lost meds help?

Hi everyone

I'm a new nursing student and I recently lost one of my patients pills. I have to write a paper about what happends when you lose your patients pills. However, i dont know what kind of things would happen in the hospital. Here is my list

1. Patients medication is now late potentially causing there life/ health in jeopardy
2. Someone may find the missing medicine and take it
3. You may be accused of stealing the medicine
4. If its a narcotic you may have to be drug tested.
5. Your credability as a nurse may be diminshed
6. You will get written up.
7. File out an incident report

Thats all I can think of can someone please point me in the right direction
Depends on the pill are we talking narcotics or something else that is very expensive?

no it wasnt narcotics but what happens if it is. i know its a must bigger deal

The biggest concern of the hospital is money down the drain. You just lost a hundred dollar pill. That's like stealing money from the CEO's pockets. Honestly, how is he ever going to afford to buy ALL his kids Lexuses?

Scary- I did it twice... the first and last time! (hopefully!)

Quote from kenpochicno it wasnt narcotics but what happens if it is. i know its a must bigger deal

Quote from thinkertdmThe biggest concern of the hospital is money down the drain. You just lost a hundred dollar pill.

Quote from Turd FergusonYou're kidding, right?I hope there's some sarcasm here that I didn't pick up on... (I got it in the second half)

Inconvenience to the pharmacist that has to send a new one?Delay in treatment? Delay in discharge? Having to write a silly paper over a mistake?

Quote from thinkertdmFor the purpose of the OP's assignment, it was purely sarcasm. Based in real life.

Quote from cotjockeyHaving to write a silly paper over a mistake?

Quote from ObtundedRNTell your instructors to chill out, get a life, and if they want a paper written over something so dumb then they should write it themselves.

Good grief :smackingf now I remember why I am so glad I am out of school. All your "punishments" sound right to me. A narcotic is one thing but if it were, say a Colace, maybe your instructor needs to take it? Perhaps the constipation is making him/her grouchy.