Kenny Gee

i would like to help you..can I ?

Can someone help me .....I am a registry nurse. The other day I rec call from my registry saying that the hospital was missing 6 narcotics!!!! They said i had taken out 12 narcs... six - 5mg tabs ..each dose =30 mgs. They said I accessed the pyxis twice and it says I took out 12 and the EMAR only shows me giving it once? they pressed me to think ..to account for these meds . I was so nervous i could not think!!! they said that if they were not found that it was going t be reported to the board. MY heart sank!!!! I have never had a strike against me in 18 years... At first I thought I gave them at the end of of the shift and dint chart it....but I didnt. But I said I did cuz I thought I did?? anyways 2 days of agony in the garden..couldnt ea,t , sleep or drink! After deep consideration and lots of prayer I began to remember what happen: I took out one 5 mg tab, I thought it was a 30 mg tab.Closed the pyxis . Didnt know what I was thinking...went back in to pyxis andI thought if I take out 5 more that would be ok. so I did and closed the drawer. so the pyxis actually registered me as taking out 12 when in fact I only took out 6 !!! and gave 6 tabs. I guess what I should have done was cancel the drawer the 2nd time i went in .Anyway , they called and said thefound it..But not before the did a check... They should have checked!!!!!!They should have check the # of tabs said to be taken out vs the number of actual tabs left ...they would have discovered a surplus of six!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! still really upset about the whole thing.... what do all of you think?