That1Rn

Sooo… I’ve been an RN for a whole 6 weeks.. and it’s happened. I’ve messed up… A little context… my last shift, after a terrible pm shift onto am. I had one discharge and the rest were fine.. I work on a dementia delirium/ acute geriatric ward that’s really heavy. I thought I was doing great, had done all showers, etc, helped my fellow sisters taking patients for x-ray and I was feeling amazing … lunch time came.. go in to check my patient BSL as I did in the morning…. And my heart sank…. I realised …. I missed his morning insulin jab… 100% my fault. Back track- While I was in the middle of getting my patients meds (which is in the draw next to the patient) he has a bowel action, got everywhere so decided to clean him up In the shower and redress his wounds as they got soiled. Give his medication and his clexane and moved on. When I took his lunch time BSL it was 10.1 he said oh that’s high (he was orientated) which made me think … I go straight to the BSL chart and I see it…. I go to my charge nurse and ask what to do… She said go see the doctor which I did and he said give the insulin (12:30) at this time… I documented the whole thing in my notes and the charge was so nice and was checking on me and said she had done it before also… I have 4 days off so I’m just sitting at home… wondering if my patient is OK. I will never make this mistake again, I know that for sure… I just feel like I shouldn’t be a nurse, I can’t even tell my close nurse friend out of fear of judgment because it was purely my error.