Med error..... Could I lose my license?

[RN66]

Hi. I have a serious question to ask. OK so. A pt had an order for Dilaudid q6. I thought it was q4 because his oxy was q4. I gave it ONE time four hours apart. Realized my mistake at the end of the shift. Didn't tell anyone. Pt is a-OK, still alive. This happened two weeks ago, and it's been eating me alive bc IDK what to do. It's in the chart that I gave it four hours apart, and the order was q6.

Can I lose my license??

I want to tell my manager. But I'm scared. But it's already done, so I'm either gonna lose my license or not at this point. But can someone with experience please shed some light and perspective on this situation????

Thank you so much in advance. 

[Guest856929]

Nursemedic74 said:

Please don't presume to know what I do or how I practice. I have 20 years of experience in healthcare as a firefighter, paramedic, flight medic paramedic instructor, and state-appointed council member for our DHS. That was all before I became a nurse. It's attitudes like this that find progress and lead the way to unprofessionalism. 
The nurse asked for advice, and I gave mine.  

That is an interesting but irrelevant retort. I wasn't questioning your experience in disparate healthcare fields. Nonetheless, I'm certain OP was in desperate need of the pious advice/opinion.

[Guest1036391]

I never had in my life had a med error until moving to Germany, where there are no safety checks in place; I grabbed the 1g  Novalgin instead of the 500mg one and gave it IV, reported it to the MD right away ( usually you need to call the MD and let them know and then in the states contact your manager as well), here the doc was like great in the ED we always give 1g and the patient is tolerating it well, relieved from pain and fever. Now go figure, your patient had a lot of pain, and the only reason the orders were spaced is the fact that you may have needed coverage in two hours and max dosing./day.

 

Long story short, reporting at the moment, not two weeks later, makes it seem sketchy. This will never happen to you again.