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1. Please Help! Major ERROR

   FLA-RN replied to FLA-RN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, Thanks everyone for all the great advice. First, I did talk to my manager. She was great! She told me to first stop worrying about it and mistakes do happen and from this we learn. She had not even heard about what happen yet. I don't thin...

2. Please Help! Major ERROR

   FLA-RN replied to FLA-RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the support everyone. I'm still waiting for my NM to call me back. Everyone sure is right though. I made a mistake and I'll learn from it. There's a lot of "caddy" nurses on my unit who like to pick and point mistakes of other nurses w...

3. Please Help! Major ERROR

   FLA-RN replied to FLA-RN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm waiting for a call back from my manager. I'll let everyone know what happens...... I have definetely learned from my mistake. I know several people on my unit have given the wrong medications to a patient and they still have there jobs or give...

4. Please Help! Major ERROR

   FLA-RN replied to FLA-RN's topic in General Nursing

   HeatwaveRN, I can't really tell you either what happened. I'm suprised it was missed for more then 1 day also and why either doctor for either pt didn't notice that they were getting it and not getting it. They both were not on antibiotics. Howev...

5. Please Help! Major ERROR

   FLA-RN replied to FLA-RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your comment. My manager has been off of work that's why she probably doesn't know yet. I'm really trying hard not to beat myself up over this. I'm driving my husband nuts! I guess what also bothers me is that the chart checks. double ...

6. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

   FLA-RN replied to jalvino1's topic in Relations

   I actually had a patient in one room going down hill in respiratory distress and another one complaining because I didn't get her pepsi in a timely manner. This actually happens to me all the time. Very frustrating.

7. Please Help! Major ERROR

   FLA-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi Everyone, This is my first time posting here and hope I can get advice. I'm a first year RN in Florida who made a huge mistake. Here's the situation..... During shift change I took an over the phone order from a doctor for a patient. I mentio...