Disciplinary action?

roser13, ASN, RN · May 17, 2016

Thoughts?? I have no thoughts since I know nothing about your situation.

But I do know that always going to the worst-case scenario in your mind is a quick route to anxiety & panic attacks. If you allow yourself to always go to the dark side of any situation, you owe it to yourself to require that you also go to the bright side. As in, perhaps the December patient sent a glowing letter of praise.

Think about it.

Boomer MS, RN · May 17, 2016

Thoughts?? I have no thoughts since I know nothing about your situation.
But I do know that always going to the worst-case scenario in your mind is a quick route to anxiety & panic attacks. If you allow yourself to always go to the dark side of any situation, you owe it to yourself to require that you also go to the bright side. As in, perhaps the December patient sent a glowing letter of praise.
Think about it.

Good advice above. I would probably feel the same as you are, but try to get those voices out of your head!! It may not be nearly as dire as you are visualizing. Patience..., patience....patience. The fact that you cared the patient in December 2015 makes me think it cannot be dire. The sun will come out tomorrow. :-))

JVoEDrn · May 17, 2016

She called me! It was a MAR issue as in I completed the med rec and stated the pt was on Potassium chl. But the mar from the rehab facility states otherwise. The pt had a 5.2 k+ And the md that admitted her approved the mar without reviewing the labs and ultimately ordered her to start K when already hyperkalemic. The chain goes down to me and the MAR. I've never ever just put in a medication with no proof the pt was on it, and the only

thing I can think of was me asking the pt (who had a gcs 15 and a/ox3 -LOC) if she was taking k. Which I always ask if the pt is on Lasix but doesn't show proof of taking potassium chl. the pt is ok and nothing else happened aside from that med error.

it came about through a chart audit.

they said not to worry but they wee just trying to figure out where it came from and what to tell the auditors.

Phew.

roser13, ASN, RN · May 17, 2016

She called me! It was a MAR issue as in I completed the med rec and stated the pt was on Potassium chl. But the mar from the rehab facility states otherwise. The pt had a 5.2 k+ And the md that admitted her approved the mar without reviewing the labs and ultimately ordered her to start K when already hyperkalemic. The chain goes down to me and the MAR. I've never ever just put in a medication with no proof the pt was on it, and the only
thing I can think of was me asking the pt (who had a gcs 15 and a/ox3 -LOC) if she was taking k. Which I always ask if the pt is on Lasix but doesn't show proof of taking potassium chl. the pt is ok and nothing else happened aside from that med error.
it came about through a chart audit.
they said not to worry but they wee just trying to figure out where it came from and what to tell the auditors.
Phew.

See?!

Boomer MS, RN · May 18, 2016

See?!

Ditto, ditto, ditto. :-))