NewRN9423

NewRN9423 has 5 years experience.

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1. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

   NewRN9423 replied to NewRN9423's topic in General Nursing

   To everyone, thank you for your advice. I am taking everything into consideration as I plan my next steps. One thing I forgot to mention is that we had no PCA on the unit, which did not help my situation. I have been looking at the jobs out there...

2. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

   NewRN9423 replied to NewRN9423's topic in General Nursing

   The patient would constantly ask for something while a nurse or aide was in the room. I was already stressed because I was trying to get everything done prior to report, and I turned to fulfill the request, which led to another request, etc. Stupid ...

3. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

   NewRN9423 replied to NewRN9423's topic in General Nursing

   I was referring to the “right time”. I did not catch that the two doses were so close together. I always scan the patient, ask their name/birth date, double check the delivery method and dose/expiration date. I have forgotten to scan a med (especi...

4. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

   NewRN9423 replied to NewRN9423's topic in General Nursing

   I am definitely planning on taking some time management CEU classes while I am looking for a new job. Right now, I am grappling with what type of nursing job I would be good at. I can’t help but feel I am not cut out to be a nurse.

5. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

   NewRN9423 replied to NewRN9423's topic in General Nursing

   My orientation was one week of classes, then 10 weeks with a bunch of different preceptors. I asked for an additional 2 weeks with my preceptor, because I was still uncomfortable. I take full responsibility for my mistakes, but I can’t help but thi...

6. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

   NewRN9423 replied to NewRN9423's topic in General Nursing

   I was on night shift and had a total of 6 patients. I had to finish the admission of the previous nurse, and I had a second admission. I had been writing down all of my meds and times for each patient, but I have been receiving feedback that I was ...

7. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

   NewRN9423 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new nursing working on a neuro med surg unit. I just came off of orientation about 2 weeks ago, and I made a med error where I gave two doses of an IV medication too close together. When I discovered my error, I quickly stopped the IV and o...