Yesterday was my last clinical day. I had difficult sleeping the night before.
I got in with a person with diabetes, a UTI with altered mental status.
When administering medications- I forgot I needed to count the medication to make sure it matched the number that was suppose to be given but kept taking it out without properly checking it.
Another incident was I felt really clueless about insulin and the sliding scale concept. I did not know that I was suppose to give Humalog when they were eating. I was confused between sliding scales and the insulin that doesnt have one during meals.
Another incident was the ferrous sulfate which was an administration which could have been in the patient's room so we did not take it out of the drawer. A few moments later when we just gave the patient's medications, I saw that the ferrous sulfate wasnt scanned and I mistakenly thought I gave it.
She told me this was a medication error sicne I failed to remember if I gave it to her or not.
Now she emailed me that she is concered about my performance yesterday and told me I need to do my relfection about it before she finished my evaluation.
Im really nervous that Ill be kicked of the program if I fail this clinical.
How do you keep from feeling calm? I never heard anyone who has failed clinical in the school, but they said they can fail people. I am really worried!
