The Night Nurse Was Called a Killer at Huddle, Until the Override Slip Landed on the Desk
"You put a patient's life in that line. You're a killer" — said loud enough for the medication room to hear.
Imani's fourth night on the floor, and it may be her last. The charge nurse has told the night supervisor the drip was tampered with on Imani's own badge code, and there is an occurrence form upstairs with her name on it.
Imani says one thing back, quietly: "It's your badge code, Ivy."
She was handed the pump override slip an hour earlier, at 6:12, when the charge nurse walked her through the change herself. Ivy's badge code is printed across the top. The replacement-bag entry is in Ivy's own handwriting. The tech's witness line is in the corner.
At 7:48 Imani lays it flat on the charge desk, next to the MAR, and Dee reads the witness line out loud. The night supervisor pulls the occurrence form on her phone. Filed 6:55 p.m. Twenty minutes before the huddle. The same override code the slip already carries.
Ivy reaches for the assignment board to move herself off nights. Misses the clip. The board slides off the counter.
What did risk management find when they opened the addendum, and where was Imani standing six weeks later when a new night nurse asked if she could sit at the desk? That's in the blog below.
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