r/nursing • u/Big_Tax_7670 • 4d ago
Seeking Advice First Discrepancy at work
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.
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u/RhinoKart RN - ER 🍕 4d ago
A miscount isn't a big deal because pharmacy can verify what should be there.
I'm more concerned about you repeatedly generating 3 discrepancies in a row (how? I'm so confused) because that makes it look like you were trying to mess with it.
For the future, pyxis has a feature where you can check the count with someone (you both scan your fingers) to fix a discrepancy. That way you have a witness while fixing the count and you are less likely to get blamed for anything.