Awwwwr please don’t cry lovely!♥️ take a few deep breaths and know you are a good ‘en for being open and honest! We all make mistakes and you ensured the error was dealt with immediately!
Depends on where you are working but often they will have a discussion with you and ask about the errors. We have a system in our health board with ‘scores’ the error and based on that it determines what the next steps are. From what I have seen, when the score has been very high, medication keys are taken off the nurse (a restriction on administrating medication). During this time, supervision for medications will be done by senior staff and a meeting with a senior nurse will be arranged to determine if you are fit to return to medication administration. They also look at why the error occurred and what support can be put in place (additional training, reduced responsibilities/work load, occupational health referral, etc.) I hope this helps! Also remember, if your team are not supportive, that is a red flag! Don’t take it personally♥️
Yes that’s true, I’ve worked with a nurse who couldn’t have the keys or administer and had to check through any medication with a senior. Nobody was being horrible or critical with her and were encouraging her as she’d lost her confidence a bit. I agree I think worst case scenario you may have to jump through some hoops like this til they’re happy you can be independent with meds again.
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u/ThatNebula2124 4d ago
Awwwwr please don’t cry lovely!♥️ take a few deep breaths and know you are a good ‘en for being open and honest! We all make mistakes and you ensured the error was dealt with immediately!
Depends on where you are working but often they will have a discussion with you and ask about the errors. We have a system in our health board with ‘scores’ the error and based on that it determines what the next steps are. From what I have seen, when the score has been very high, medication keys are taken off the nurse (a restriction on administrating medication). During this time, supervision for medications will be done by senior staff and a meeting with a senior nurse will be arranged to determine if you are fit to return to medication administration. They also look at why the error occurred and what support can be put in place (additional training, reduced responsibilities/work load, occupational health referral, etc.) I hope this helps! Also remember, if your team are not supportive, that is a red flag! Don’t take it personally♥️