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@Sugarcoma I realize this post is from three years ago, but I just wanted to say Thank You for taking the time to write this supportive, very objective post and for not saying, "learn from your mistake and move on". I am a new nurse still on probation and made a giant medication mistake yesterday. The patient is ok, I caught the mistake within 15 minutes of it happening, and everyone on my unit was very supportive, but that doesn't help with the suffocating feeling of putting a patient in harm's way. I am too upset to go into much detail but I gave a patient her am dose (very high) of insulin and forgot to scan the med (I had already done my 2 RN independent check and did not document that either). I work on an insanely busy post-surgical floor and had a heavy assignment with a particularly demanding patient (both in terms of care and emotionally). That patient alone took close to two hours of care in the busiest time for any nurse. As luck would have it, I called a resource nurse to give meds to the patient I had given the insulin to (not remembering the insulin was not scanned) because I was busy with the other one and pt #1 was being picked up in 30 min to be transferred to a different facility. As luck would also have it, pt #1 had issues with short-term memory. Resource nurse saw no record of the insulin administration, asked pt if they had received it, pt said no, and the nurse administered a second identical (very large dose) of both Novolog and Lantus. Pt's transport was on the floor 15 min later and I was preparing discharge papers when the nurse came and told me pt is caught up on all her meds, INCLUDING HER INSULIN! Needless to say, the patient didn't go anywhere and I monitored her very closely for the next six hours. The BG never dropped below 160, but I am terribly shaken by the experience and my neglecting/forgetting to properly administer a high-risk medication because I was so overwhelmed. I also put another nurse in a position where her actions could have led to an outcome I dare not think about due to my own mistake. I can't bear thinking about what could have happened if the second nurse hadn't come to me with her report right as the pt was getting ready to leave the floor... '

Lawnknee, the unit is 9 Long Transplant at the Parnassus campus.

Transplant is extending offers. I just received a call from the manager. Best of luck to all who are still waiting!

For those who received calls with offers, did they come from the Nurse Manager or from HR? I have two missed calls and a voicemail from the NM on one of the units I intervewed for and can't decide if that's good news or bad... Thanks!

R3rohrer, I haven't heard back from surg/onc but I think I blew that interview. I also interviewed with transplant. Anyone heard from there? I was told the same for surg/onc - that they will have a decision by tomorrow. Not sure about transplant. I know the oncology unit has two openings.

This waiting game is tough. I just want to know either way so I can move on (in one durection or another). Here is hoping we hear something back today or tomorrow... í ½í¸

SA_RN, You already have a job offer, correct? If so, I wouldn't worry about references. Maybe your department decided to hire reagrdless of references.

I submitted seven, just in case. Five of them have been completed. They only need five, so my hope is that they wouldn't have to wait for the other two. I did the same as M_RN. Emailed or texted ahead and then kept bugging people. The two people who I felt the least comfortable bugging are the ones who still haven't completed theirs. I submitted mine Friday night and they were all done by today.

M_RN, one of mine now says completed.

Mine says Waiting for Reference, but I submitted them an hour ago...

[h=1]R3rohrer[/h] R3roher, not feeling strong about mine either. Maybe that's good news for those who do í ½í¸€

I got the references email today and I haven't even interviewed yet...

If you remember the first name I can look at the email and see if that person was copied to it. How did you feel about the interview? Mine is tomorrow. Did they ask clinical questions or only behavioral? I've heard different things for different units. Best of luck!

M_RN, how do you know there were four interviewers? The NM told me 3-4 people when I asked, but wasn't specific. Only two people in addition to the manager were copied to the email she sent me, so I am not sure...

Congratulations, Sunrunner! So exciting they are already extending offers. I have two interviews tomorrow! Fingers crossed! Best of luck to everyone else who is still scheduled to interview!