cc.25

Hey, Do not beat yourself up because of this. Yes it was unsafe and could of caused harm to the patient. However the patient was fine, you did the correct procedure you informed everyone that should know and monitored your patient. You was honest and actually cared which shows you are a caring person and a good nurse who is new and will make mistakes because you are human. It is hard and it is scary because you have peoples lives in your hand and I have made errors before and I felt awful and wanted to quit, felt like I shouldn't be a nurse because look at the mistake I made. But I had to eventually realise and accept that I am human, I didn't do it on purpose but yes there are ways I could improve my practice and prevent this mistake from happening again. So its a learning curve which is terrifying but it really reinforces how careful you need to be and you now know and will always remember to double check not because your not capable but to ensure you keep your patient safe. You are still a new nurse and you need to get your confidence back up and you will get there! if they thought you was good before, then they still will and if they judge you from this mistake then they are wrong because although you did make an error, I ensure you every nurse has either made an error and realised or not realised because they are not checking properly. You realised and ensured you made that patient safe, you had the courage to be honest and that's what we need. It should not be a blaming system, you was honest, you learnt from it and this will shape you into the nurse you want to be. Just take each day as it comes, make sure you ask questions and get support. You are new and they were new once too so use them for their knowledge and skills. Just remember you made it through your course and gained the registration so you are a nurse and must be good enough to be a nurse to be given the opportunity! So don't crawl in a hole! take it as a big learning curve, write a reflection and then accept you made a mistake, the patient was ok! and let it go and move on or this will pull you down! Good Luck. CC.25