maridion1

Thank you for the feedback. This is occurring in the final semester of an ADN program. This student had some of the same issues in a previous attempt of the course. It is scary that she does not see the importance of knowing the medications that are being given to the patient.

Looking for some input regarding medication administration in the clinical setting. If you have a student who continually does not know the medications they are giving (even after they have been told they can write it down and have a cheat sheet), when do you say enough is enough? After remediation and an improvement plan, the student continues to follow the same unsafe behavior. They are passing medication with a preceptor, but have not clue what the med is or why their patient is taking it. For example, one of their patients had Cordorone hanging and they informed the instructor that their patient was on it for "seizures." Doesn't this expectation of knowing the medication come under fundaments of nursing? How long should this behavior be allowed without failing the course? Does your school have a policy built in place that states this is unacceptable behavior?

Did your mom ever figure out what was wrong?