What are you learning in nursing school?

When you give a drug, period, it is a "real world setting."

I was going to say the same exact thing.

!Chris

You hereby declare this point moot? You sound like your a trial judge or something, this isn't a court case. lol

!Chris

i forgot what this thread was even about....

The person who administered the drug is responsible for the reactions, even if the effects were not immediate.

I think that the reason why Zantu and I were concerned about what you said is that it goes to the core issue of responsibility of medication administration. If any person (paramedic, nurse, physician, student etc.) are administering a medication to a patient, even if its "just for practice" you are responsible for knowing what you are administering and its effects on the patient you are administering it too. The reason why we are concerned about it is because even after eight years you seem to be indifferent to the issue and that is troubling.

!Chris

This type of response moves to me reiterate a previous comment..." the attitude that comes across here would be a real hindrance in your pursuit for more professional responsibility." Many training programs would outright fail you if you adminstered a medication without knowing or caring what it was. You may disagree with a such a policy, and may even have good reason, but you'd do well to acknowledge that such policies exist and agree to follow them despite your disagreement; or if you consciously choose to break policy, then be willing to accept any disciplinary consequence or potential negative outcome. It reflects poorly upon you, though, to say that you don't care that you may have blatantly gone against policy in the past and going so far as to call it "comical" that people here have made an issue over it.

Who would be liable if the nurse had pulled up the wrong drug, you administered it, and the patient had a bad outcome? You might think it would be the nurse's fault and problem, and not yours, but I don't know if our legal system would agree. Are you willing to take that risk? I can see that we have to draw a line somewhere. If a nurse administers a drug contaminated by the manufacturer, the nurse shouldn't be held responsible for ensuring that the drug was pure. And in times of crisis, certain safety measures may be put aside in a tradeoff for speed. But day-to-day, a medical professional has to consider the risks of their profession and clinical actions. Some would argue that it's gone too far and fear of lawsuits constricts good practice. That may be the case, but it's the environment that we're stuck with for now. So you can't just blow off safety concerns and policies just because you don't like them or think they are pointless. Well, you can but you'll probably end up failed or fired sooner or later, whether it's medicine or nursing or any other medical profession.