I just wanted to get some feedback regarding clinical mistakes. I had a patient who was on a heparin drip. Let me preface this story by telling you that I did NOT hang the heparin the RN did and up when I came on duty. I did check the bag to make sure it was indeed heparin at the ordered concentration. My pt had a double pump with NS running at 100 ml/hr and heparin 13 ml/hr. I did not follow my lines to the pump and pt to ensure the pt was getting the recommended dosage. The lines had been crossed and the pt got a large heparin bolus. No harm came to the patient but I feel horrible that I did not check the lines as the RN had hung the bag. I overlooked the need for MY own assessment of the PT IV lines.
After this incident I was in the breakroom upset and trying not to cry when a classmate said in front of several other classmates "I'm glad you finally made a mistake, you're always so perfect." I was already very upset and this comment simply pushed my over the edge. I left the room quickly before everyone saw me cry. my classmate said ha ha only joking, but I feel that they really meant it. My instructor and the pt's RN talked to me and made me feel a little bit better and told me to use this incident as a learning experience, and this definitely ensured that I wll be the IV line nazi from now on. But I can't get my classmate's comments out of my head. Any suggestions as to how I should deal with this? Any input would be great.
Thanks for letting me get this off my chest.