very understanding, and told me to learn my lesson and move on. She also explained it needed to be written up as a med error.
I am sick about the whole situation. I feel horrible!! Although I'm a 3.92 GPA student with wonderful clinical evaluations, I feel like a failure. How do I get past this??
