OneRN50

I am a seasoned Nurse and feel so stupid for this issue...I worked a midnight recently and was to dose a patient with his Suboxone prior to transfer to another facility. I checked and double checked the dose ....I crushed the sublingual tab which is ...

It is done this way in Corrections...I didn't make these rules..it is so highly diverted....these orders came down from the powers that be

I didn't intend on getting a mental health evaluation by posting my dilemma. I'll be deleting my post now. Thank you to those who gave me encouragement

Call it what you want and if you look back I thanked everyone for their kind words and they made me feel better but that person acted like it was a crime to feel bad and judged me saying maybe I should do something about...why do that. I wasnt lookin...

You do not work where I work and can't speak for every situation....please do not comment on my post anymore

I'm a conscientious person and treasure my license and I think it's kind of rude of you to say that..you don't know me...and if you must know I do something about it everyday. I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder and I take medication and I se...

Thank you so much to all who have given me kind words of encouragement...I am so grateful for all of them and you ..I love when Nurses encourage other nurses...and I treasure my title and profession

I hope it passes soon I hate this inner turmoil...I feel like I've done what I should by reporting to my supervisors and if they take it further I guess I'll have to go through it

Thank you for the reassurance...I'm stressed out to the point of tears...I offered to make out an error report.. I have notified my nurse administrator and the doctor

I work in prison and the order is to crush for less chance of diversion....I gave the right med and right dose but I unintentionally added water....I don't know what I was thinking ...other than that's how we do our gabapentin and now I'm stressed ou...

I know this ...I was replying to the other nurse who said it's not supposed to be crushed

It is our orders to crush it....so that's in the doctor and facility and it doesn't absorb as well being swallowed...and could cause gastric upset and withdrawal symptoms due to not being all absorbed

So we had one of our doctors call back into our facility(prison) saying he wouldn't be in for two weeks because he had a covid exposure at his office ..I took the call and let the other nurse know the situation..the pharmacist was also present in our...

Chicken lady are you meaning this isn't a HIPAA issue?? Hannah banana...not sure what you mean by HIPAA deniers??? I'm very careful about privacy even in prison

I have a question...I was working in drug and alcohol rehab...a patient decided he was leaving treatment and the doctor had to do a last minute discharge...long story short the guy was discharged with too many suboxone pills( Dr wanted him to only ta...

Thank you....your comment eases my mind some..I appreciate it

I guess what I'm really asking is should I self report that I contacted the officer....I no longer work there but this issue is killing me I feel so guilty...it wasnt done maliciously I would never do that . But after I thought shoot I shouldnt have ...

JadedCPN you sound as if you're mocking me

Thank you for your kind words....yes I felt a need to immediately reach the patient. The doctor normally would send remainder of pills and had asked that morning what he had left I told her and she never called back to say she wanted less sent and di...

Vitamin B tablets

Well my friends get this....this error I previously spoke of...you guessed it...i was given a Formal Counseling and get this...on my last working day there...I had already resigned to take another position elsewhere....I didnt really need this hangin...

I've been a nurse for 15 years. I never went to college until 34 years of age. I have experience in several areas. Recently, after all these years I find myself making stupid mistakes no matter how careful I try to be. What is wrong with me? I feel s...

Definitely retaliation

Lawyer up!!!..ASAP

I feel like you did the best you could at the time. No one ever intentionally doesnt call attention to a negative symptom. You are human just like the rest of us nurses and hindsight is always 20/20 my friend d. We have all been there. You did what y...