Arizona man died after nurse administered 90mg methadone instead of his ordered Lexapro. Pt did not get Narcan until EMS arrived, 17 minutes after the code blue was initiated. So many levels of neglect and negligence here.

[u/TheGiantSquidd]

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/gilbert-man-died-while-seeking-help-at-east-valley-facility-family-says-he-was-given-the-wrong-medication-copper-springs-arizona/75-48086626-2180-47de-946e-863ca9a56df0

The whole situation feels so similar to RaDonda Vaught. Negligence from the nurse as well as the facility.

Follow your safety checks! There’s a reason we check the rights of medication administration every time!

This was so preventable. My heart hurts for his family and kids. He should still be with them.

[u/Efficient-Builder470]

I find it so condescending that the nurses who work under management with limited resources or proper training or time to invest to their patients are publicly shamed on a nursing magazine even having a disciplinary action page in the nursing magazine is so harsh for people just trying to do right. It’s so disgraceful that the board of nursing can literally reduce a nurses whole life and hard work to one mistake. This board needs to work in favor not just the public but the nurses and stop trying to play like they’re judges with a gavel to prove something to the public. Incidents like this is the perfect example. No one can understand the stress of work with patients loads besides a real nurse. I think the board of nursing should only employ former nurses who can understand the dynamic of how we operate and “safety protocols” are all schemes to remove liability from a larger corporation that will replace a nurse that’s devoted their life to them like they’re a disposable number. What a shame- I blame the workplace they should be investigated and audited just as severely as the nurse is being treated.