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Go to your director of the school. First of all shouldnt she have witnessed the waste with you? Its ultimately her responsibility for anything like this happening. Secondlly, why did she tell the nurses she had nothing to do with it? That is just screaming "I'm unprofessional".
Be a pitbull, dont let them kick you out. Threaten her with a report to the State Nursing board.
I agree with the advice you've been given. Stay calm and make a written statement of your side of the story. It sounds like this instuctor either forgot that she wasted it (though since it was only yesterdey i'd doubt that) or is throwing you under the bus for her mistake (or problem... perhaps she diverted those last 5 mg...) If you didn;t even handle the syringe, then you should have nothing to worry about. By the way - can nursing students waste narcs? I can't remember. When i worked on a unit we had to waste through the pyxis so you needed employees of the floor to waste a med.
By the way - can nursing students waste narcs? I can't remember. When i worked on a unit we had to waste through the pyxis so you needed employees of the floor to waste a med.
I was thinking the same. At our facility we need two RNS to waste. The instructor would need to have another RN witness and sign for the waste either electronically through Pyxis or on our Schedule II accountabilty sheets.
Hospital policy should state clearly how narcotics are to be wasted. In the 4 places in which I worked, students did not waste narcs. It took two LICENSED personnel to do so.
It could have been like my floor though. Nurse's get lax, one will waste (without a witness) and then ask another nurse to sign the log. Hypothetically, there may not have been a witness.
miwachiru123
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Yesterday at clinicals, I was watching my instructor change a PCA. There was still 5ml left in the syringe (5mg) but since this was not a full dose, the machine made us change it out for a new syringe. My instructor took the dilaudid and said she was going to go waste it. Well at the end of the shift there was a discrepency in the omnicell and it was from the dilaudid. My instructor told all the nurses that I had it last and it was my responsibility. I never even came in physical contact with the syringe!!
They are threatening to kick me out of school what do I do help!!