Med Error

I admit it, I'm not proud of it, I knew it would come some day but I just hoped it would not be so early in my career.  I made a medication error.  I gave my patient Lactobacillus in the wrong form.  Lucky for the patient and me this was a VERY small and insignificant medication error.  I was supposed to give him another form of this probiotic but failed to read closely enough and administered the wrong med.  I immediately told my nurse and teacher who were supportive and cautioned me to read more carefully and pay better attention in the future. I felt pretty lousy, although it wasn't really a big deal, what if it had been. I have learned my lesson!