TRAGEDY at Clinical!

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A friend was giving a vaccine to a patient at clinical and she" may or may not" have stuck her self with the needle and than immediately stuck the patient, when the gloves came off she realized she was bleeding!! And that she did actually stick her self! ( by this time the patient left), and the instructor was contacted and she escalated it to the head of the department. The student was allowed to stay for the rest of the day. What are your thoughts? Do you think she has a chance to stay in the program? 

Specializes in retired LTC.

amo here - CommunityRNBSN explained me EXACTLY. And JKL 'speculated' correctly re lying.

I believe bad occurences DO come back to bite the orig party in the butt. Sooner or later.

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1 hour ago, oldie said:

What does that last part mean ?

The speculation part? Just that I have no idea what the student might have known or might have told anyone about the incident and am just guessing at a plausible scenario. And I said forgive/excuse the speculation because it isn't too cool to suggest something nefarious when I actually know zilch about it.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

It blows my mind how some people hold needles, especially nursing students. I think it is nerve racking so they get shaky and unsteady. 
injections will be the easiest thing you do in your career. 
somebody better track down the patient and tell them what happened. If someone stuck me with a dirty needle I would want to be tested.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.
On 11/2/2021 at 10:42 AM, FashionablyL8 said:

Not sure I would consider this a tragedy. I suppose it could be considered so for the pt if the student has any bloodborne diseases. My understanding is that the student stuck themselves THEN the pt, therefore the risk is to the pt, not the student. I agree that the student should have discarded the needle/syringe and started over when they suspected they may have stuck themselves. 

This is not your problem as a classmate, other than being concerned or wondering what will happen to them. I would imagine the pt will be contacted and the student may be asked to be screened for bloodborne diseases. Unless your classmate shares this with you, you may never know. 

I think the concern of the instructor/school would be not so much the fact that the student had an accidental needle stick, but that they proceeded to use the possibly contaminated needle on the pt. That's a way bigger issue than a slip of the hand that could happen to anyone. 

Hope it all works out for everyone. 

Assume everyone has a blood borne disease, as per universal precautions.

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Specializes in MICU.

No one knows if she lied. Stop assuming things about people. 

She reported it as she should have according to the OP. Needle sticks happen and one wouldn't be fired for it so why would one be kicked out of school (or the clinical)? 
 

I always find it peculiar how many nurses online are always so judgemental as if they've never made a mistake in life.  And let me tell you right now- there is no such thing as "karma" because half of you would be meeting that B!7c# every day.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

OP had her suspicions.

Personally, I'm always a bit skeptical when an OP is 'someone calling for a friend' or something like this 'for someone else'.

Karma still awaits ....

 

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