Medication Errors!

[saviorJay51]

Hello..I'm a nurse from the San Diego County Sheriff Dept. This video was part of our training curriculum for skills day yesterday.  We are all PHTLS ans AMLS certified nurses but we were amused but yet disturbed about this video. Can you imagine our top people from our chain of command watching this??

[missy424]

Ok Took a little heat for saying she should have reported the med error. I KNOW this is a skit and not real but I meant in REAL life if she had reported it as soon as she found out they would have given protamine sulfate and all would have been well. and No I am not in admin I am an LPN going for the ADN so I know a little bit.

[collieh1]

PROTAMINE SULFATE STAT!!!!

[dbrooks12009]

Some years ago when I was working as a med nurse on a unit, a head nurse came to me from administration and said that she noticed I checked a patients new med three times before I gave it to them to make sure it was right. She seemed surprised, but all I could think was, "Isn't that what you would want a nurse to do before giving you a new medication?" All meds should be checked atleast once. So, do the five rights "every" single time you pass meds. If you don't have the time, "make" the time.

[dbrooks12009]

Let me tell you all, med errors do happen every day. Nurses are stressed beyond limit. As nurses we have to try and tune out as many stressors as we can, even though all can't be. Lots of distractions occur during medication admistration and taking of med orders. Sometimes people will consider you rude when you have to put them on hold for less urgent matters. But sometimes you have to so that you can be 100% sure that your orders are right and the five rights have been checked.

[fightingforjustice10]

Medical errors do happen more than people realize.

These errors need to be exposed , therefore hopfully they won,t be repeated.

People can die from mistakes.

If the medical proffessionals are reported, they will be more careful.

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[1caninelover]

Of course the ID & 5 rights (now 7 rights) are a must but medication errors are inflated to a zillion due to the 'right time'...if one patient goes into cardiac arrest and another receives their Tylenol an hour late that is included in the 'med error stats'

Triage dictates that you call a code on the arrest patient & give the other their Tylenol late thus a ton of the statistics are a....LATE MEDICATION; this just doesn't make headlines.

[DiederickABecker]

It's so simple; check ID, double check asking the patient his or her name (when conscious of course). Foolproof, one would say...

Cute video, but I don't think it's necessary to put an example up in order to demonstrate the huge risk of being nonchalant about medication protocols.

[raketbaler]

There's a new product out called ColorSafe IV Lines. these color tinted lines make it a lot easier for nurses to to administer medications and a lot harder to make a mistake. Nurses love this new product but the big manufacturers are moving slow at changing their existing clear lines to the ColorSafe IV Lines.

[Suiton1]

Heparin before surgery? .... Oh the leakage!

[missy424]

Report all med errors immediately when they are discovered. As long as you ACTED to help the patient they will be ok and you will be ok.

[rickbar123]

@missy424 Shut up. "Report All Med Errors". Your so full of shit, you must be in Admin. Keep your mouth shut.

[cthorste]

she could have checked the ID bracelet....or she could have just listened to the scary "Jaws" music as she closer to the wrong patient

[lesorciercalifornien]

@cthorste She couldn't hear it because her ears were still ringing from the electric guitar version of Beethoven's 5th.

[rickbar123]

DEAR NEW NURSES

DONT CRY ABOUT THIS MISTAKE WITH

HEPARIN

1/2 life is 15 min iv protamine can reverse heparin if needed but sq is a slow release anyway- keep your mouth shut

THE PT THAT GOT THE VAL. WAS A JUNKY ANYWAY. TELL HER SHE CAN HAVE SOME MORE IF SHE SHUTS UP

[friendlycowboy]

i went to FIU nursing program. Nursing students rock. i've been working for 4 years now, it takes about that long to really feel comforatable in this profession. good luck students.

[jalzero04]

Priscilla is a cutie.

[bayhamhicks]

i'm using it in a lecture next week for

brand new nursing students...thanks!

it a good "eye-opener"

[daniellesugar]

we watched this in our lecture today, you guys did a great job :) and FYI "ducatistadk" we were told today that 8% of medication errors are the wrong drug, 14% wrong patient!

[m3w1th1n]

cute nurses, which hospital is it?^^

[gacayana]

hahaha FIUUU

[chefd907]

sorry about my typo i ment to put type of medication in stead of tyoe. and you made a very good point marnethunder. Right dose, Right route, Right time, Right patient, and Right Documentation the five rights are very important.

[sjones9543]

dont do it

[myqute]

Good video! It always pay to be careful when someone's life is in your hands. :)

[MikesterRN]

Cal state L.A is planning on using it for a presentation :0).. thanks

[supraondueces]

Wow you fucked up, there goes your malpractice insurance rate going higher that's what you get! Remember 5 rights!

[chefd907]

thats why you dubble check and tripple check the name of the patient and the tyoe of medication.

[imacoony]

and these people are suposed to take care of us.....

[skinwalker1731182194]

it's not real, you fag, don't act like you hate the world now.

[miamisteryman]

that would be steve vai :) :)

[juanefren]

who is playing this Beethoveen MUsic?

[marnethunder]

Good msg!!!!Don't forget the 5 rights. Right dose, Right route, Right time, Right patient, and Right Documentation

[insaintraining]

We learn those rights as well as: Right reason, Right to refuse, and Right to be educated about the dose (which is the patient's right to know what they're being given and why).

[khayztin]

@marnethunder You forgot the most important right! there are 6.. right DRUG! .. shame on you 5 people who thumbs up. lol

[jessthealbo]

@marnethunder

added now

Right Drug, Right to refuse. :) 7 rights.

[joikido]

check the ID bracelets!