Furosemide med error

[cutiep7]

I'm an LVN and one of my pt was due to get blood transfusion meds were due before starting Benadryl tylenol, and furosemide, furosemide was supposed to be given after the transfusion however the way it was written it showed or looked like all 3 were DUE at the same time in fact they all had DUE beside all three. After the RN's whispered about it one can and was freaking out about it the other one told me this was a big med error. I know furosemide is a lasix and it was supposed to be given anyway would you really view this as a med error? Sorry if some of the sentence don't make sense I feel really bad about it and the ppl there make a big deal out of everything.

[Mavrick, BSN, RN]

In some states LPN/LVNs cannot give blood or blood products. As demonstrated here, the medications accompanying said blood products require the clinical assessment skills of RNs. You should not have been expected to give these medications. An RN making such a med error has made a med error.