Well, as the op I can tell you this did happen. I have done extensive education on "not" borrowing meds since. Not only narcs but any meds. Hell it says it's against federal law right on the label....
OK, here's what should have happened. You as the pts advocate, the pts nurse and a Paramedic should have taken control of the scene! As a former Paramedic that has, in the past, treated LTC nurses...
Wasn't upset that the topic strayed, not a problem at all, happens sooner or later in every topic. Wasn't "upset" really, more shocked that it seemed this happened other places and that some didn't...
OK, SERIOUSLY!!!!!!! I am the OP here and everyone that replied here should know that it is not only unethical to use another pts meds it is also a felony in almost all fifty states to user another...
I supervise lpn's and cna's in a ltc facility. I got a call last night that a pt had only 10 cc's of Lortab elixer left and was suppose to receive the med at MN and 6AM. They had already talked to the...