End of shift guilt

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Do you guys ever had an "end of guilt shift?" where you forgot to chart or you could have done something better to care for a patient or forgot to co-note a Dr order?

Mine was when I was working for LTC on a night shift and i was busy on the floor and a patient was ill so I had to monitor her closely. I was checking all the orders and I somehow missed on one of the patients chart and the next day, when I found out that I missed it, I felt bad after. I'm not sure if there was a med error to it. Anyway, after coming home that day from work my guilt was killing me. Usually, I'd be happy to get home from work but somehow my guts tell e some else that idk. Did that ever happen to you? If so, I'd like to hear your story. How did you get over your guilt?

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