Wrong heparin route???

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So I have been a floor nurse only 6 months on the postpartum floor and work nights. By 4 am I am fogged and today I was particularly too tired. I lost one of my heparins and think I may have given it twice to a pt. I think I gave 5000 units IVP and then 5000 units subcu. Did I kill my pt? Help

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Did you contact your charge nurse/manager and the physician? This is not a question that you should be asking here but rather that needs addressed clinically.

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I'm thinkin troll here.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

***it’s a serious error***...but not a crazy amount assuming they don’t have any underlying heme issues. i do not think you “killed your patient.

also what do you mean you “think you gave it ivp”? did you scan your patient and review the order? or do you walk around giving meds guessing what drug and which patient and route etc? ?

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Since the OP posted this same question in another thread she necroposted a coment on, I may have to walk back my trolling comment.

https://allnurses.com/safety-heparin-iv-vs-sq-t331607/?tab=comments#comment-7362473

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Specializes in NICU.

No.Have to get back to my poker game.

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Specializes in Practice educator.

10000 units is often a loading dose anyway, why do you think you're going to kill a patient with this?

10000 units is not a significant amount for the majority of people.

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