new nurse medication errors

[radgey]

hi everyone i am a new nurse been on the job for two months and have already made 6 med errors five out of the 6 were missed doses of norco. i feel horrible and cant sleep and i think about it all the time. This experience makes me feel so inadaquate as a nurse. i pass meds to about 23 residents. i feel like i am alone in this boat, i don't feel like i can talk to other nurses about this because they tell me that they don't make errors. 6 med errors in my opinion is alot even though its a missed dose of norco and thankful these people were not in pain a med error is a med error, i feel like i am prone to med errors, i am not perfect i am human and keep trying to convince my self of that but that is not excuse i need to be perfect with the med pass. i am beginning to hate that word med error. Can someone please enlighten me and tell me that i am not the only one who has made this many errors in such a short period of time and i also would like some advice in ways i can improve med pass in a speedy manner. thankyou

[Vespertinas]

Bless your heart

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

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