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I had a manager leave my current med surg unit to go into MICU. Before her departure I told him how awesome that was and that I wish I could go with her. She and I were on good terms. She said to hit her up when I am eligible to transfer. Come October I’ll be able to apply for the med surg to ICU transition program. They only take like 5 nurses so I want to make sure I’m as competitive as possible. I want to write an email to my old manager asking her basically, how can I get the job. How can I stand apart from the rest of the applicants? Anyone have any advice on how I should word the email?

Thank you to everyone helped eased my anxiety ? A little update: the nurse and the manager found the missing oxy and all is accounted for. Crisis adverted LOL

Thanks everyone. I correct the numbers in my post, I wanted to change the info up in case someone I work with happens to see this (which is rare but you never know). Everything is correct.

Hello everyone, I’m looking for advice. This is the first time this has happened to me and I don’t know how to handle this situation. I just got an email saying there was a med discrepancy regarding a narc. The report says 9/30 1615 I pulled 10mg of oxy. The count was verified at 26. And it’s shown that I administered it to the patient at 1618. Next, another nurse comes in to pull 5mg oxy and the count is off by one. The count should have been 24, but the nurse who came in after me counted 23. Then the charge nurse came in and settled the discrepancy as a miscount, but according to the report that missing oxy was never added back to the Pyxis so it technically is not a miscount. I did not drop one or take an extra. And it’s very odd that I saw both the charge and the nurse and had multiple conversations with them through the remainder of the shift, all casual and friendly, but no one brought up that an oxy was missing. No one mentioned anything or brought up anything to my attention or asked me questions. I had no idea that the count was off until the next day, on my day off I just happened to check my work email and saw an email stating there was a discrepancy found by the pharmacy on 10/1.  Has this happened to anyone? This is so confusing to me. I’m a new grad and was taken off orientation early due to lack of staff. I’ve been working there for 2 months and I’m not sure who to ask since my old preceptor is on vacation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. (Sorry for X-post)

Hello everyone, I’m looking for advice. this is the first time this has happened to me and I don’t know how to handle this situation. I just got an email saying there was a med discrepancy regarding a narc. The report says 9/30 1615 I pulled 10mg of oxy. The count was verified at 26. And it’s shown that I administered it to the patient at 1618. Next, another nurse comes in to pull 5mg oxy and the count is off by one. The count should have been 23, but the nurse who came in after me counted 22. Then the charge nurse came in and settled the discrepancy as a miscount, but according to the report that missing oxy was never added back to the Pyxis so it technically is not a miscount. I did not drop one or take an extra. And it’s very odd that I saw both the charge and the nurse and had multiple conversations with them through the remainder of the shift, all casual and friendly, but no one brought up that an oxy was missing. No one mentioned anything or brought up anything to my attention or asked me questions. I had no idea that the count was off until the next day, on my day off I just happened to check my work email and saw an email stating there was a discrepancy found by the pharmacy on 10/1. Has this happened to anyone? This is so confusing to me. I’m a new grad and was taken off orientation early due to lack of staff. I’ve been working there for 2 months and I’m not sure who to ask since my old preceptor is on vacation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.