yan2006

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1. Don't let nursing career feel like a laundry list

   yan2006 replied to awakenthepassion's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for the wonderful message! Eva

2. Help!! I failed clinical due to medication error

   yan2006 replied to yan2006's topic in General Students

   Hi, I want to explain the situation a bit more. I was at a neurosurgical floor. Most patients I had were not alert, no responsive to command. Do you still explain to them "the medication you are giving, and why?" As well, both of my patients have or...

3. Help!! I failed clinical due to medication error

   yan2006 replied to yan2006's topic in General Students

   Thanks to all of you, I just wanna to say that In Canada there is no "e-mar", at least the hospital I was in did not have "e-mar", plus, we don't typically bring patient's med profile to pt's room. So it is pure memory if you can remember pt's name ...

4. Help!! I failed clinical due to medication error

   yan2006 replied to yan2006's topic in General Students

   Thanks for the reply. I did all the checks. The problem is that I got interrupted on the way to the patient's room. PT came to me to ask me to if I had given patient S narcotics soon, so she can get my patient to do exercise. I told her that my nurse...

5. Help!! I failed clinical due to medication error

   yan2006 posted a topic in General Students

   i am at my third year of nursing. on my second last day of my clinical, i made a medication error. i gave patient t's nitroglycerin patch to patient s, (they are in the same room). s' systolic bp went down to 60. during the day s also received 2 bags...

6. I screwed up big time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   yan2006 replied to bigboy18's topic in General Students

   Hi Bigboy, 1st of all, I wish you medication error incident turn out fine for you in the end. On my second last day of my clinical, i made a medication error as well. I gave patient T's nitroglycerin patch to patient S, (They are in the same room)....