Perceptorship fail lpn

BeachsideRN, ASN · May 13, 2016

My guess is you will be dismissed from the program. Check your student handbook.

TriciaJ, RN · May 13, 2016

What happens depends on the setting you are in, what their policies are and how serious the error was. If it was a preceptorship, where is your preceptor? I'd start with that person to find out what happens next and if your situation is salvageable.

loriangel14, RN · May 13, 2016

Were you failed for just a single med error?

Fiona59 · May 13, 2016

More to the story than a med error. It's practically impossible to fail a student (either R or P) in Alberta. "you must mentor them" is what we are constantly told no matter how poor the performance, attitude, or knowledge

Fiona59 · May 13, 2016

Did the OP have a fatal/catastrophic med error?

Daisy_08, BSN, RN · May 14, 2016

I knew some students who failed clinical (group placement) for small errors. Usually the teacher did not like them or thought they would make a bad nurse.

I have never heard of students failing a final placement for one med error. I tell my students its best not make them, but your still learning and now is the time to learn how not to make one again. I guess if you tried to cover it up and out a pt at risk, that would be fail worthy.

My colleague had a student who was so tenable, and could not safely practice, even with supervision. The school moved the student to a less acute area, it seemed silly to us. So failing for a med error alone seems unlikely.

newnurse2b93 · May 14, 2016

i was put on a higher acuity ward than i have worked on before. The error was not giving the meds for BP. They were given but later than they should have been given.

newnurse2b93 · May 14, 2016

the preceptor was busy with a patient that had come from another ward that was non responsive. she checked the chart later and found we missed the BP meds.

newnurse2b93 · May 14, 2016

I find out soon what is going to happen. The preceptor I was told by other nurse educators is responsible ultimately for the patients and should be mentoring me and not playing with her cell phone in the nursing unit.

loriangel14, RN · May 14, 2016

I find it highly unlikely you would be failed for missing a BP med.

dishes, BSN, RN · May 14, 2016

If you deflected the blame on your preceptor for 'playing on her cell phone' when the real reason the medication was late, was because she was busy with an unresponsive patient, I can see why your were failed.