Fear of Med mistake preventing me from going into Nursing.....should it?

[wonderfulmom]

Hi! I have been seriously considering going to nursing school. I have an undergraduate in Psychology and I am a very compassionate person. The only thing is I am more English/verbal than mathematical. I got through trig in college and I wasn't the biggest dummy in the class but I don't think I am very mathematically inclined. The only thing that really scares me about nursing is making a dosage/med error. A new friend of mine who is a nurse said I shouldn't let that stop me. She said there are lots of safeguards in Nursing to make sure that doesn't happen. Thoughts?!!! Also, I have had occasional muscular back problems in the past but this can be controlled if I do regular exercise. Could that be a problem also? Thanks. Toni.

[Cnowak07]

Does fear of getting into a car accident keep you from driving?

You can't let fear rule your life. If nursing is something that you want to do than go for it......

[redmissb]

Oh this is exactly what I'm worried about!!! I'm hoping to start my nursing degree this autumn and this is my biggest fear. I'm still going to go for it though and you should too!

tina:)

[Bloodman]

The only time you have to worry about med errors is if your facility doesn't like you. Then they'll use it as an excuse to get rid of you or write you up until you quit. Meanwhile, you'll see error after error committed by others that are covered up, or they will blame another employee they don't like that had nothing to do with the error. I have seen these things happern repeatedly in patterned fashion. I have never seen anything happen to anyone that just made an error. Usually a facility goes after employees they want to get rid of for another reason, independent of the error(s), such as being vocal about other issues, complaining about short-staffing, etc. This way, they rid themselves of "problem" employees. Be sincere, passive, and don't gossip about other nurses and you won't have a problem.