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Haistar, I doubt you will be in any kind of 'big' trouble over a small error like that, it happens unfortunately all the time.... I think that med errors should be made a learning opportunity not a punitive occurrence. I wish you the best of luck and out of curiosity what med did you forget? I got bad news today myself, I got into work today only to be told that I did not make my working test period and they were sending me back to the state agency I came from (a demotion) and they also said they are not sure yet if they are going to report this to the nursing board or not... does it have any relevance the error was not reported by the dr (who I may add is the head of the clinical services there) untill 8 days after the fact in which time they still let me practice and be in charge? I feel awfull over this whole thing, got migraine and am thankful though I had a plan b....

i wish you the best of luck... i feel very disenfranchised with Psych nurrsing.... not the pt's or type of work but mostly the 'higher' ups..... You'll be in my thoughts and one thing always pick your battles with the docs carefully.... John

Thanks to all the replies... this is what they did to me.... They told me and handed me with my Union Delegate a written warning that would be placed in my file.... I thought that was the extent of it.... lesson learned done with... but no, when I ask does this mean I can go back to my nursing duties.... to which they replied no not yet because they were not sure if the error was going to be reported to the board of health..... I was disgusted by this that they would even consider taking it to that level and to do that to a new nurse/employee and not make it a positive.... I think that if this is the way this place is ran I may be best off going back to my old agency and taking the demotion back to being a aid (this is a group home with adults with disabilities, worked as an aid there for 15+ years, and this was suppose to be a promotion....) before any further/worse action is taken against me.... I think it is sad for the patients to loose a good nurse such as myself who is in the profession cause I TRULY love NURSING and helping others.... As much as I complained while working part time in the evenings in an acute rehab was back breaking hard work at least I felt valued and respected at this facility.... So the game plan I think is I am going to see if they will change me from per diem at the rehab place back to part time..... All these stressors going on and in the mean time of all this im closing on my first home next week.... Talk about having MIGRAINES..... I need to go and try to take care of myself... sorry for the ramble but needed to get some of this off my chest... they waited till middle of the shift to tell me this and at that point my migraine got so much worse I went home sick before I told off the charge nurse who is responsible mainly for the way things have gone down.... I will suck it up and go in there tomorrow and do the MHA's work as asked and try to stay positive..... wish me all luck and for this migraine to go away....

HI Fellow Nurses, I started in a state ran psych facility about 2 and half months ago... I was hired for what I was told was going to be a staff nurse position...well guess what when the head rn isnt in you (me the staff RN) automatically is in charge of running the unit and also doing the head rn work that is due that day (rn weekly notes etc) and they pay you like a $1 more an hour for charge pay, while the head nurse doing the same job is making 5 or 6 $ more an hour.... it rubs me the wrong way.... now I am in a predicament now that during a psych emergency i was running as charge nurse, my med nurse was on break and i had to handle the suicide attempt alone... I paged the psych alarm, called on call dr and than went to med room to draw up the geodon 20 and ativan 2mg IM that we all know can take a few mins to draw up..... iwas doing this while the patient was in manual hold.... I was under the impression that the IM was a stnading order as that is what is given to the PT EVERY single time there is an emergency with her (borderline emergency quite frequently).... so I administered the shot, than dr came in room and gave verbal order to give what i had just given, I was like "ooops I just gave it" well the Dr was like next time you need an order first.. and kinda shrugged off as no big deal... well a week later i get called in the office (this is now after working a solid week as charge nurse some of the nights)and am told I can no longer do my nursing duties in the facility untill this is investigated.... I will find out what they will do by the end of the week... but so much for making a honest mistake a learning oppurtunity instead of a punishment... i am stuck at work working as an aid having all my co workers asking why i am not nursing etc... it humilating.... and I need the job because its a state job and ive been with the sTAte for 15+ years (but was in a different agency as an aid) and need the insurance cause I have MS.. sorry for the rant... just have really stessed as i just started this job and am closing on a house next week John

From all the reviews I looked into (kaplan, meds pub, and hurst) I have got to say HURST was by far the most helpful. I passed the boards with 75q!!! I would highly recommend it to anyone.... John

I just wanted to update the thread I found out I passed also!!!! I am now an RN... its hard to believe that I actually have some free time now that I can do some pleasure reading! I did it in 75 questions. I really think that the HuRST course really made a big difference.... Good luck to everyone else!!!! John

Greeting all, I am going to take the NCLEX RN for the second time on Feb 11th. The first time I took the exam I had all 265 questions... I must have been pretty close to passing... I did not so much concentrate on doing questions this time but rather did the HURST review, and am going to take this last week before the test and answer as many questions as I can (from studying from the last time till now I have done over 2000+) plus doing the hurst review has helped me refresh alot of things I forgot ( graduated in August) I am doing extremely well on the saunders questions and on the kaplan question trainers im getting bout 65%, I am so NERVOUS, but am trying to think as positive as possible... I do feel much more ready than I did last time.... Wishing Everyone LUCK!!!! John

Hi, Right now Im studying to re-take the nclex's in jan. I failed this past Nov with 265 I think alot of my problem was nerves. I am re-approaching it more aggressively this time. I am listening to Kaplan's audio review dvd, I am watching the Med's Publishing dvd's (18 of them... they are very good) and I also jsut got Kaplan's test trainer that I read alot of people are doing on here... with the test q1-7. I am also doing the saunders questions and also subscribed to the nscbn website.... I am definetly listening to all of the kaplan audio and watching all of the meds dvd's... the ncsbn and saunders i am just dabbling with and trying to do as much as I can... am trying to average answering 100questions daily... I am hoping I have better luck this time around.... John

LOL, No, I know very well that you wouldnt be able to work under the influence, where Im getting at is.. Your prescription pills you have, though you may not take or do take them at work, they are legal... federally and state. Marijuana on the other hand is ILLEGAL federally, but some states are legalizing it for medicinal purposes such as MS, CANCER etc.... My question is if a RN or someone applying for a RN license and if there name is listed with their state as a Medicinal Marijuana user would that give the person any trouble... As that would definetly implicate the nurse trying to get the license as a person that is listed with their state and they use FEDERALLY illegal drugs (marijuana) I always thought federal law would trump state laws... John

Hi Everyone! I got a question for you guys here... maybe someone might know the answer or at least know how it works in their state. If a RN has a disability that would allow them to have Medicinal Marijuana, would that in anyway effect the RN getting her license or having it renewed? When you do register for MM (medicincal marijuana) I'm sure your name goes into a database... Just wondering cause even though a state may have a law allowing the use of it, it is still illegal federally... Any thought? Thanks!