A parent brought in a refill of clonidine for a student that has taken it since the beginning of the year. The bottle stated clonidine 0.1mg take one tablet at 1100. Correct student name on bottle
Audit was done in my clinic by supervisor. Supervisor told me to pull up drug.com pill identifier and identify each pill I had in my locked drawer. When we got to the clonidine which are white and round, the imprint on it stated it was trazodone (which student is on for sleep)
Supervisor told me to write up an incident report. I did, I told mom and the Dr. what happened-- that the student was receiving trazodone instead of clonidine. Mom stated she does not know how the wrong med was in the bottle. She stated she was sorry and was not concerned.
I was suspended for 3 days and a formal investigation was performed on me by HR.
My supervisor also reported me to the board of nursing. I am now awaiting my fate with a lawyer on retainer.
There is not a policy written to use a pill identifier when intaking meds. supervisor stated it falls within the 5 rights of medication admin.
