Med error :(

I probably wouldn't talk to your supervisor. Do you have a reporting system at your hospital? I would just file an incident report and reflect how to improve in the future (ie read orders more clearly, have whoever checks orders highlight the number of pills etc).

Everyone here has made mistakes and the majority of us get that same, sinking, sick feeling when you do. Take a deep breath, forgive yourself for being human, and try not to make the same mistake again

I work in long term care. We just have a med error report :/

The DOSE should be on the MAR, not the number of tablets.

That way, if the patient/resident is supposed to receive 250mg and the supplied tablets are 125mg, it's obvious that the patient should receive two tablets to equal 250mg.

You are doing the right thing by reporting it to your supervisor. The order on the MAR should have stated the correct dose if it was changed. Hopefully it will be a lesson that will prevent future problems!

The DOSE should be on the MAR, not the number of tablets.

That way, if the patient/resident is supposed to receive 250mg and the supplied tablets are 125mg, it's obvious that the patient should receive two tablets to equal 250mg.

That's why I'm having a hell of a time trying to figure out how this could even happen. It's obvious the MAR should be fixed, but how it managed to just list the dose as a tablet instead of the actual dose is pretty dangerous.