frustratedRN16

Thank you everyone for your support. I'm enjoying the day with my daughter and tomorrow I start pounding

I deserve the ridicule. She wasn't in pain or else I could have given her tramadol as ordered. It was a LTC facility OTC benadryl. From the bottom of my heart I can't tell my brain went. I gave into her whining and constant call light. I know better. I have called doctors for less. There are no Thankfully no longer term adverse effects for my resident. I have no excuses to make. I cut a corner that cost me my job. My DON told me that I won't lose my license but will likely get a letter of admonition my license. I will find a new job and will never thar mistake again.

Hi Everyone... I have been a nurse with an exceptional record for three years. I was in the process of being hired on as a unit manager in the next few days......and then....I lost my brain in the middle of an absolute hellish shift. One of my patients exhausted all of her available meds that I could give her and I listened to her beg for hours after all trying all available nursing interventions. I had the brilliant idea to give her Benadryl without calling the doctor. I know better than this. I don't even know how to explain or even justify what I could possibly have been thinking. I have never been afraid to fight for orders before. I have no one to blame but myself. I have been surfing the web all day trying to see if there was hope at the end of this tunnel......I lost my job today and I waiting to hear from the board in a month or so. My DON says that I wont lose my license but will have a letter of admonition on my record forever for this mistake. They say that life is all about learning lessons but...... I don't want to do LTC nursing ever again. It is horribly stressful. Im going to pick myself and be dang sure I NEVER make this mistake again. any ideas???