meds - confused

[nurs15]

If an EN who has completed and passed the meds subject was to give a patient 500g of oral paracetamol because of a headache which was prescribed, Why would she be reprimanded by the RN for not consulting with her prior.

[OCNRN63, RN]

At the end of the day the registered nurse is the one in charge, if something goes wrong its potentially their registration on the line.

Not sure if you are talking NZ or Australia. In NZ within the enrolled nurse scope of practice they work under the direction and delegation of the registered nurse I would imagine its fairly simiar in Australia.

But like I said, its hard to comment with any accuracy on the details you have given

It's not the RN's responsibility if the EN makes a mistake. ENs still function under their own license.

[OCNRN63, RN]

I dont know why you are all getting so involved with this question. It was just a general discussion, not homework, nothing serious and was NOT a typo. If you really want a solution to figure out, wait until i return back to school and im sure i will have many assignments that need to be discussed and answered! But in the mean time just chill :-)

Well, why did you put it out there if you don't think people should discuss it?

When you go back to school, you should be doing your own homework, not posting it here hoping for someone else to do it for you.

Over and out.

[PghRN15]

Yea, I thought about that myself. I hope the OP meant mg.