A Pill Problem
Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
It was nice and warm early Saturday morning at the hospice. When I would leave three hours later the temperature dropped ten degrees. Later that afternoon it dropped ten more degrees. A spring cold front was moving through. I had worn one of my Hawaiian shirts in the morning and felt the cool air when I left the building.
It was a weird and awkward day! I did pass out some mints to several family members, but could not get a conversation going. The nurses recommended three patients to visit, but they were all sleeping. I kinda felt strange and out of touch all day. It might have been because of the dramatic change in the weather! Yep, I'm blaming it all on the weather.
When I was leaving, I paused to chat with the security guard. Then one of the RN's came and asked to see security film of the medication cabinet. In her hand was a print-out of the cabinet, and something was wrong! I didn't ask because it was not my business to know. Apparently, some pills were taken out of the medication cabinet and it was not logged in! A nurse was stealing pills!
A hospice has some of the most powerful medications known to man in order to relieve pain. Stealing pills is a very serous offence, especially in this day of widespread addiction. When a nurse takes pills out of the cabinet, they have to log them out and have at least one witness. I hope it was just a mistake.
Have you heard of someone stealing pills? Can you tell us about it in the comments section?
Brother Roop
It was nice and warm early Saturday morning at the hospice. When I would leave three hours later the temperature dropped ten degrees. Later that afternoon it dropped ten more degrees. A spring cold front was moving through. I had worn one of my Hawaiian shirts in the morning and felt the cool air when I left the building.
It was a weird and awkward day! I did pass out some mints to several family members, but could not get a conversation going. The nurses recommended three patients to visit, but they were all sleeping. I kinda felt strange and out of touch all day. It might have been because of the dramatic change in the weather! Yep, I'm blaming it all on the weather.
When I was leaving, I paused to chat with the security guard. Then one of the RN's came and asked to see security film of the medication cabinet. In her hand was a print-out of the cabinet, and something was wrong! I didn't ask because it was not my business to know. Apparently, some pills were taken out of the medication cabinet and it was not logged in! A nurse was stealing pills!
A hospice has some of the most powerful medications known to man in order to relieve pain. Stealing pills is a very serous offence, especially in this day of widespread addiction. When a nurse takes pills out of the cabinet, they have to log them out and have at least one witness. I hope it was just a mistake.
Have you heard of someone stealing pills? Can you tell us about it in the comments section?
Brother Roop
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