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Thank you all for the words of encouragement and understanding- truly, this isn't my first med error- just the major one- and I was planning on going in with a written plan and also an approach for myself to be an advocate for med safety and inservice -including support for other nurses going through the same thing- I do think that they will want ME to come up with the plan to prevent these type errors ;rather than asking them what they would have me do to prevent them. It's good to know there is a place like this to go and get support, advice and opinions- thanks again for the response.

going tomorrow to face hospital personnel due to a serious med error concerning insulin- the patient is ok- was on a vent- and was off insulin at the time - but i took the insulin off the pump and put another med up to run and i assume i opened the clamp thinking it was the one i had just hung- anyway the pt's glucose was only 14 when discovered. luckily she was stabilized after many d50w's. Now I feel like I'm on the firing line (literally) and need any advice on how to get through this without totally falling apart or looking like I am unafffected - I know partially what is expected of me - and know they want a plan of action as far as what my follow up will be- not sure how to outline this- please- any help would be appreciated - I'm a veteran rn of 33 years and this is driving me crazy- but also feel very blessed that the pt . survived ny error