And newsflash: that's the way it's always been, and will probably always be with the nursing profession, no matter how well respected it is. It's a thankless job man, and if the majority of people who got into it did it solely for the money or whatever else....well you'd have a lot of ty ing nurses. ;)
StereoPrincess
quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
This was definitely NOT a mistake. It was an outright lie.
I'll tell you what happened, for some context here.
There is a resident who gets two kinds of insulin. Normal, or long acting (basically the one that keeps him stable), once a day in the morning, and then rapid acting as needed 4 times a day.
Well when I got to work on Sunday morning, the nurse informed me that his blood sugar was very high, and that he had a standing order for 2 doses of rapid insulin before I'd have to send him to the hospital.
Now, normally the insulin is administered via an insulin pen into which cartridges of insulin go...but I noticed that the new order for this resident was in vial form (to be administered via syringe).
So I mentioned this to the nurse, saying "Oh, I see that Soandso's N insulin gets administered with a needle...". Her response was, "Yes, but I've been giving him Otherresident's old N insulin". Which is mistake number one right there. It's the same insulin but it doesn't matter...we are absolutely NOT allowed to give other people's medications to someone else.
So anyways, I checked the resident's blood sugar 45 minutes later and it was still high, so I gave the first standing order. I checked again another 45 minutes later, and it had only gone down by .2, so I gave the other standing order. I checked again another 45 minutes later, and his blood sugar had actually gone UP!
I knew something was totally ing wrong (duh), so after I called the ambulance, etc. I went back to the nurse's office and looked for the N insulin that this nurse said she gave him.
WELL. First off, there was no insulin pen in the fridge loaded with N insulin. Second, none of the insulin pens we had in the nursing office even fit the cartridges of N insulin. Third, the vial of insulin that was actually prescribed for him hadn't even been opened yet. Which means it hadn't been used....in THREE days (from the time it was delivered from pharmacy).
So yeah, I was pretty ing pissed...because she plain LIED to me about giving insulin. It also means that the other student nurse lied in his documentation as well (they both signed for giving this med).
Anyways...I'm pretty positive about this. I checked everywhere for other insulin and found nothing, cause I didn't want to just go accusing people or whatever.
And, the other thing...my work is not regulated. So yes, they WOULD me over for something like this...because it will ultimately come back to the administrator, and she would never do anything to jeopardize the money coming in.
The administrator is the one I wrote the letter to...but I guarantee she's not going to do anything about for reasons stated above. Especially since the medications were signed for. Would be my word against theirs.
*sigh*
Anyways, yeah I don't care in the long run. Cause if the resident's family chooses to investigate this, I covered my ass.
that's ed up. i wonder what worse things happen?
Silky Johnson
quote:
Originally posted by StereoPrincess
that's ed up. i wonder what worse things happen?
Hard to say, especially in an unregulated place. I'd like to say these kind of things don't happen under the College of Nurses' jurisdiction, but I'm sure they do.
StereoPrincess
quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
Hard to say, especially in an unregulated place. I'd like to say these kind of things don't happen under the College of Nurses' jurisdiction, but I'm sure they do.
what happened to the patient now.
Silky Johnson
Resident is fine, is back home now. But , under this woman's care..I worry about him.
denys envy
ohh look, another "allow me to whore myself" jennypie thread... *whistles 'ruff ryders anthem' on the way out*
Silky Johnson
*kicks Denys in the crotch*
denys envy
quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
*kicks Denys in the crotch*
whistle it with me bitch! you know you want!
sang it! STOP. DROP. SHUT 'EM DOWN OPEN UP SHOP.
oHHHHH nnOOOOOO that's how that ho jenny roooollllsss.
StereoPrincess
that makes me sad :(
you know once it gets to her that you are watching it may get her to give better service or it may make her resent the guy and give him tier service.
Silky Johnson
Well I don't think it's about resentment...it's just about plain old sloppy practice, period. I don't think she's been a nurse long enough to be in the position she's in at my work (Director of Care). She isn't even willing to be accountable. Instead of admitting her wrong, she gets all defensive and finds ways to justify her ty practice.
She tried to tell me that it's ok to do certain things (that are totally NOT ok to do), cause "That's how it's done in hospital..blahblah..", and I said, "Well we may not be governed by CNO, but I still consider my own practice governed by them, and that's just sloppy practice, so I'll do it the way I was taught". LoL, shoulda seen the look on her face.
iammesol
What matters is the last line of your long post Jenny. You are protected from any scandal, and may have saved a life in the process.
ashish_gupta
perhaps you interrupted a meticulously nefarious plan.
