Nursing Home Malpractice Rn

[Shine]

A friend of mine recently gave a wrong narcotic drug by accident. The names were too close so she accidentally gave one for the other. A few weeks later, she could not account for one narcotic pill that went missing during her shift. She didn't even notice the pill was missing till shift change and her n the oncoming nurse were counting the drugs. Because of that, she was let go and the facility told her to wait for a call from the state since they have to report her for "narcotic diversion". She can't afford a lawyer, she is not in union and she is afraid of losing her license. This was a second job that she just started recently, was still on probation and is worried she could lose her main job. She has no idea what legal actions she is facing and afraid to death that her career is over. What's your advice to her?

 

[army judge]

A friend of mine recently gave a wrong narcotic drug by accident. The names were too close so she accidentally gave one for the other. A few weeks later, she could not account for one narcotic pill that went missing during her shift. She didn't even notice the pill was missing till shift change and her n the oncoming nurse were counting the drugs. Because of that, she was let go and the facility told her to wait for a call from the state since they have to report her for "narcotic diversion". She can't afford a lawyer, she is not in union and she is afraid of losing her license. This was a second job that she just started recently, was still on probation and is worried she could lose her main job. She has no idea what legal actions she is facing and afraid to death that her career is over. What's your advice to her?

If she is contacted or arrested about this, she should simply say nothing.

Be polite, but refuse to speak about any of this, as is her right under Miranda.

If she is arrested, she should simply remain silent, provide her name, address, date of birth (and other pertinent information), but say nothing about any of this.

She should then arrange for bond (or have someone in the free world assist her), hire an attorney or ask the court to appoint one to represent her.

What will happen: NOTHING, or SOMETHING.

No one can predict the future.

 

[Proserpina]

A friend of mine recently gave a wrong narcotic drug by accident. The names were too close so she accidentally gave one for the other. A few weeks later, she could not account for one narcotic pill that went missing during her shift. She didn't even notice the pill was missing till shift change and her n the oncoming nurse were counting the drugs. Because of that, she was let go and the facility told her to wait for a call from the state since they have to report her for "narcotic diversion". She can't afford a lawyer, she is not in union and she is afraid of losing her license. This was a second job that she just started recently, was still on probation and is worried she could lose her main job. She has no idea what legal actions she is facing and afraid to death that her career is over. What's your advice to her?

Ah. I see what happened.

While it's true that we cannot predict the outcome, and it's fairly unusual for a nurse to be fired over a one-time, one pill mistake that resulted in no harm to either patient, the red flag is raised because she hasn't been there for long.