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ToriBates :
i called pharmacy the other day bc a male pt was ordered misoprostol
2026-09-20 14:17:03
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ashley ◡̈ :
if i don’t know the medication, what is is used to treat, and common side effects i look it up and educate myself prior to giving it. it’s really not that hard lol
2026-09-19 22:19:43
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DaniJalen :
This was what was scary when precepting students or new grads.
2026-09-19 19:39:02
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chessie :
Always good habit to check lexicomp if you dont know a medication!
2026-09-19 23:48:46
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Victoria Ramos :
Also if you’re unsure or have questions about a med, please reach out to your pharmacist! Nurses always reach out to me as if they are burdening me with these questions, but I am happy to help. It’s my job to be a drug information resource in the hospital. 😁
2026-09-20 16:26:48
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Shorty :
A Dr had charted an IV antibiotic but none of the nurses recognised it. Called pharmacy and they said they didn't stock it. Called the Dr and he said oh I forgot they stopped making that antibiotic yrs ago! He then charted an Antibiotic we do stock.
2026-09-25 10:30:00
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Matt :
This is normal. We can’t know it all
2026-09-20 17:11:37
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JewjewOnDaBeat :
That’s where pharmacy comes into play
2026-09-20 06:51:02
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chris murphy :
P.S. ask the pharmacist if ur concerned! literally a new pharmacy resident & i’ll even reach out to providers & be like “this isn’t the usual dose i’ve seen- why are they getting this?” after looking ofc. sometimes it’s a learning opportunity for something niche & sometimes it catches a mistake
2026-09-19 23:55:52
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JenTheHen :
When I was in school it was not an option to not know your meds and you would be publicly flogged when you didn't
2026-09-19 21:57:43
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Jade 🌙🖤 :
lexicomp hates to see me coming
2026-09-23 17:48:07
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Av :
A doctor put in an order for 200mg lamictal. I went in and asked the patient if she took it at home and if she’d gotten it at all during her admit (10days) she hadn’t had it since before she came in. 😅 I called the doctor up and had to explain to her that restarting at that dose could give the patient SJS then had to explain to her how to titrate it up over several weeks. 😅😅 I’m on it so I knew not to give it but I can’t imagine a new nurse seeing that order and what would’ve happened if they gave it.
2026-09-19 21:42:42
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Alison :
I always access our system’s in-MAR education thing and scroll through the pharm and patient educations tabs to familiarize myself with unknown meds.
2026-09-20 00:46:24
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Niki Cowart :
Call the pharmacy also they can tell you a lot and interactions
2026-09-20 00:30:04
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Xentrexic :
My pt fired me because they thought I didn't know what I was doing because I told them that I needed to pause on giving them the med and question the order. It was an unknown med I was supposed to give that they hadn't had before, but I questioned the dose. I discovered a system wide error in EPIC, missed by pharmacy that the pharmacy couldn't change the instructions on reconstituting the med for the proper dosage and the instructions were incorrect in the MAR. When I got it all sorted with the pharmacy, the pt refused to let me give it and fired me. Like did you even recognize that I just not only prevented a med error for yourself but other people that might get the same medication too? That's such an excellent indication that you have a competent and safe nurse and you choose to say no, not this one, she's stupid and unsafe? The pt also complained to my manager the next day and I had to stay over and explain the situation even though I thoroughly documented it all. I got a $5 coupon to the cafeteria for a "good catch". 😂
2026-09-20 03:38:10
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c :
My favorite is when a patient is on an obscure, long term med for a chronic illness and looks at me, an ER nurses who specializes in acute emergencies, like I don’t know what I’m doing because I’ve never encountered said med before. It’s like going to a pizza place and being SHOCKED they don’t know how to make sushi.
2026-09-19 20:30:21
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🌿🪿 :
Yup! Left a facility because they had a “oh well, good luck” mentality when it came to medications and procedures! Nope nope nope, if I am not 100% confident in what i’m doing i’m not doing it.
2026-09-20 05:35:21
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Davy Dave :
Any medication I give that I dont know I look it up. As I’m doing it I ask the patient if this is one if their regular medications
2026-09-19 22:56:40
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B :
Is lexicomp like the BNF ?
2026-09-21 13:06:44
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Nurse4Life :
ALL THE TIME 😳 It’s scary
2026-09-20 00:15:23
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Maya :
Farxiga probably
2026-09-20 06:08:25
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Lucky Maltese :
While in hospital dr ordered a med that was clearly listed in hospital system as an allergy med. Med got as far as nurse dispensing it to me until I stopped her. How can this happen?? Dr, pharmacist & nurse not checking 🤦🏼♀️before dispensing.
2026-09-23 17:26:53
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Feathers :
Better to be yelled at for being slow than cause harm.
2026-09-20 08:12:46
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r b :
Or you have an old school doctor that orders a crazy high dose of a medication that you give all the time but never at that dose. So you talk to that ER doctor asking his thoughts and then go to talk to the pharmacist to confirm that although unusual it was ok to give.
2026-09-21 04:00:06
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Lilgmez.tradez :
I work in the outpatient pharmacy of a hospital and the amount of times I call up to the floor to talk to the nurse about a med a patient had been taking during their stay and the nurse sounds like they have no idea what is going on or just show lack of basic medication knowledge. I’m not kidding the other day I called a nurse regarding cephalexin and she asked me “what is that one for again” and when I told her it’s the antibiotic she said “antibiotic? Oh yaa that one”😭 or the amount of times I’ve had to explain long acting vs short acting insulin to a nurse on the phone😭 I try to cut them some slack because I know they have a lot going on and something might seem obvious to me because I work in the pharmacy, but sometimes it’s just jarring
2026-09-22 07:03:30
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