Hello again everyone. I appreciate all the tremendous advice and support I get from here. Pls help me out on this again.
So last time, I wrote about working in a Long term acute care and trying to get the hang of it. Well one has only 3days to orientate on the floor and then you're done with it- nothing is totally explained and if you ask, the response goes something like this- "Weren't you told in nursing school that...." and on.
Ignorance is NOT bliss, so I accept responsiblity on a a few med errors I made. So now I'm to start on a new unit. My question is this, does being on a new unit solve anything? Or would an entire startover be the main thing. Pls advice.Thanks:)
Med errors still are the responsibility of the person passing the med, regardless of the condition of the environment. That's what makes nursing such a difficult field. The nurse/tech always takes the fall. I left a LT facility that has seen a 2x turnover in staff and 5 DONs in the last year and a half to go to a new assisted living facility that is growing so fast it's darned hard to keep up. Yet I still take the fall if there is a med error. Thank God I have a very supportive boss, but she can only do so much.
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Med errors still are the responsibility of the person passing the med, regardless of the condition of the environment. That's what makes nursing such a difficult field. The nurse/tech always takes the fall. I left a LT facility that has seen a 2x turnover in staff and 5 DONs in the last year and a half to go to a new assisted living facility that is growing so fast it's darned hard to keep up. Yet I still take the fall if there is a med error. Thank God I have a very supportive boss, but she can only do so much.