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Thanks CapeCodMermaid. I can finally stop worrying!

Thanks a bunch! I thought it was too late to do anything at all. Being it was skilled charting. I'm totally freakin out!

Hello Nurses, Hope you can help me with this. I had a situation where I worked one of my PRN jobs about a month ago. And I had lots of charting to do. A couple of weeks later I realized that when I charted on one of my residents I put continent of bowel and bladder but in reality has a colostomy. What do I do to fix the situation? It's almost been a month I last worked there! Should I do an addendum? I know I do a lot of overthinking but I don't want to lose my license

Thank u so much for ur advice! U made me feel alot better! Thank u! Thank u! Thank u!!

Yea I charted I'n the nurses notes I'n her chart and we document it I'n a notebook that all the nurses write I'n on what happened on the shift so we could know what happen on the previous shift! It's like a cover urself notebook so there for subverted being said what u told me is absolutely true!i will check te chart when I go back to work I'n a few days because I work a weekend special which we automatically get our 40 hrs! I only work sat and sun and I love my job! I hope everything works out for me! Thank you so much!

So I shouldn't bring it up to the DON being that it's too days later? Cuz I'm thinkin what if I say something and I'n return she says what made u wait two days later to question the order! So do u think I should just leave it at that. He was the on call dr! Any advice would help thank u so much! What would u do I'n this situation that happened two days ago. Would u just let it be.

So u think I should just stop over reacting and let it ride and if something would happen they would call and let me know the situation and I would explain what was said to me cuz I actually read back the order and he agreed cuz after I left she was I'n stable condition and that was 6 hrs after I gave it to her and I passed it on to the next sceduled nurse I'n report and she never questioned what I said and she's been a nurse for years. I'm just scared! I haven't received a call and it happened since sunday

She usually gets a dose of 55 units of 70/30 and thats y I didn't really think nothing of it! But I thought about it because I'm a new nurse and I'm scared! This is my sec week

The resident is ok. Nothing us wrong! The point us I'm scared and they never called me or anything! So I'm worried! I think it takes the dr 24 hrs to sign off the order and u font know if he did it yet! Should I call one of my co workers and see if he did or if anything is suspicious about the order! I'm loke scared and dont know what to do! If I should call and talk to my DON or what! Do u think I should?

Or should I call my DON I'n te morning! What should I tell her? Help plz

No I haven't told anyone! I didnt know who to talk to! I'm on days off right now! I explained the situation to my husband and he said don't u think if something was kinda fishy or if something happened to the resident they would call u cuz u were the one who signed the order off and u actually did read back the order! I never told anyone! I'm scared because what if try say y did u wait until two days later to voice ur concerns! The only reason I think I'm covered is because I read back the order to him and he okayed it! Do u think I should just let it be and if there was a problem they would call!

Here is the problem. Ok i went in to check one of my resients blood sugar level and it was 425. So on the sliding scale it says to notify the doctor for anything more than 400 of course! So i called the on call dr about the blood sugar results and he said to give 50 units of regular insulin and recheck again in four hours. So I reread what he said, give 50 units of regular insulin and recheck again in four hours and he said yes and after taking the order i wrote RBVO per (doctor's name). So I gave her the 50 units and rechecked her within the four hours that was told and it went up to 435. I called him back and told him the results and he said give her 15 units of regukar insulin and recheck in 2 hours so read it back to him give her 15 units of regular insulin and recheck in two hours he said yeah one five just like the last time! And I was thinkin justlike the last time. What do you mean the last time you told me 50 units and I read back the verbal order. Does this mean trouble. I mean the first order I did read back and he agreed. The second order I read back and he agreed. What got me is when he said 15 units just like the last time! Im like what the hell is he talkin bout! Im scared! Any opinions or advice of what can happen would be greatly appreciated!

Here is the problem. Ok i went in to check one of my resients blood sugar level and it was 425. So on the sliding scale it says to notify the doctor for anything more than 400 of course! So i called the on call dr about the blood sugar results and he said to give 50 units of regular insulin and recheck again in four hours. So I reread what he said, give 50 units of regular insulin and recheck again in four hours and he said yes and after taking the order i wrote RBVO per (doctor's name). So I gave her the 50 units and rechecked her within the four hours that was told and it went up to 435. I called him back and told him the results and he said give her 15 units of regukar insulin and recheck in 2 hours so read it back to him give her 15 units of regular insulin and recheck in two hours he said yeah one five just like the last time! And I was thinkin justlike the last time. What do you mean the last time you told me 50 units and I read back the verbal order. Does this mean trouble. I mean the first order I did read back and he agreed. The second order I read back and he agreed. What got me is when he said 15 units just like the last time! Im like what the hell is he talkin bout! Im scared! Any opinions or advive of what can happen would be greatly appreciatied!

Thanks so much! U nailed the question for me!

When a c&s lab report comes back abnormal and the doctor ask what she is sensitive to and the nurse says macrobid. What does this mean? I didnt want to sound too stupid and ask the nurse what the Dr meant. Im a new nurse and want to be ready for the question just in case my patients culture and sensitivity labs come back abnormal and the Dr ask me what she is sensitive to and won't beable to answer the question! Thanks