dawnall

dawnall

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  1. Sweeping med errors under the rug

    dawnall posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I work at a nursing home. Over the last 8 months or so, I have turned in approx 15 med errors from the same nurse to my Unit Supervisor. A few of these had a potential for serious injury or death....

  2. Sweeping med errors under the rug

    dawnall replied to dawnall's topic in Patient Medications

    When I was brought into the office, the DON made excuses and said that we can't be sure that she really made a med error. I'm assuming that was her way of showing comraderie. I have an honest concern...

  3. Sweeping med errors under the rug

    dawnall replied to dawnall's topic in Patient Medications

    These are instances six as given a double dose of potassium, the wrong dose to a patient that even had the wrong patient, and charting that they giving Amiodorone on a patient with a pacemaker for 4...

  4. Sweeping med errors under the rug

    dawnall replied to dawnall's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm not a new nurse. As a matter of fact, I was DON at a facility for several years and chose to step down for my family. As a nurse with integrity, when do we choose which med errors we report? Only...

  5. How to relocate to Canada??

    dawnall posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a RN student right now and my husband is currently an RN with his associates degree. We are discussing moving to Canada in 2 years when I get my license and were wondering if anyone knew if we...