I have downloaded this amazing honest story and put it into my files to share as a teacher and a practitioner. He is absolutely 100% correct about that little voice in your head. But the thing that makes him a true professional, he immediately manned up. Another place, another time, he would have simply been terminated. We nurses are considered DISPOSABLE and easily replaced . We constantly take the blame for things that truly were not a result of us not performing our job.
You better don teach this to your students as you will be creating future murderers. LISTEN CLEARLY: YOU DO NOT PUSH IV POTASSIUM… NO MATTER WHAT “YOUR LITTLE KILLER VOICE SAYS”. I have thought CLINICAL NURSING AT UNIVERSITIES FOR 28 YEARS.
This is the kind of character, honesty, caring and backbone that we need in all or our healthcare professionals. None of us are perfect, and the more we recognize that fact the better we can change our systems to be less prone to human error.
I hear your story. Yes l can say as an ex RN l had a high patient load and an RN asked me to give a patient flucloxicillin and he directed me to the wrong patient. Immediately l contacted the on duty doctor and followed his instructions. This patient had an allergy to flucloxicillin but showed no allergy symptoms or reactions. The patient was so happy because she did not have any drug reaction. Because of her diagnosis she informed the specialist that she did not have any allergies to the drug and that it would be a better medication for herself while in hospital.
My pet peeve is people constantly knocking on the door, calling the phone when I’m pulling meds. And it’s for dumb crap like trying to locate me to tell me crap I know in the first place or just wanting to know my location for no good reason. Makes me want to yell. I had a nurse today trying to pressure me to work over while I’m trying to pull meds. I’m like REALLY? Grrrr
Me too, I'm patient-survivor, & it STILL feels VERY bad after almost 15 years of lies, denials & cover-ups by doctors & the NHS here in the UK: causes severe NEGLECT = criminal, or should be.
@@aaronjames3228 I'm really glad you haven't because it's VERY traumatising & their neglect of my injuries was criminal & driven by their desire for self-protection, truly dreadful.!
I can relate to this 100%! As an intern I accidentally wrote up an incorrect dose of a drug - I did not personally give it, as my co-intern did. The patient died - she had stage IV breast cancer - this case went to Coroner’s Inquest (England) and the verdict was accidental death. Her family thanked me for looking after her prior to this incident.
I guess if I was in that situation all I would ever think about is what will happen to my patient like career? I can still find another job but that life that I killed I could never bring it back. I really learned a lot from this vid people makes mistakes and that we should always learn from our mistakes and never do it again
The font/print size on IV medication labels that nurses give is extremely small. This has huge potential to cause medication errors. Why is nobody fixing this problem?? It's unbelievable and continues year after year to be a MAJOR problem.
Thank you for this. I'm so glad he learned from his terrible error and teaches others what he learned = does he TELL them how he learned & what happened because he DIDN'T "stop & think it through a second time" before acting? At 4.10 he says: "My career’s over, I’m going to lose my licence, he’s going to die..." = interesting, eye-opening and very shocking that his FIRST thoughts were for himself and that the patient might die was LAST on the list. But this doesn't really surprise me because I'm a survivor of terrible medical errors and as soon as I alerted them to the fact I KNEW things had gone wrong (actually, probably long before that = as soon as THEY knew they'd messed up big-time) they went into lie, deny & cover-up mode = they were only worried about THEMSELVES and not me, their VERY injured (almost killed) patient, AT ALL. The NHS' (in the UK) cover-ups continued PLUS they started attacking my credibility as a way of protecting themselves. They prevented/denied remedial care (they KNEW I could have died from my injuries, especially my untreated and VERY injured throat/airway which became severely infected, but didn't care) and lied to me repeatedly: to my face (in hospital & after in farce meeting), on the phone (Consultant anaesthetist responsible for the juniors on duty that weekend when he was off = only 'on call') & in a letter to me from Chief Executive AND in a letter of lies from the negligent Consultant Surgeon (again, responsible for his juniors but not there that weekend) who neglected me in Ward Round on the Monday - in FRONT of all the students he was teaching/training) to my GP so that he would help them in their cover-up - which he did: he too totally neglected my life-threatening injuries. So now, almost 15 years later, I STILL haven't been told the truth, nobody has admitted any of it to me and I'm still waiting for correct diagnoses of the injuries they gave me. I've lost my health, my job/work, my home, my pension, my security, some of my friends/family, my sports & hobbies, my liberty & so much more = the life I had. If only they had been open & honest straight away and hadn't, as here, put THEIR jobs/lives as more important than mine, how different it could have been - still terribly injured but WITHOUT all the lies & psychological traumas & neglect ON TOP. Sadly I don't think anyone learned anything much at the time because they stuck to their line "nothing went wrong" so they/others may well have injured more people and NOBODY was protected due to my tragedy.
@@jessicaedwards524 Yes, not necessarily, but when talking we don't usually rearrange things into importance before we say them; & if he did decide in advance which to say first...
@@jessicaedwards524 😅😅😅i was like, so all Jenny Hughes got from his video was that this guys was only worried abt his job?? Dude even didn't focus much on that at all... Wow!
Well obviously many dont and ther are to many problems with malpractice in our healthcare that definately needs to be addressed! Not to mention all the cover ups to hide these errors instead of being honest and trying to understand why so it wont happen again is what should be happening but NO it is not!
@@stevenray22 you need to look at the evidence about how corrupt our medical industry is which is all about profit instead of what is best for patients. Trust me if you educate yourself you will be horrified by what is going on.
He didn’t blame. He explained the steps along the way that lead to the mistake. The nurses’s hand on the name wasn’t putting her to blame but an explanation of how as a human, it promoted an assumption on his part. The mistake was his, but factors lead up to it. It was a factor, not blame.
I have downloaded this amazing honest story and put it into my files to share as a teacher and a practitioner. He is absolutely 100% correct about that little voice in your head. But the thing that makes him a true professional, he immediately manned up. Another place, another time, he would have simply been terminated. We nurses are considered DISPOSABLE and easily replaced . We constantly take the blame for things that truly were not a result of us not performing our job.
You better don teach this to your students as you will be creating future murderers. LISTEN CLEARLY: YOU DO NOT PUSH IV POTASSIUM… NO MATTER WHAT “YOUR LITTLE KILLER VOICE SAYS”.
I have thought CLINICAL NURSING AT UNIVERSITIES FOR 28 YEARS.
This is the kind of character, honesty, caring and backbone that we need in all or our healthcare professionals. None of us are perfect, and the more we recognize that fact the better we can change our systems to be less prone to human error.
This is very accurate for even those of us, not nurses, but TMA’s, etc.
Listen to that little voice, absolutely!!
Great video.
Thank you so much for sharing your story.
I hear your story. Yes l can say as an ex RN l had a high patient load and an RN asked me to give a patient flucloxicillin and he directed me to the wrong patient. Immediately l contacted the on duty doctor and followed his instructions. This patient had an allergy to flucloxicillin but showed no allergy symptoms or reactions. The patient was so happy because she did not have any drug reaction. Because of her diagnosis she informed the specialist that she did not have any allergies to the drug and that it would be a better medication for herself while in hospital.
Excellent video, candid and articulate
My pet peeve is people constantly knocking on the door, calling the phone when I’m pulling meds. And it’s for dumb crap like trying to locate me to tell me crap I know in the first place or just wanting to know my location for no good reason. Makes me want to yell. I had a nurse today trying to pressure me to work over while I’m trying to pull meds. I’m like REALLY? Grrrr
Know the feeling....D.Leone RN
Great video
I know the feeling. Feels extremely bad.
Me too, I'm patient-survivor, & it STILL feels VERY bad after almost 15 years of lies, denials & cover-ups by doctors & the NHS here in the UK: causes severe NEGLECT = criminal, or should be.
@@jennyhughes4474 I always here about people saying doctors are greedy and mean but I've never experienced that
@@aaronjames3228 I'm really glad you haven't because it's VERY traumatising & their neglect of my injuries was criminal & driven by their desire for self-protection, truly dreadful.!
I can relate to this 100%!
As an intern I accidentally wrote up an incorrect dose of a drug - I did not personally give it, as my co-intern did.
The patient died - she had stage IV breast cancer - this case went to Coroner’s Inquest (England) and the verdict was accidental death.
Her family thanked me for looking after her prior to this incident.
I've made errors before & this sickens me, too!
I guess if I was in that situation all I would ever think about is what will happen to my patient like career? I can still find another job but that life that I killed I could never bring it back. I really learned a lot from this vid people makes mistakes and that we should always learn from our mistakes and never do it again
The font/print size on IV medication labels that nurses give is extremely small. This has huge potential to cause medication errors. Why is nobody fixing this problem?? It's unbelievable and continues year after year to be a MAJOR problem.
Yes because of this terrible fear ... people dont pursue medicine nemore.
That's why we use scanners now
Nowadays, it’s like they just do not care.
anyone from UTS here ?
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Modaog shane hahahaha
Hahahahahahha way lingaw dai
Hi
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Thank you for this. I'm so glad he learned from his terrible error and teaches others what he learned = does he TELL them how he learned & what happened because he DIDN'T "stop & think it through a second time" before acting?
At 4.10 he says: "My career’s over, I’m going to lose my licence, he’s going to die..." = interesting, eye-opening and very shocking that his FIRST thoughts were for himself and that the patient might die was LAST on the list. But this doesn't really surprise me because I'm a survivor of terrible medical errors and as soon as I alerted them to the fact I KNEW things had gone wrong (actually, probably long before that = as soon as THEY knew they'd messed up big-time) they went into lie, deny & cover-up mode = they were only worried about THEMSELVES and not me, their VERY injured (almost killed) patient, AT ALL.
The NHS' (in the UK) cover-ups continued PLUS they started attacking my credibility as a way of protecting themselves. They prevented/denied remedial care (they KNEW I could have died from my injuries, especially my untreated and VERY injured throat/airway which became severely infected, but didn't care) and lied to me repeatedly: to my face (in hospital & after in farce meeting), on the phone (Consultant anaesthetist responsible for the juniors on duty that weekend when he was off = only 'on call') & in a letter to me from Chief Executive AND in a letter of lies from the negligent Consultant Surgeon (again, responsible for his juniors but not there that weekend) who neglected me in Ward Round on the Monday - in FRONT of all the students he was teaching/training) to my GP so that he would help them in their cover-up - which he did: he too totally neglected my life-threatening injuries.
So now, almost 15 years later, I STILL haven't been told the truth, nobody has admitted any of it to me and I'm still waiting for correct diagnoses of the injuries they gave me. I've lost my health, my job/work, my home, my pension, my security, some of my friends/family, my sports & hobbies, my liberty & so much more = the life I had. If only they had been open & honest straight away and hadn't, as here, put THEIR jobs/lives as more important than mine, how different it could have been - still terribly injured but WITHOUT all the lies & psychological traumas & neglect ON TOP. Sadly I don't think anyone learned anything much at the time because they stuck to their line "nothing went wrong" so they/others may well have injured more people and NOBODY was protected due to my tragedy.
Coward🤣
@@pap0wot181 ???
Just because he verbally listed the things he is worried about in that order does not mean he ranked them by order of importance.
@@jessicaedwards524 Yes, not necessarily, but when talking we don't usually rearrange things into importance before we say them; & if he did decide in advance which to say first...
@@jessicaedwards524 😅😅😅i was like, so all Jenny Hughes got from his video was that this guys was only worried abt his job?? Dude even didn't focus much on that at all... Wow!
You don't give potassium via IV push in the 1st place. I'm a nursing student and I know this!
I pray you don't ever make any mistakes. To err is human. I hope you keep that in mind if and when it ever happens to you.
You did 30 years ago
and what school is teaching you that???
Well obviously many dont and ther are to many problems with malpractice in our healthcare that definately needs to be addressed! Not to mention all the cover ups to hide these errors instead of being honest and trying to understand why so it wont happen again is what should be happening but NO it is not!
@@stevenray22 you need to look at the evidence about how corrupt our medical industry is which is all about profit instead of what is best for patients. Trust me if you educate yourself you will be horrified by what is going on.
Never going to a canadian hospital. Blaming on others. Ouch.
He didn’t blame. He explained the steps along the way that lead to the mistake. The nurses’s hand on the name wasn’t putting her to blame but an explanation of how as a human, it promoted an assumption on his part. The mistake was his, but factors lead up to it. It was a factor, not blame.
Adi Shred, this happens everywhere
This must be an actor. You NEVER PUSH IV Potassium. Bull crap story.
No, this is Michael and I know him very well
@@grahamlaurie3520 and you should know that you NEVER PUSH POTASSIUM IV
@@karcemkdbil I was merely stating that he is not an actor , nothing more