Shell shocked. Worked last night, they called today and asked me to come in today early. Administrator there plus managers, still befuddled. I gave an Ambien to a patient at 2100, I remember pulling them out, snapping one off, shutting the drawer. Apparently the rest of the pack is missing now, drawer is empty. We have the Pyxis system with fingerprints, they say I was the last one to access, no other nurse, no techs, they've searched everywhere, floor, trash, shredder.
They were nice about it but I'm placed on leave and they're "going to call me" it's implied that if the 8 Ambien don't turn up I'm fired. I would think someone diverting meds wouldn't pull out all the meds, leave the drawer empty and carry them around for the whole shift and expect to come back the next night. But since I don't have any answers for them and the drugs aren't able to be found, I see their point. What can I do or say? I have no idea on earth what happened, I've worked there several years and I've never had a problem, this is my first nursing job.
I'm scared not only will I get fire I'll lose my license, what should I do?
Well they said something like, "Sorry you went through all that but you understand our position. You can come to work as scheduled next shift"
So that was sort of a halfway apology but I'm just happy they found it, I don't care.
Actually that is a good apology. They had no choice but to suspend you pending an investigation. At least they apologized. Something similar happened to me and I didn't even get that, even when a three-week investigation cleared me.
Glad to hear it. I had an incident not too long ago with the Pyxis in which I was removing oxocodone, the count was right, I removed one, and then the next person using the system reported that the count was off. It was when they were changing drug delivery systems....exactly at the same time and a lot more problems were reported. Some counts went up, i.e. available: 15, removed 1, balance 17. Duh...Ever since then, every time I remove a drug from the pyxis, I print out that little sheet of paper and keep them in my clipboard/box.
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What an experience!! You probably felt horrible!! I was getting more and more upset for you while reading through the pages of posts.Thank goodness it's over!!!
TazziRN, RN
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Actually that is a good apology. They had no choice but to suspend you pending an investigation. At least they apologized. Something similar happened to me and I didn't even get that, even when a three-week investigation cleared me.