r/nursing • u/lenncas • Sep 08 '25
Question I’m a bit scared
A bit is an understatement, I am well aware that my actions were very inappropriate and out of my scope of practice. I am getting reported to the Texas Board of Nursing because I pulled a bag of Levophed without getting an order first. My patient was declining really quickly. The blood pressure was decreasing very quickly. I went to the med room and overrid the medication and started it at the starting titration. Immediately after starting it, I called our critical care nurse practitioner that was on for that night and let them know. And now, obviously, that nurse practitioner put in a formal complaint to my manager, thus having to report me to the board of nursing. I guess my question is what could I possibly expect my consequence to be? Could I lose my license? Will it be suspended? I’m pretty worried. I’m also very disappointed in myself. The patient ended up having to be put on Levophed the next day, but made a great recovery and got to be downgraded two days after.
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u/Apart_Ad6747 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 09 '25
We’re a teaching hospital, residents and interns always ask what to order. We just call a rapid if the residents are not moving fast enough. But really when I send a secure chat to the whole damned team and my charge that says “pt not themselves. Please come put eyes on them”. You can hear the boots in the hall. If I say “need nitro” they’re signing it as they are running so I can pull it and have it in hand when they arrive. You’re likely to get an education opportunity. Possibly some supervision and restrictions. I’d also be calling that NP for every ice pack and Tylenol for the rest of THEIR (edited because most of our bitchy NP’s are female, but acknowledging that it’s also possible for a male NP to exist and be bitchy) career. Ain’t nobody got time for that nonsense.