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At the time of the initial incident, she was employed as an RN at a hospital in Denton, Texas, and had been in that position for one (1) year and eight (8) months.
On or about May 15, 2020, while employed as an RN at a hospital in Denton, Texas, the RN administered 4000u of Heparin to the patient at 0550 without obtaining the result of partial prothrombin time (PTT) drawn at 0425. In addition, the RN failed to obtain a second verifier, as ordered by the physician, prior to administering the Heparin bolus. Subsequently, the PTT drawn at 0425 was critically high at greater than (>) 200 seconds when it resulted and was released at 0554. RN stopped the Heparin infusion at 0644. RN’s conduct potentially could have injured the patient from complications of Heparin including excessive bleeding. The patient did not suffer from any complications of Heparin due to the RN’s conduct.
The RN explained that she was busy with another patient when she was informed of the critical lab value. She reviewed the lab results in the patient’s record but mistook older lab results for the recent critical value and initiated a Heparin drip. Upon reviewing the results again, she noticed the critically high PTT. She then notified the physician, halted all Heparin treatment, monitored for complications, and the patient was discharged three days later on an oral blood thinner.
These actions constituted grounds for disciplinary action under Section 301.452(b)(10) and (13) of the Texas Occupations Code.
Due to insufficient evidence to prove her innocence, the RN lost the case, and the Texas Board of Nursing placed her RN license under disciplinary action.
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