sorkay

As a nurse, I am shocked how nurses and medical staff cover up their mistakes and blame anything they can to cover up their mistakes. Everything else except their stupidity. Let's be real. Let's be honest. Let's be nurses with integrity. Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is looking. I had a nurse 25 years in, ask me how to do the 3 checks for medication administration. Shocking. know your stuff or get into a department where excellence in standard of care is not needed. People are trusting us to make the right decisions to save lives. People are counting on us to do the right things. I have worked besides hundreds of nurses and am shocked at their mistakes and their cover-ups. I am shocked at how other nurses will cover each other in their wrong. Shame on them. I took an oath to do no harm and to study so that I do not hurt someone, because I new families would be counting on me to do the best for their loved ones.

If you are not 100% sure, ask, call and don't be afraid to look stupid. Why hid it. It cost someone their life. It cost much pain and suffering in a families life that will be for years, because you did not listen to your gut. When in question, question. Don't do something because you are told to when your gut is telling you that it isn't just right. Doctor's are not God. They have drinking issues, family issues, gambling issues, and lack of caring issues just like all human beings. Soooooooo, they can and do make mistakes. It is not worth your license or conscience knowing you killed someone. Happened to me. Nurse hung 2 iv bags at once and didn't know why she was doing it. "just following orders". Sadly, mother died of fluid overload. 77 pounds gained in 6 days. You took an oath to do no harm, ever.