Should I speak up or shut up?
I was
completely swamped the other day and may have made a mistake with the dosage of
medicine I gave a patient. Since he didn’t have an adverse reaction, I didn’t
tell the doctor or him about my possible error. (I didn’t want to be written
up.) Now, the patient’s kidney function has declined, and I don’t know if it’s
because of what I might have done. What should I do in this kind of
situation?
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Heather, RN