I had an interview for a nurse tech position a week ago. I was told that 4 positions were opened and over 70 nursing students applied. During the interview, I revealed that the biggest mistake I regret was giving the wrong med to the wrong patient (I gave an exelon instead of a nitro patch. I didn't go into detail about what mistake I made. I could have been ugly, I know. I thank god, still, that she was fine). I attributed the mistake to my failure to check the five rights. I got a call back from the interviewer, literally 2 or 3 hours later, telling me "they'll be moving on to other applicants." I asked for feedbacks and was told it was because of the med error.
I just want to know, will this med error haunt me forever? If I can't even get a tech job because of it, will I be able to get an rn job once done with school? I still want a nurse tech. job. What should I do? Did you experience something similar?
P.S. I currently worked as a cnaII at a hospital. I was a medication aide at a memory care unit for 10 months until I transferred to work at the hospital.
