Oh crap...I can't believe I forgot...

[EJBNeuroRN]

to turn on the Heparin drip after I did a blood draw on a jugular access site!! Doh!!

I did the lab draw at 0600 and when I was sitting in my car on the way home at 0730, I suddenly remembered...and it hit like a brick...s#*! I forgot to turn the IV pump back on.

I know, I know heparin is a big deal, I should have remembered to turn it back on. I'm sure someone will reprimand me... I deserve it...and yes, I'm the worst nurse on the planet, please gather your stones and commence the throwing...

The patient was DCing home later in the AM and going to switch to oral Coumadin. I thought about calling the AM nurse and letting her know, but I didn't want to interrupt her day for her to say "Um, yeah, I saw you forgot to restart.. (thanks for making me walk all the way to the phone to hear something I already know)"

I am wondering what you guys have forgotten to do on your shift and then WHAM! it hits you...what did you forget and what did you do about it..

Please send all negative and berating personal comments to my inbox, just looking for commiseration here.

[PMFB-RN, RN]

Hey I once ruined $3,000 worth of chemo therapy by forgetting to unroll a roller clamp on the piggy back. It's just a learning experince. Don't sweat it.

[PMFB-RN, RN]

Forgot to check an 0530 blood sugar on (of alllll the patients with glucose checks that I could have forgotten) a DKA patient who was supposed to go home that day. When day shift nurse checked it it was over 500. The day shift nurse told everyone she could think of, including the doctors, other nurses, and the patient himself, that I bought him another day in the hospital.

*** Ya, you can't trust the day walkers...............

[redhead_NURSE98!, ADN, BSN]

I am actually on days now. And the offender is on nights, lol. I will get my chance eventually.