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We'll I'm sorry to hear that you are going through that ... I know in the mix if the hustle and bustle of things you can lose track of something .. I think we are all human and mistakes happen. Luckily no one was harmed. I know it's tuff to find a good paying job that is pleasant to work at. I would say don't put that employer on your resume. Keep your head up and stay Positive. It could be worse.

I had a girl I went to nursing school with who made a similar mistake she simply would lie about the experience and after a few years no one would call. I am not sure if this is what you want to hear but I hope it helps!

I'm very sorry to hear about your situation. I definitely agreed with Nurseypoo82 don't put the other employer in your application nor your resume. Stay strong and faith. I believe that you will get something better :)

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. It never occurred to me to leave that job off of my resume. It would leave a 1 1/2 year gap of time off of my resume and I've read in multiple resume writing articles that it's not a good idea to omit a job. Also, job applications request that time gaps between jobs be accounted for (even though I don't think it's anyone's business why you weren't working). I can't lie about it. If I did it would grate at me and I'd never sleep again. I'm just so aggravated and so sick of being rejected. It would be wonderful if my honesty about the situation was enough to garner some respect. Nursingiswithinme...I hope you are right that I will get something better. :)

That doesn't sound unforgivable, to me ...but maybe you should gloss over it a little bit. I wouldn't leave the job off my resume, but I wouldn't go into so much detail about the incident, either. Just let them know you were "ready to move on" and leave it at that.

I'd hire you in a heartbeat OP. You're honest and open about your error. Most lie to me during interviews and I find out later.

When you talk about that error you need to talk about what you learned and how you won't make the same mistake again.

Itsmejuli...I agree and I do. I state what happened and what I learned from it. I wish it was enough. It's tough 'out there'. I really appreciate the time everyone is taking to comment. It helps more than you know. I'm hoping Homecare might be good route for me considering it would be one patient at a time in there home; meaning the company might not view me as such a liability b/c there wouldn't be multiple patients to give wrong meds too. What a nightmare nursing is sometimes. I'm thinking very seriously about getting out of patient care.

Is there another way you can word it? Medication error and time management issues? Those happen to everyone and it's pretty easy to learn from those mistakes. I wouldn't be dishonest about it, but maybe a little sugarcoating is in order.

Thanks, NurseDirtyBird :) My experience with interviewers is that they ask me to describe the med error or to describe the incident. What do you think about me just saying that I gave the wrong med to the wrong patient?

"Losing track of narcotics = losing nursing license." -Confucius

"I made a medication error that did not reach the patient, therefore caused no patient harm". "Because of this, I am extremely mindful of locking the medication cart every time".

We all make errors. I would not get into a great deal of details other than what happend, and what you learned from it.

The general theme now a days is to get the most experienced nurses for the lowest amount possible. A number of LPN's with multiple years experience in another company are now back to min. wage when looking for a new position. A number of new grads are not working at all.

Good luck to you in your endevours.