I had never given Vit K in the IV form.
It was ordered on a patient who was having diarrhea and had been on heparin earlier in the week and was then on Lovenox. So IM was not ordered. MD was wanting to do an EGD in the next few days.
The nurse that followed me after my shift said that it had only been ordered once before that she knew of adn she refused to give it but the MD was there and he gave it for her. EDIT HERE: this nurse was talking about a different patient and a different situation.
I read and re-read every drug book I could find to make sure I was doing it correctly. Our pharmacist was gone for the day and the ER nurses were busy. I called the nursing superviser at home who I had seen she had given this Vit K IV earlier in the week. She wasn't home.
Anyway... the patient tolerated it well. I spent almost 30 minutes with her making sure she was OK. Her BP was fine.
Have you ever refused to give something?