1 2 Experience During my clinical placement in a neurosurgical unit, we would occasionalJy exa mine epilepsy patients to document any seizures. These patients rarely require substantial nursing care, and most are self-sufficient with only 1-2 prescriptions administered every six hours. I was working an early shift, and my buddy nurse assigned me to three patients, one of whom was under examination for a seizure. My buddy nurse handed me the drawer keys and indicated the medication was in the side drawer when I went with my nurse to provide the patient medication. Looking over the initial purchase, I began my safety check prior to dispensing the prescription and discovered that it had expired in February 2019. I requested that my preceptor come over and take a look at the package. She realized the medication was out of date when she noticed the expiration date. She then went out of the room with the packaging. When she returned, she indicated that she had reported the event to the NUM. I then inquired if there was anything else we needed to do, but I was respectfully told to stay out of it. I took a set of vitals on the patient, which were all normal, and the buddy nurse was given a new pack of medication that was still usable. I felt accomplished at the end of my shift since I had followed the procedure for providing the correct medication and had identified the problem. Being a part. of event reporting and alerting the doctors, on the other hand, would have been a great experience. Overall, I followed NSHQS's safety requirements and medication standards when performing my nursing responsibilities. h ...

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Experience
During my clinical placement in a neurosurgical unit, we would
occasionalJy exa mine epilepsy
patients to document any seizures. These patients rarely require
substantial nursing care, and
most are self-sufficient with only 1-2 prescriptions administered
every six hours. I was working
an early shift, and my buddy nurse assigned me to three
patients, one of whom was under
examination for a seizure. My buddy nurse handed me the
drawer keys and indicated the
medication was in the side drawer when I went with my nurse to
provide the patient medication.
Looking over the initial purchase, I began my safety check prior
to dispensing the prescription

2. and discovered that it had expired in February 2019. I requested
that my preceptor come over
and take a look at the package. She realized the medication was
out of date when she noticed the
expiration date. She then went out of the room with the
packaging. When she returned, she
indicated that she had reported the event to the NUM. I then
inquired if there was anything else
we needed to do, but I was respectfully told to stay out of it. I
took a set of vitals on the patient,
which were all normal, and the buddy nurse was given a new
pack of medication that was still
usable. I felt accomplished at the end of my shift since I had
followed the procedure for providing
the correct medication and had identified the problem. Being a
part. of event reporting and alerting
the doctors, on the other hand, would have been a great
experience. Overall, I followed NSHQS's
safety requirements and medication standards when performing
my nursing responsibilities.
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