yesterday something bad happened to me at work, i gave a wrong injection.
just today i was ordered to the hospital nursing managers office because i mixed up 2 patients who r in the same room. one was charted for PRN oxycontin i.m. and i accidently gave this injection to the other patient in the room(the one who complained of pain and needed PRN medication) because i looked up the wrong chart. They called me at 2am to find out what happened because the patient said she got an injection and it wasnt charted in her cardex. this morning i had to meet the hospital nursing manager and the family is very very upset (fortunately nothing happened to the patient). she wasnt allergic, she was even on oxinorm p.o., given in the morning and at 22:00, so after my injection at 20:00 she didnt get her p.o. medication. i am working as an agency nurse and for the time of the investigations my shifs in that hospital were cancelled. i feel like a looser, ashamed, feel like ppl talk about me as my story spreads around like a fire in the hospital. they said it wont endanger my registration but they might still get it reported to the nursing board so ill be on their file.
i spent the whole day crying... i always thought of me as a good nurse and everybody was usually happy with my work...
my agency has to meet the head manager of the hospital on monday and investigations r going on... im so scared, dont have peace of mind
Specializes in Geriatrics, Hospice, Palliative Care.
Hi, so glad to hear that things have improved for you, despite the loss of you cat (that would come close to killing me!) and salary. I hope that you soon get back on your feet and can put this horrible mess behind you.
thanks so much for all your support. I wanted to let you know that things are ok now. My agency is giving me shifts again and the matter wasn't forwarded to the nursing board. HOwever I am no longer working in this particular hospital.
I had to give my cat away, had to give up my appartment (Im now living in a small room in a shared house) and had a massive salary loss in december... but things go its normal way again.
Thanks so much for all your support
Oh nursey I am so pleased that things are improving again. Good luck now, it won't take long before you get back on your feet again.
Our prayers were heard! I am so happy to hear that this is over and you can now move forward. I am sorry to hear about your cat, though. Anyway, you also helped us realize that something like this could happen to anyone. Try to let go. "We" all learn from it. We all make mistakes and you are being given a chance to move on.
Glad to hear things are improving. Seems to me that you punished your self a whole heck of a lot more severely than any BON ever would over a med error. Take it, learn from it and continue to move on. That's the only thing you can do.
Some of my patients laughed at me when i had been with them all day long or for a few days in a row and would still read their bracelet, ask their name, tell them what the drug was, etc. But i too made a med error at one point and learned from it.
catlvr
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Hi, so glad to hear that things have improved for you, despite the loss of you cat (that would come close to killing me!) and salary. I hope that you soon get back on your feet and can put this horrible mess behind you.
Take good care,
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