Paying for Meds that you dropped or vial broke??

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One of the nurses in my hospital accidently dropped a Fentanyl injection ampoule and it broke. The Hospital is asking her to pay for it.

I wonder if any of you guys have heard of similar instances

.....am wondering if this isn't the first vial of this med this nurse alledgedly broke??

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I would refuse stating that it is illegal for me to purchase medications for which I do not have a prescription!:clown:

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Specializes in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy.

our nursing instructor told us of a time that a student mixed a very expensive med without being observed by the instructor, and the med had to be discarded... I think the hospital wanted to make her pay for it but couldn't make it stick in the end.

I think accidental breakage/dropping/spoilage/wastage is part of the cost of any business, and the individual nurses cannot be held responsible unless it's deliberate or a case of gross negligence.

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Specializes in Women's Health.

I have the labor board on speed dial.....

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no, i have not. however, nothing surprises me any more when it comes to the treatment of nurses by today's employers.

-waiting for the day (in 10-20 years) when we will be in demand again...

do you honestly believe this?

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Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.
do you honestly believe this?

there are too many lay people entering nursing at this time... too many nursing schools popping up to accommodate the demand for those trying to become nurses, too many new nurses graduating nursing school at record highs, too many experienced nurses refusing to retire due to not having anything to retire on, and too many nurses who were retired reentering the work force. thus, yes, it will take at least a decade for there to be a shortage again...

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Specializes in Health Information Management.

Wow. That's...completely unreasonable (well, that's the cleaned-up version of what I'd like to say). Employers are really milking the job crunch for all it's worth!

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there are too many lay people entering nursing at this time... too many nursing schools popping up to accommodate the demand for those trying to become nurses, too many new nurses graduating nursing school at record highs, too many experienced nurses refusing to retire due to not having anything to retire on, and too many nurses who were retired reentering the work force. thus, yes, it will take at least a decade for there to be a shortage again...

you misunderstand. my question was do you believe there would ever be a nursing shortage again?

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Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.
you misunderstand. my question was do you believe there would ever be a nursing shortage again?

well, no. i do not believe that there was ever a real shortage in the first place. however, jobs were made plentiful once upon a time when experienced nurses did not need to work because they had a retirement and/or spouses with good paying jobs. during that time employers screamed "shortage" to cover up the fact that there was a lack of nurses willing to work under unsafe and poor conditions rather then a shortage of licensed nurses to fill positions.

also, i believe that once the economy recovers, i doubt that nurses who leave the work place in droves will make a significant impact in the job market to cause an actual nursing shortage. thus, to answer your question no.... there will continue to be too many people entering the nursing profession.... too many nursing schools... too many nursing graduates... too many nurses who will not retire.... etc.

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Wow! I drop and break ampules all the time. I guess I should be more careful ....and more careful about steering the computer-on-wheels into walls and doorways, too. I would quit a job in a hurry if I were penalized for being clumsy. :down:

Lol! You almost sound like me... It's only happened once, but I did accidentally drop and break an insulin bottle. Asked for pharmacy to replace and they did....nothing more.

P.S.

Please stay on topic, people!

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Specializes in Women's Health.

yes, there wil be a nsg shortage again

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.....am wondering if this isn't the first vial of this med this nurse alledgedly broke??

Oh, how could you even go there? For shame!

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