Alyk3309

Is it a nurses responsibility to be responsible for behavioral intervention for their patient at school or is it the schools responsibility? For example, if the patient was told to do something by their teacher and refuses and then starts breaking down and having a tantrum because they don't want to do their work (even though they are capable of doing so) is it the nurses responsibility to calm the child down or is it the behavioral team at school/ teachers?

So I had a crappy situation happen to me today and I just need some clarification on some things. I am an RN that works in LDRP. I had a CST draw up and administer Tylenol to a neonate, that I was taking care of, after a circumcision. We generally get the lidocaine and Tylenol from the medication distribution machine and give it to the CST's so the doctor can administer the lidocaine before the procedure and we generally keep the Tylenol in the bassinet for us (the RN's) to administer after the procedure. Not only was I shocked when she said she gave it but when I asked her how much she gave, it was the wrong dose. I had pulled her aside and let her know that that was out of her scope of practice and only RN's are able to draw up and administer medications. I also said that giving a wrong dose of any medication to a neonate could result in an overdose or even death. I told her that I had to report this. I reported it to my supervisor, manager, and they had me fill out an RL solution. What should happen to this CST? Is she going to get fired? Will she lose her certification due to going out of her scope of practice?