MasonDixieChic

I need some advice. I made a big med error today and I don't know what to do. I can't put into words the way I feel right now. So afraid, ashamed, embarrassed, discouraged. Here is what happened. I'm giving other information NOT because it is an excu...

I've recently hit my 1 year mark as a new grad nurse on a step down ICU/tele floor and, while part of me wants to sympathize and tell you how much I can't stand when this one particular nurse gets report from new nurses she looks for any tiny thing t...

Don't mind my Adele reference in the title. I'm an RN who works on a cardiac unit of a hospital. We do a fair amount of discharges. Many of the patients are elderly, but a lot are not. I've known the importance of good patient education, and always d...

I absolutely agree we shouldn't and couldn't know every side effect of every drug. My dad happened to get the side effect that happens to 1% of people. I know in my hospital, we try and give education on a least one medication and one "problem". Y...

I agree that its a bigger issue and there would need to be more of a system wide or hospital wide change, but I will approach discharges with more perspective now. Unfortunately I don't have the time I want (or often need) when discharging patients,...

UPDATE: I can't thank everyone who took the time to read about my situation and post such thoughtful responses enough. I was shocked at the amount of and quality of the responses. Saturday was one of the worst days for me, and reading through all th...