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An anaesthetist accidentally prescribed 100 mg morphine (should be 10) post-surgical pain relief for a patient. No problem, prescribing a whole box, instead of an ampoule, is an easy mistake to spot. That& #39;s why 2 Recovery nurses do pre-admin safety checks.
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An anaesthetist accidentally prescribed 100 mg morphine (should be 10) post-surgical pain relief for a patient. No problem, prescribing a whole box, instead of an ampoule, is an easy mistake to spot. That& #39;s why 2 Recovery nurses do pre-admin safety checks.
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The patient& #39;s nurse failed to ask a colleague to check the prescription - she just took a whole morphine box from the CD cupboard, and starting drawing up syringes.
Another nurse spotted this, and intervened. The first nurse said "iss no your bizniss - you no doctor!".
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The patient& #39;s nurse failed to ask a colleague to check the prescription - she just took a whole morphine box from the CD cupboard, and starting drawing up syringes.
Another nurse spotted this, and intervened. The first nurse said "iss no your bizniss - you no doctor!".
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Nurse 2 fetched the anaesthetist, who corrected the error.
Nurse 1 (Filipina) complained to the team leader (Filipino) that nurse 2 was bullying her. The team leader stopped nurse 2 from being promoted to band 6.
That& #39;s how it works, in the NHS.
Nurse 2 fetched the anaesthetist, who corrected the error.
Nurse 1 (Filipina) complained to the team leader (Filipino) that nurse 2 was bullying her. The team leader stopped nurse 2 from being promoted to band 6.
That& #39;s how it works, in the NHS.
