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I sat down with Margo in her dining room one evening to talk about a medication error she made when she was a new nurse. I asked Margo to tell me a bit about herself. She hadn't always wanted to be a nurse. She was studying entomology (bugs) at NC St...
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So, here is the situation. I started a DuoNeb treatment on my patient WITH my professor/instructor. Once the treatment was started we left the room and documented the treatment. I checked in on patient about 7 minutes and and everything was fine. ...
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Nurse Beth: Hi I have a question regarding a situation happened to me recently. I work in PACU as a staff nurse and I do phase I and II. I have only 3 months in this facility. I discharged a patient home after a procedure, this patient is taking at h...
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Hi everyone! Here goes nothing.
I feel if I write on here and share my story I’ll be able to help someone else as well as feel a little better. I just started working in the ICU in April (was on med surg for about 10 months before).
I’ve...
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Unless you've been living under a rock. You know all about RaDonda Vaught, the Tennessee Nurse who made a terrible and tragic fatal medication error. I won't go over all the details of the case here since there have already been multiple articles in ...
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The Act
I was a new nurse, and before I had even gotten my feet underneath me, I lost my footing and fell hard.
I made a medication error.
I was fresh off orientation as a brand new nurse on an orthopedic unit in acute care. I rounded wi...
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So yesterday I made my first medication error with vancomycin. I had two vials of antibiotics and one was meant to be IV push and the other was meant to hang via infusion. I mixed up both antibiotics and accidentally gave vancomycin IV push. I instan...
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Hi guys, I made my first med error yesterday and feel terrible. I work on a combined OB floor and had a patient who had elevated AST and ALT (75 and 52) . The doctor had Tylenol and Motrin ordered for pain control after her c-section, and so I gave b...
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The ProblemDear Mr. Thornton, I’m writing in response to the specific questions from your email this morning. A full investigation of the tragic event in our Faster Care area is in progress. You will have access to the complete report by tomorrow af...
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To read Part 1 of the story, go to Epinephrine Error - Broken Heart Syndrome, Part 1 How did you feel when you got the accidental IV push epinephrine?“The effects were instant. I thought I was going to die–people say that all the time, but I really d...
