A member of my clinical is trying to decide whether or not to quit, she is 2nd semester (near the end of 2nd) and has been written up for throwing insulin stylet and saline flush syringe in to the garbage rather than sharps, in addition the instructor said she "did not flush saline lock prior to hooking up IV, did not scan (computer based MAR0 in the lidocaine for a potassium bag (RN working with her witnessed that it was lidocaine but policy is scan before use) and leaving an edematous arm in the wrong position for 3 hours.
After all this she feels she isn't cut out for this and is scared she may hurt someone.
What do you think, should she drop? or stick it out?
One other thing she thinks if she is dropped for clinical reasons she will be black balled in all the other nursing schools.
