Quietnurse18

Yeah I was thinking about that too. If they’d become hypoglycemic before the procedure. But yeah, we can’t give IV glucose or the oral glucose gel unless they meet the BG requirements in the MAR so we try to get ahead of it with some juice. Thank you all for the advice though! I’ll try not to feel so down about it. Everyone makes mistakes. We’re human

Yeah, that sounds good. Sress to them it’s important not to eat or drink anything. We all have a lot on our mind so if anyone offers you something, try to remember to say no. Thank you all for the advice!

They were aware they were NPO, but I guess we both had a moment and forgot. We don’t have signage but usually I write it on the whiteboard. But I didn’t this time because there were no NPO orders but I saw a bronch ordered so I got the doctor to put it in that night. It was just an all around stressful night and I hadn’t slept enough. This patient had had several periods of hypoglycemia during they’re stay so I just went on autopilot. This was just the first time I’d really made a consequential mistake.

I’m a new nurse of about 8 months. I went through a period of absolutely hating my job and went through some pretty serious depression. I’m stuck in a two year contract, but here lately I’ve felt better about work and think I can at least keep going with it for a while. Anyway, to get to the point, sometimes I brain fart. I work at night so sometimes I’ll have insomnia and just be too tired to be at the top of my game. Like what’s currently bothering me is that I left work for a meeting this morning and one of the nurses asked me if I had given my patient some juice this morning. I said yes, their blood sugar was 80 and I didn’t want it to drop. But then it hit me they had been NPO for a bronch. I had like, a 2 second brain fart where I forgot. I think they canceled the bronch. I’m beating myself up about it currently and over analyzing my night like crazy. I’m thinking now of something I forgot to say in report and about a million other things I could’ve done better. But the kicker is I did a bunch of things right last night too. I guess I’m seeking reassurance or advice on how to not feel so crappy when I make mindless mistakes like this one ?