I accidentally drawn blood from the wrong patient and the lab wrote an incident report will i lose my work at the hospital?
Don't fret. Was the patient harmed? probably not. Is it a learning moment? Absolutely. We're all "practicing" in our field. If I was your manager I would tell you those exact words.
I don't think so. Keep in mind, an incident report is just a record of things that happen. They are presented to QA department in the hospital. Sometimes, the insurance companies or Medicare need them, depending on what it is. Once QA/risk mgt have the records, it may mean that the policy might have to be changed. You will learn how to fill out incident reports yorself. It is required by JCAHO and DOH . Most minor ones are filed away. Always be honest with your manager (and your preceptor if you are anew grad).
No , an incident report is just that. There would be a RCA to review processes and opportunities for improvement. If the error is on the employee then further education my be needed in follow processes with identifying correct patient.
I seriously doubt it. However, my advice... own up to it (which it sounds like you have), admit you're human, and that you are learning from this error! Vow to yourself that you will never repeat this error, and know in your own mind what you will be doing differently. (And then... follow through with that part for your own integrity.) Hopefully, you work at a facility that utilized those 'incident reports' as learning opportunities. We all make mistakes. And this one, in particular, the patient was not harmed and it sounds like the error was caught before the lab results hurt the other patient. (Let me tell you, it can be even harder when you have to go report YOURSELF as having made the error! Again, its better than causing further harm and hopefully, your work culture encourages honesty and integrity.) I remember a popular charge nurse made a med error that any of us could have done, and not only did he report himself, but he publically shared his mistake as a 'learning opportunity' for the rest of us to grow from his error. Not that we all want to publicize our errors, but I completely respected him so much for doing all that!
The lab did exactly what they were suppose to do - an incident report. Think about the purpose of an incident report: " to identify safety hazards and guide interventions to mitigate risks." Also, to have written documentation for fair compensation in case of litigation. I think you will be ok as long as no harm was done to the patient, you told the truth, and your task was within your scope of practice. Remember that the 10 rights of medication administration ( right drug, patient, dose, route, time and frequency, documentation, history and assessment, drug approach and patient right to refuse)can easily apply to other nursing tasks. Wishing you much success in future endeavors.
Not unless you do it repeatedly. Before you are terminated there will be verbal notices, written notices. This will be a lesson learned. I have been doing this job for 40+ years and I sill make errors. we all do
No usually an incident report takes care of the incident.
