• @Nurse_Robot
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    93 hours ago

    Pretty niche but embarrassing for me. I’m new to my career, and I had to give a medication I’ve never given before called factor XII. It turns out this medication is very expensive, so it has to be requested from pharmacy instead of being stocked on the floor. So, I looked in the computer to see where it was. The computer said 12,000 units were delivered around 1900 (which was a few hours ago), and 12,000 units were given around that time. To be sure, I checked the automated medication dispenser, and it didn’t have any. I checked the fridge (the computer said to let it come to room temp before giving) and it wasn’t in the fridge. I checked the patients medication bin, it wasn’t in their bin. I checked the patients room and it wasn’t there either. So I messaged pharmacy “medication not available, please send :)”

    The pharmacy quickly called me, questioning why I was requesting it. I told them that, per my message, it wasn’t on the floor and I needed it, and I needed it quickly because it was time sensitive. They told me they already sent it and they weren’t sending more because of how expensive it was, and that I needed to look again. I told them everywhere I looked, and that I was sure it wasn’t on the floor. The begrudging said they would walk to my floor and find it for me, which frustrated me as it seemed like such a waste of time. But sure enough, they called me when they got to the medication room and told me to meet them there. There, NEXT TO all the patient specific medication bins, was a small pile of boxes of this medication. They were too big to fit in the patients bin, so they were just piled up to the side. They made a point to rub it in my face that they were right and I wasted their time, and it was very embarrassing.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 hour ago

      This sounds like my honey looking in the pantry for snacks. “Where are the Oreos?” “On the shelf.” “No they’re not.” #sigh# [gets up and points to them] “Oh you meant these right here at my eye level?”