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  1. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

    ponderpoema posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student in my last semester of school and I'm finishing up my preceptorship in the Intensive Care Unit. I work in the same ICU that I have been precepting and have a good relationship...

  2. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

    ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

    I saw her go into the room with the levaquin and later the patient and family mentioned that a nurse came in and gave an

  3. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

    ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

    No, I'm not facing any discipline for this because my liaison knows that I didn't make the error. The patient wasn't harmed. The error was that she gave a previously ordered stat levaquin after the...

  4. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

    ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

    "Can you look back at the MAR to show that you did not give the medication and that you did not sign/initial that med?" Yes, she charted that she gave the medication and we can go into the electronic...

  5. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

    ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! I won't do anything without my instructor and she is involved but hasn't made a decision yet...she has never delt with this

  6. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

    ponderpoema replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

    Thankfully I have been paired with an alternate preceptor since this incident and I am having a great experience. The difficulty if I tell the nurse manager and if my preceptor does lose her job as a...