Missed Antibiotic

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Hey I'm been working as a nurse for 8 months and finished a 3 month nicu orientation in December. Our ratio is 1-3 babies depending on the amt of staff. 
I had ONE baby for a night shift  and I still missed one of their antibiotics which is a big I feel so bad. This is the first time I missed a med pass. I'm honestly thinking about changing careers. My colleagues probably think I'm so incompetent and talking about me. The funny not so funny thing is that I checked the med chart 2-3 times and I still missed it. So what does that say about me as nurse. This would get me written up right?  Any way that's it for my rant I just needed to vent 

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Specializes in Gerontology.

Every nurse has made at least one med error in her career. We are human. Meds get missed. Just look at what happened , learn from it and move on.
No one is talking about you. 

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Specializes in Oncology, ID, Hepatology, Occy Health.

The fact that you feel bad about it shows how conscientious you are. 

I've known nurses shrug it off like it's nothing. They're the bad nurses, not you.

Supernurse doesn't exist. We've all made mistakes. I agree 100% with Pepper the Cat - learn and move on.  

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