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1. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

   ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

   I saw her go into the room with the levaquin and later the patient and family mentioned that a nurse came in and gave an antibiotic.

2. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

   ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

   No, I'm not facing any discipline for this because my liaison knows that I didn't make the error. The patient wasn't harmed. The error was that she gave a previously ordered stat levaquin after the medication had already been discontinued. Thank God ...

3. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

   ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

   "Can you look back at the MAR to show that you did not give the medication and that you did not sign/initial that med?" Yes, she charted that she gave the medication and we can go into the electronic record to prove that she gave it.

4. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

   ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely! I won't do anything without my instructor and she is involved but hasn't made a decision yet...she has never delt with this before.

5. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

   ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

   Thankfully I have been paired with an alternate preceptor since this incident and I am having a great experience. The difficulty if I tell the nurse manager and if my preceptor does lose her job as a result, I will be working at the same hospital tha...

6. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

   ponderpoema posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a nursing student in my last semester of school and I'm finishing up my preceptorship in the Intensive Care Unit. I work in the same ICU that I have been precepting and have a good relationship with the manager and the nurses. When I found out w...