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January 30, 2008, 6:53 pm PST
Heparin overdose
Quote From: marturanopI would like to comment about the beginning of the show when the discussion was about the Quaid twins and the overdose of Heparin. I would like to point out that as a nusrsing student I know that if the nurse would have practiced her 5 rights this would not have happened. She should have checked the drug, the amount, frequency, route, patient at least 3 times prior to giving the med. This is why nursed should not get in a hurry and do what they were taught instead of short cuts. The nurse in this case is leaglly responsible for what happened. I have to say I totally agree with what you are saying about the Nurse practicing the 5 rights. However in this Nurses defense, being a Nurse for 18 years I have found many many many times we are understaffed! Which you are not familiar to you yet as a student. This allows alot of room for error as you will find once you graduate in to the over rated world of Nursing. In becoming a Nurse we always want to do what is best for the patient and would never mean to harm anyone! We are human. Alot of times vials of medication look the same, are very similar in name and dose, and are stored close together. Alot of time Pharmacy sends the medication to the floor for a specific patient. These type of issues again allow for alot of room for error. I hope in your nursing career you will take this incident and learn from it. I also hope that you will learn to support your fellow Nurses and not be as judgemental. As far as I know I have never given a wrong dose or med and I continue to pray for Gods guidance in this because it is a whole different world when you are out there on your own. I would love to know all the circumstances to this case. Good Luck with your career I wish you the best success!
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