Ego hit and Ego boost
OK, so this week has been an emotional rollercoaster. I had my first medication error in the two years of my student nursing career. I gave a client a medication that helps prevent clotting and "thins" the blood. Unfortunatly, I never checked his laboratory results, which are very important to do, especially a test called the INR. It measures the ability of your blood to clot. An INR of 1 to 2 times normal is perfectly fine. My client's INR however was 6.4 times normal. Basically, he was going to start spontaneously bleeding anytime he had a slight bump or nick. So this idiot gave him a medication that made it much easier for him to bleed. WOW!
So I learned my lesson. I got written up for my medication error, along with my team leader, the supervising RN and my instructor...because not only did I not look it up, but none of them looked it up either. Thankfully, the client was fine and had no adverse bleeding episodes. So all in all, it was a learning experience for me. I will never give a medication again without looking up labs!!!! I cried alot that day. To think I could ahve killed that man by forgetting to do one simple thing. It really brought the impact of nursing home to me, to an even greater degree than before. Oh and on top of that, becuase of my walking pneumonia, I missed a clinical day last week. My instructor flipped out on me about it, and I gave her some attitude about her method of delaing with me. So that did not help my day either!! That was the part of the rollercoaster ride coming to an end (I love rollercoasters, so the up and down analogy doesn't work for me).
Now on to the rollercoaster reaching the top of the hill and plumitting into a 75 degree 175 foot drop (the best part of a coaster)! I got the results of a test back today that tells us how we are predicted to do on our NCLEX exam (nursing licsensure exam). I only got a 98% chance of passing the NCLEX!!!!! And i have the highest number of questions right on an exam since they have started using it 5 to 6 years ago!!!! I am mildly giddly about that. OK, well more than mildly giddy....I nearly cried when I got the initial results, and then really cried when I went and told my instructor from a few semesters ago! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO psyched about this, it negates any bad stuff that happened this week waht so ever!!!
So I learned my lesson. I got written up for my medication error, along with my team leader, the supervising RN and my instructor...because not only did I not look it up, but none of them looked it up either. Thankfully, the client was fine and had no adverse bleeding episodes. So all in all, it was a learning experience for me. I will never give a medication again without looking up labs!!!! I cried alot that day. To think I could ahve killed that man by forgetting to do one simple thing. It really brought the impact of nursing home to me, to an even greater degree than before. Oh and on top of that, becuase of my walking pneumonia, I missed a clinical day last week. My instructor flipped out on me about it, and I gave her some attitude about her method of delaing with me. So that did not help my day either!! That was the part of the rollercoaster ride coming to an end (I love rollercoasters, so the up and down analogy doesn't work for me).
Now on to the rollercoaster reaching the top of the hill and plumitting into a 75 degree 175 foot drop (the best part of a coaster)! I got the results of a test back today that tells us how we are predicted to do on our NCLEX exam (nursing licsensure exam). I only got a 98% chance of passing the NCLEX!!!!! And i have the highest number of questions right on an exam since they have started using it 5 to 6 years ago!!!! I am mildly giddly about that. OK, well more than mildly giddy....I nearly cried when I got the initial results, and then really cried when I went and told my instructor from a few semesters ago! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO psyched about this, it negates any bad stuff that happened this week waht so ever!!!