I had clinical on Thursday and during clinical, I was taking vitals for my assigned patients. When I was getting the vitals machine cleaned and ready to go to my next patient's room, the thermometer fell onto the ground. I picked it up and noticed it had a missing piece on it. I'm was unsure if it was already on there or not, so I look on the patient's floor to see if any piece came off and fell on the ground, but I didn't find anything. I did look at the machine and tested it to make sure it still worked and it did. So now I just remembered that incident and I felt that I should have said something. A nurse did come in after I was done testing the machine, but I guess that distracted me or something. I felt that I should have done something. Any input?
Sour Lemon 5,016 Posts Has 13 years experience. Sep 15, 2018 I would be annoyed if someone wasted my time telling me they might have broken something that still worked, and they couldn't find a missing piece of something that they're not even sure fell off.
meanmaryjean, DNP, RN 7,899 Posts Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia. Has 46 years experience. Sep 15, 2018 Meh- it was probably dropped and broken before you got it. You looked for the missing piece and didn't find it. That's plenty of due diligence.
KelRN215, BSN, RN 1 Article; 7,349 Posts Specializes in Pedi. Has 16 years experience. Sep 15, 2018 Did it still work?
mtmkjr, BSN 414 Posts Sep 15, 2018 Don't worry about it. If it stops working, someone will put in a work order for repair.
Kallie3006, ADN 389 Posts Specializes in Surgical, Home Infusions, HVU, PCU, Neuro. Has 7 years experience. Sep 15, 2018 Sleep with a clear conscious, it still worked when you was done. I can almost promise that is not the worse thing this machine has went through
JePierreB, ADN, RN 114 Posts Has 1 years experience. Sep 15, 2018 Did it still work?Yes. I was able to complete my task.
JePierreB, ADN, RN 114 Posts Has 1 years experience. Sep 15, 2018 Thank you everyone for your input. Appreciate it.
