It's an Alzheimer's unit so the patient couldn't tell me and it was a new med that was hand written on the mar and PO sheets both were written the same way w a 6 over the 5, illegible. I was able to...
I wanted to avoid calling the PCP Bc I was the 2nd shift nurse, the med was ordered for 8p and the Dr would sometimes get mean when we called at night. But you're right I should've clarified w the PCP...
My boss was very lazy and passed off a lot of her responsibility to 1st shift. They were pretty much running the show, I didn't get along w one of the nurses and it was like she was mistake hunting! A...
I was terminated from my job for a med error. I gave 5mg of Coumadin when the order was for 6mg. The nurse who transcribed the order originally wrote 5mg but then wrote 6 over the 5. No cross out, no...