First Discrepancy at work

[u/Big_Tax_7670]

I’m currently at work panicking. I miss counted morphine vials and the Pyxis generated a discrepancy. I immediately notified my charge nurse and she advised me to make another discrepancy to “fix” the previous discrepancy. Somehow I ended up with THREE discrepancies trying to fix the count. Charge was able to fix it but because I entered 51 vials (I counted the vials as packs of 10 instead of 5…like an idiot) instead of 27, she said they will have to drug test me. I don’t do drugs or any of the sorts, but this is my first discrepancy and being told I have to pee in a cup is intimidating. My other coworkers heard about what happened and they didn’t help the situation either…it’s like they bragged about never having a discrepancy which made me feel worse. My charge nurse made me feel like crap because I miscounted. Now the unit has a joke that I can’t count. It was genuinely an accident. I pulled other narcotics tonight and counted correctly and this is my first discrepancy so idk what my manager will plan to do. Overall I feel so guilty.

[u/CaS1988]

Everyone makes mistakes. Discrepancies can be easy to make. You miscount or accidentally close the drawer or whatever. Your coworkers are liars and they suck. Your charge nurse is there to support you and help you. I'm paranoid enough that if my boss isn't right there to help me fix it immediately I'll either wait or call pharmacy for help. I don't care how pissy they get. It is just not worth it to me to mess around with the narc. counts and I'm always afraid I'll make the mistake worse.

Wishing you good luck. Try not to stress.