I Saw the insulin leak out, and no there is no way to verify how much the patient got and how much she didn't, but again I did as per policy by regiving the insulin and after consulting the charge...
I fortunately have received no negative feedback from postponing reporting it, apparently I'm far from being the only one who hesitates to do so, The 'not fun' is in fact from the needlepoke, the odds...
Ditto to you as well, I did as per protocol in my facility for this patient's insulin and consulted the charge as well. Read the reply above. Thank you for the snark And to all, yes I was stupid for...
I did as per protocol where I live for this patient and consulted the charge nurse before doing so and documented as necessary. Because of this she did receive the dose again, and her glucs were...
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I know policy is to report, I don't want to report because of backlash I know I will receive, especially because I waited a day. What I'm concerned of moreso is my health, I intend to visit doctor...
My instructor is not on site with me so if anyone I should have reported it to the charge nurse or nurse manager I am reluctant to report it because of such a low risk and obviously the backlash I...
Long story short I poke myself on the inner part of insulin pen needle, these are safety needles so after injecting the patient the safety guard should have gone up and my thumb shouldn't have been...
Yesterday I was giving an elderly patient with UTI her insulin using an Insulin pen, the needles for the pen are safety needles so after use on the patient there should be no risk of poking oneself...