Tabakb19

Thanks everyone for the advice finally got a job at another faciliy and used the advice above again thanks so much!

Well mine was in September so I feel like so should have heard something by now..its just rumoured anyways i was never told in my termination this would happen so im just waiting you know..im yo the point where I want to just get it over with

How long will it take to recieve a letter of complaint from the board when you have been reported

So far I have been asked why did you leave? I was dismissed d/t a medication error. What happened? I explain how when I put the order in for a high alert medication it was put in as 20/5 ml and the dose on hand was 20 /1. (Still not understanding how this happened because i checked that bottle and thought thats what it said..not excusing it) I tell them it was a huge mistake and I now know to always verify with the pharmacy and superviser when putting in an order for high alert medication. After that its like well we will definitely keep your application on file or i dont really see anything available. I will definitely look into dialysis or the others mentioned above thank you

Thank you..ive just been applying everywhere with no luck..even facilities that aren't very picky so it makes me think I am the problem..and to clarify I'm not going straight in there and saying this is what happened but every time the question comes up why aren't you there anymore i just get sick..someone suggested saying insufficient training leading to errors but I feel like that may look like I'm blaming the facility and might look bad towards me to..i don't know ..ive only been a nurse for 8 months and never imagined I'd even be in this position

not every med error but I believe it's if the medication error was the reason for your termination

Thanks..maybe I just assumed..ive looked up everything 100 different ways and it pretty much states that lying or omittng the error that led to your termination can be considered a violation of npa. Who would be someone to get in touch with that would know more about this? And when they ask the question why did you leave your place of employment how is a better way of going about it? I feel like it's wrong because mistakes do happen but I also feel like I've been punished enough.

I was recently terminated from a Ltc facility d/t medication error. To my knowledge I am not being investigated but it has been a little over a month so I can't be certain. According to the nurse practice act I am required to disclose this error in my interviews. I know this is preventing me from getting a job even though everyone is saying it shouldnt. One interview I explained the error what I did wrong and how I learned from this situation and immediatly was told nothing was available but full time nights which I had told them prior I could not do. Almost ran out of gas because i really didnt even have the money to get to the interview.The next interview went more smoothly and the director explained what my duties would be then the dreaded " we will get in touch" and to look for an email and nice to meet you. I am so frustrated right now i know I made a mistake and hold accountability for my actions but now I feel so worthless as a nurse. And financially we will be ruined. I have even applied to fast food restaurants thinking this will hold us over until I get a higher paying job but there's no way we can make it on that income compared to what we have been living on. I just don't know what to do

I know this is an old post but I'm right there with you..i was also terminated due to med errors..mostly from when I first started until i had a big one that cost me my job. It's very overwhelming and lack of training doesn't help. Lttc is a tough place to be in even with assisted living but I'm like you I have zero confidence. I was always good in school but I feel so useless and dumb. I wish I had more advice for you just know your not alone

Thank you..i know i have to be honest and tell them but I also know what that could mean. I just feel like nursing is not what I thought it would be..i put in all this work for school with the mindset that I would be able to help people and I felt so powerless when it actually came down to it. I felt like what's the point of all this to do these med passes day in and day out to the point where I couldn't do my job as a nurse. It became so task oriented that one day a patient became sick and I almost felt like omg I don't have time for this then thought to myself it's my JOB to take care of this person I should never feel this way. I had actually considered putting a notice in prior to this but this happened before it came to that. Maybe it was just the facility i worked at i dont know. I always felt like I was walking on eggshells or a tightrope and that any minute it would be over. I can't blame the facility though they did what they had to do. It was all the mistakes in the beginning that cost me. I needed more training and more time, but it was the cardinal 5 rights so I can only hold accountability for myself at the end of the day. Hopefully this interview will go well it's a smaller facility also. And thank you again.

As a new nurse I have made several errors when I first started as a nurse. Nothing major but still an error. Well until a big one happened. I looked at a bottle of a liquid medication wrong ..i still don't understand how...and calculated the wrong dosage for a high alert medication.There is no excuse for it and I'm so sick about it. The patient didn't die at that time..but already had a huge amount of problems so I don't even know if she did pass if it would be my fault or all the other problems she had. I keep playing in my head constantly everything i did wrong and what i wouldnt give to take it back. All because i didnt listen to myself i listened to a coworker who said dont call the pharmacy. So i was obviously terminated. All of this school and hard work i was a top student in class to questioning whether or not I should even be a nurse. The thought of medicine terrifies me now and it's still in the back of my head that this is the day I will get a certified letter from the board of nursing. I have an interview and I know this is going to come up. How do you even say something like this in an interview an expect to get a job. I feel so lost right now and depressed.