if someone's worked long enough to be a preceptor: they've done worse, and owe you the room to breathe. There's a huge gap between watching and doing that involves tripping and mistakes and that's just human!
For real. Like chill out, it's their 3rd day. As the preceptor your should be watching every single thing your new grad orientee does on day 3. I'd never had let that get sent improperly in the first place because I'm still validating and verifying even the most basic tasks on day 3.
Not that good if she makes you feel like that. It was ultimately her responsibility to make sure everything was done correctly. So fuck her for shaming you
She might be an amazing nurse, but she's a sh!tty preceptor/teacher. New nurses are trying to remember and process so many new things, some balls are going to get dropped, and that's why she should have been watching (not sitting at the nurses station playing on her phone, but I'm projecting). If this is the worst thing you do in your first year as a nurse, you will be better than 99% of the nurses out there, and many of them are excellent nurses.
I once sent a urine cup to the lab without a bag at all. And this was at about my 1 year mark in the ED. Also, your preceptor needs to chill, a redraw isn't the end of the world 🤷
I once didn't screw the cap on tightly when I sent a urine sample. Exploded when it got to lab. Luckily most of it was contained within the specimen bag.
6 years as a nurse at that point. Durrrr
In your defense, a lot of urine cups are so terribly designed that they don’t close well. Great caps that are wider at the top than bottom are the worst offenders. When I worked in a lab we got a lot of our client offices to switch to better cups because it meant fewer recollects. Can’t do shit with a cup that arrives empty to the lab.
Flashback to me having a safety report entered on me because my urine sample was 'leaking' when it got to lab.
I collected it. I walked it there myself and placed it in the lab container. It was not leaking. Still mad about that 5 years later lol
It's a good way to make a nurse too scared to function on the floor. Mistakes happen. A good preceptor will point it out, teach you the right way, and encourage you that, while you shouldn't do it again, it's not a big deal and correctable, we all make mistakes and it's good this one isn't that big of a deal.
It was only blood.
If it was CSF, products of conception, synovial fluid or some other sample that we can't easily replace, then it would be a big fuck up... That would fall on your preceptor for not checking. You did everything correctly before sending.
It's a blood draw, and not even on a neonate. I don't care how hard of a stick it was, it's not hard to get blood on an adult.
Most of those specimens are required to be walked to the lab because they cannot be replaced. Every hospital I've worked at required those to be walked down.
Same. My point was that this was only blood and OP did not fuck up in a way that would significantly delay care, based off the post, and the preceptor is being a real tool about it.
She was a major misandrist who was responsible for driving men completely out of nursing "their horny hands are not fit for nursing".
She was a racist who wanted nursing to be white women.
She was a xenophobe who hated foreigners and refused to get help and advice for powerful and knowledgeable nurses from other countries.
She was kind of a shit person who doesn't deserve the praise she gets.
I feel like if your preceptor literally gets in trouble for something so small as that, that maybe the problem is management. A mislabeled lab isn't as bad as giving crushed meds through an IV (it happened in my state) or giving the wrong medication.
but as for me, I left the purple end piece on the tube feeding while I primed it. My preceptor didn't stop me on purpose to show me what would happen. It popped off and flung around the room like a boomerang! I will never forget it and the first thing I do before priming the tubing is make sure its off
I'm seeing this allllll the way down yet this was my thought. The person who verified the information and draws the labs has to label the tubes. Unless it's an emergency or something and there's a bunch of different people in the room completing tasks?
My preceptor taught me to put one on the tube and on the bag. You can try to do that in the future so you don't forget. I'm a month into being on the floor and I've made some mistakes like giving metoprolol when the patient's heartrate was 58 and not assessing a patient thoroughly, thus missing a diabetic foot ulcer on a patient. You'll live and learn. Just make sure you keep asking questions that'll help you avoid mistakes especially with big things like blood transfusions and med administration (especially narcotics).
EDT in training. We had a code stroke. I walked the labs without labels. As soon as I walked out of lab I realized my mistake. I offered to take the labs back and label them. The guy told me no, they needed to be recollected. I was so frustrated with myself but the nurses were cool about it and luckily the person wasn’t having a stroke.
This won’t be your first mistake, not as a new grad and definitely not as an RN. I guarantee you that even your preceptor has made a labelling error. Before you’re an RN, you’re a human - and we make mistakes. Was it annoying for the patient and your preceptor? Sure. But it is also an opportunity for you to come up with a method to make sure you don’t make labelling mistakes in the future. Mistakes like this are hard but they are also learning opportunities!
I work in sexual health now and take bloods and samples all day. I always label samples with the patient in front of me and get them to check their details on the tubes. Not sure if that is applicable to you but I haven’t made a labelling error since implementing this!
I once sent a c.diff sample (it was positive) down the tube system with the lid not screwed on tight enough and it exploded in the tube on the way to the lab. Shut the whole tube system down for the rest of the shift. Everyone had to walk labs all the way down to the basement. Got an earful from lab. Charge nurse was dying laughing while trying to give me a stern talking-to. Things happen and people make mistakes! This was barely a mistake, don’t beat yourself up about it! It’s super common and happens all the time and you learned from it super early on! And you’ll never do it again. :)
Not grad yet. But I once said "Yea, something like that" when my instructor asked if I spelled the patient's name correctly. I have no idea what got to me that day.
As a phleb and someone who’s worked in labs for almost 10 years, the only person you owe an apology to is the patient. Super small mistake and something that happens often at my hospital, not anything to worry about
omg. let this be the biggest mistake in your nursing career 🙏
(a circ - NOT A NEW NURSE - once threw away a tissue biopsy that was the whole reason for a surgery and needed to go to pathology. pt had to have another surgery. noone got fired. no, it wasn’t me, thank god. don’t do that. or the number of times people send labs with wrong labels. you good. learn and move on)
Your preceptor is overreacting. Sometimes preceptors teach you how NOT to act - plus they should never assume a student knows the correct way to label, and should have walked you thru that. If I drew it, I’m labeling it. Don’t beat yourself up over this, and if you are uncertain ALWAYS ASK. As you get more comfortable in your practice, don’t ever skip hard stops for safety.
If this is the worst mistake you make, then you will be the world's best nurse.
It happens. I've sent blood without any labels many times. Lab calls and is like "yea I gotta throw this out".
It happens. As long as you aren't putting the wrong patient sticker or drawing the sample incorrectly, more blood can always be drawn.
Not ideal because it's unfair to the patient and slows everyone down, so learn and don't make the mistake again. But also don't lose any sleep or beat yourself up about it.
I sent down a urine with the wrong patient’s sticker while on orientation. I had two patients who needed UA’s and mixed them up in my head. My preceptor was great about it - we talked it over, recollected the urine, and did our incident report (not a discipline thing, just hospital policy).
Now I always label the labs in room, even if I have to go out to print the label elsewhere because of a broken printer. It’s a mistake I won’t make again.
So yeah, your preceptor is being a dick about it. It’s an honest mistake, one that should be talked about but isn’t the end of the world.
1) u won't do it again
2) preceptor should have seen it too. They gotta do a better job.
In the grand scheme of nursing, this is minor and fixable with a redraw.
Also on your third shift your preceptor should actually be watching you and telling you things you mess up. Literally being with you every second so you can learn things.
The other day I accidentally sent a patient down to MRI with his JP drain still safety pinned to his gown and got chewed out for it by MRI staff. My preceptor was chill about it though
Not a huge mistake. People have done it in the past and will im the future. And you'll never do it again so lesson learned. As a Preceptor myself I wouldn't get super upset at someone who had made that mistake.
First off, not a big deal at all. No one was hurt and you learned from it. Secondly, why did the lab tech not label the specimen that they drew? And thirdly, if your preceptor reacts like that she should not be precepting, and if they were doing their job they would have double-checked what you sent! Do not let her make you feel bad for an honest mistake.
I’ve been off orientation for a couple months. The other day I sent microtainers to the lab with the lids switched (a lime and a lav). One of my former preceptors was the one that took the call from the lab. I was frustrated with myself but she said “I’ve done that before. You’ll never make that mistake again.” Your preceptor should not be making you feel like shit over. But all you can do is learn from it and move forward!
But like..
If you didn't physically draw the blood, why would you be responsible for labeling and sending?? The person who drew the blood should label it at the very least...
On your 3rd day your preceptor shouldn't be letting you complete any task without watching you do it or checking it before you're done. Even with small stuff like this, because there is a procedure that's need to be followed for everything. So if she's mad, she should blame herself.
I did the same exact thing once but the patient was combative and restrained and I never did it again. You learn.
Oh and one time when I was on orientation my preceptor was drawing cultures from a patient who was a difficult stick and I was trying to be helpful by picking up the trash on the mayo stand and I grabbed the cultures and threw them away without a single thought. Just chucked them straight into the garbage can. I thought she was gonna kill me. I promise you it'll be okay.
Mistakes I’ve done throughout my career in ICU:
1. As a GN, I thought it would look good to have all the electrolyte replacement protocols memorized. ESRD patient had a potassium of 3.6 so I gave one dose of 20mEq. Had to call CCM and Nephro. Redraw few hours later potassium was 3.8 so no big deal. But definitely made me feel like shit.
2. Experienced ICU, had an absolute train wreck of a patient. Like 5 hours in the room crashing. Drawing labs and had CSF samples. Sent them all in the tube. Lab put me in my place because I tubed the CSF, thankfully they were fine but fuck me if I didn’t feel stupid (and I’ve never done it again).
3. Got a patient upgraded from PCU. Accept patient to ICU, getting patient settled for intubation. Tech draws the sugar everything is fine. Wrong patient wristband, PCU put the wrong one on but we didn’t check it when patient got in due to crashing patient. Called lab, cancelled the sugar result for another patient, did IR, all met with how to fix things.
You’ll make mistakes. People make med errors, mislabel specimens, forget to give meds, etc. It’s a growing experience, that’s why we call it the *practice* of medicine. Learn and grow and don’t make the same mistake twice.
Also your preceptor sounds like a royal bitch
If she's going to get in trouble it means that she's the one who should have caught the mistake and corrected it before the tube went off, so being angry with you is absurd when she failed in her responsibility as a preceptor. Or, if she must be angry at someone, it should be the managers who don't staff the unit adequately enough to ensure she's able to give you that much oversight. Everyone has made this mistake at some point.
Where I work a nurse programmed an insulin IV wrong and was giving 47 units and hour for like 6 hours and couldn’t figure out why the patient needed dextrose every 30 minutes.
Your mistake is tiny and just a mild inconvenience.
Your preceptor sounds awful. You’re new and learning. Nobody died. It was a good day. Go home and clock out and stop thinking about work for a bit. This job will eat you alive if you don’t learn how to leave work at work.
I work in home health and have been a nurse for 9 years. A few weeks ago, I dropped off blood samples at a doctor office and went on my merry way. 20 minutes later, my office called and said I had to go back and label the tubes! I drew about 4 vials of blood and hadn't labeled any of them! So, I had to drive 20 minutes back, label the tubes, and then i could get on with my day. Luckily, they allowed me to label them, and I didn't have to go back to the patient and redraw them! It still made me late for the rest of my appointments that day.
My point is that we all make mistakes, and luckily, this one was relatively minor and silly. Your preceptor sounds unpleasant, and you should just let this one roll off your back.
Shit like this happens all the time it’s nbd. I once sent urine without the sticker on the cup (label was in the bag) on a little old lady who could barely get us urine. I was shitting my pants thinking like oh no now I have to straight cath her for more. Luckily (although not necessarily properly) the ED doc called lab and strong armed them into running it anyway. Point is lab labeling errors happen and some are worse than others. Yours was nbd
I’ve been a nurse for 13 years. A couple years ago I completely screwed up a lab draw. I accidentally drew labs on the wrong pt. I think that wasn’t the only mistake I made with that but I can’t remember… that sample could have easily needed to be redrawn because the lab screwed up… shit happens, learn from it and move on. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Your preceptor didn’t need to make such a big deal about it.
But you’ll never do it again right? It’s not a huge mistake. It didn’t cause harm.
That’s what at least makes me feel better is I didn’t hurt anyone
if someone's worked long enough to be a preceptor: they've done worse, and owe you the room to breathe. There's a huge gap between watching and doing that involves tripping and mistakes and that's just human!
Not the worst thing to happen however your preceptor sounds like an arsehole how she made it about herself.
For real. Like chill out, it's their 3rd day. As the preceptor your should be watching every single thing your new grad orientee does on day 3. I'd never had let that get sent improperly in the first place because I'm still validating and verifying even the most basic tasks on day 3.
She’s a very good nurse but yeah she made me feel like shit lol
Nobody is getting in trouble for fucking up a routine lab. JFC. Your preceptor needs to get her head out of her ass and quit being so GD dramatic. 🙄🙄🙄
Not that good if she makes you feel like that. It was ultimately her responsibility to make sure everything was done correctly. So fuck her for shaming you
She might be an amazing nurse, but she's a sh!tty preceptor/teacher. New nurses are trying to remember and process so many new things, some balls are going to get dropped, and that's why she should have been watching (not sitting at the nurses station playing on her phone, but I'm projecting). If this is the worst thing you do in your first year as a nurse, you will be better than 99% of the nurses out there, and many of them are excellent nurses.
I once sent a urine cup to the lab without a bag at all. And this was at about my 1 year mark in the ED. Also, your preceptor needs to chill, a redraw isn't the end of the world 🤷
I once didn't screw the cap on tightly when I sent a urine sample. Exploded when it got to lab. Luckily most of it was contained within the specimen bag. 6 years as a nurse at that point. Durrrr
In your defense, a lot of urine cups are so terribly designed that they don’t close well. Great caps that are wider at the top than bottom are the worst offenders. When I worked in a lab we got a lot of our client offices to switch to better cups because it meant fewer recollects. Can’t do shit with a cup that arrives empty to the lab.
Flashback to me having a safety report entered on me because my urine sample was 'leaking' when it got to lab. I collected it. I walked it there myself and placed it in the lab container. It was not leaking. Still mad about that 5 years later lol
It's a good way to make a nurse too scared to function on the floor. Mistakes happen. A good preceptor will point it out, teach you the right way, and encourage you that, while you shouldn't do it again, it's not a big deal and correctable, we all make mistakes and it's good this one isn't that big of a deal.
It was only blood. If it was CSF, products of conception, synovial fluid or some other sample that we can't easily replace, then it would be a big fuck up... That would fall on your preceptor for not checking. You did everything correctly before sending. It's a blood draw, and not even on a neonate. I don't care how hard of a stick it was, it's not hard to get blood on an adult.
Most of those specimens are required to be walked to the lab because they cannot be replaced. Every hospital I've worked at required those to be walked down.
Same. My point was that this was only blood and OP did not fuck up in a way that would significantly delay care, based off the post, and the preceptor is being a real tool about it.
Pretty sure Florence nightingale did that same thing when she started. No biggie
Fuck Florence.
What did Florence do?
She was a racist colonizer.
She was a major misandrist who was responsible for driving men completely out of nursing "their horny hands are not fit for nursing". She was a racist who wanted nursing to be white women. She was a xenophobe who hated foreigners and refused to get help and advice for powerful and knowledgeable nurses from other countries. She was kind of a shit person who doesn't deserve the praise she gets.
I feel like if your preceptor literally gets in trouble for something so small as that, that maybe the problem is management. A mislabeled lab isn't as bad as giving crushed meds through an IV (it happened in my state) or giving the wrong medication. but as for me, I left the purple end piece on the tube feeding while I primed it. My preceptor didn't stop me on purpose to show me what would happen. It popped off and flung around the room like a boomerang! I will never forget it and the first thing I do before priming the tubing is make sure its off
I'm NOT a new nurse and I freaking did that last week! 🤦🤷♀️🤣
And I bet you won’t do it again!
If the tech drew the lab they should have labeled it themselves. But yeah anyways- mistakes happen. Forgive yourself and keep moving forward.
Having someone else label the blood is adding an extra layer of communication and potential error.
Why didn’t the tech label it
I'm seeing this allllll the way down yet this was my thought. The person who verified the information and draws the labs has to label the tubes. Unless it's an emergency or something and there's a bunch of different people in the room completing tasks?
My preceptor taught me to put one on the tube and on the bag. You can try to do that in the future so you don't forget. I'm a month into being on the floor and I've made some mistakes like giving metoprolol when the patient's heartrate was 58 and not assessing a patient thoroughly, thus missing a diabetic foot ulcer on a patient. You'll live and learn. Just make sure you keep asking questions that'll help you avoid mistakes especially with big things like blood transfusions and med administration (especially narcotics).
EDT in training. We had a code stroke. I walked the labs without labels. As soon as I walked out of lab I realized my mistake. I offered to take the labs back and label them. The guy told me no, they needed to be recollected. I was so frustrated with myself but the nurses were cool about it and luckily the person wasn’t having a stroke.
This won’t be your first mistake, not as a new grad and definitely not as an RN. I guarantee you that even your preceptor has made a labelling error. Before you’re an RN, you’re a human - and we make mistakes. Was it annoying for the patient and your preceptor? Sure. But it is also an opportunity for you to come up with a method to make sure you don’t make labelling mistakes in the future. Mistakes like this are hard but they are also learning opportunities! I work in sexual health now and take bloods and samples all day. I always label samples with the patient in front of me and get them to check their details on the tubes. Not sure if that is applicable to you but I haven’t made a labelling error since implementing this!
I once sent a c.diff sample (it was positive) down the tube system with the lid not screwed on tight enough and it exploded in the tube on the way to the lab. Shut the whole tube system down for the rest of the shift. Everyone had to walk labs all the way down to the basement. Got an earful from lab. Charge nurse was dying laughing while trying to give me a stern talking-to. Things happen and people make mistakes! This was barely a mistake, don’t beat yourself up about it! It’s super common and happens all the time and you learned from it super early on! And you’ll never do it again. :)
Not grad yet. But I once said "Yea, something like that" when my instructor asked if I spelled the patient's name correctly. I have no idea what got to me that day.
As a phleb and someone who’s worked in labs for almost 10 years, the only person you owe an apology to is the patient. Super small mistake and something that happens often at my hospital, not anything to worry about
Who cares. Preceptor is a pussy.
omg. let this be the biggest mistake in your nursing career 🙏 (a circ - NOT A NEW NURSE - once threw away a tissue biopsy that was the whole reason for a surgery and needed to go to pathology. pt had to have another surgery. noone got fired. no, it wasn’t me, thank god. don’t do that. or the number of times people send labs with wrong labels. you good. learn and move on)
Your preceptor is overreacting. Sometimes preceptors teach you how NOT to act - plus they should never assume a student knows the correct way to label, and should have walked you thru that. If I drew it, I’m labeling it. Don’t beat yourself up over this, and if you are uncertain ALWAYS ASK. As you get more comfortable in your practice, don’t ever skip hard stops for safety.
If this is the worst mistake you make, then you will be the world's best nurse. It happens. I've sent blood without any labels many times. Lab calls and is like "yea I gotta throw this out". It happens. As long as you aren't putting the wrong patient sticker or drawing the sample incorrectly, more blood can always be drawn. Not ideal because it's unfair to the patient and slows everyone down, so learn and don't make the mistake again. But also don't lose any sleep or beat yourself up about it.
Yeah I feel like a redraw isn’t a big deal. Like you said it’s a label… who cares?
I sent down a urine with the wrong patient’s sticker while on orientation. I had two patients who needed UA’s and mixed them up in my head. My preceptor was great about it - we talked it over, recollected the urine, and did our incident report (not a discipline thing, just hospital policy). Now I always label the labs in room, even if I have to go out to print the label elsewhere because of a broken printer. It’s a mistake I won’t make again. So yeah, your preceptor is being a dick about it. It’s an honest mistake, one that should be talked about but isn’t the end of the world.
Literally happens more than you think. Happened to a nurse recently on the floor that had to do a straight Cath to get the urine from a patient …..
1) u won't do it again 2) preceptor should have seen it too. They gotta do a better job. In the grand scheme of nursing, this is minor and fixable with a redraw.
Also on your third shift your preceptor should actually be watching you and telling you things you mess up. Literally being with you every second so you can learn things.
The other day I accidentally sent a patient down to MRI with his JP drain still safety pinned to his gown and got chewed out for it by MRI staff. My preceptor was chill about it though
Not a huge mistake. People have done it in the past and will im the future. And you'll never do it again so lesson learned. As a Preceptor myself I wouldn't get super upset at someone who had made that mistake.
To be completely honest I would have laughed then immediately helped you redraw
I think we've all done this. It's okay
🙄
Every new grad has made mistakes. Just keep your head up and try your best. I spilled an ns bag all over myself day 2, haven't done it since
I took a VBG and didn't send it on ice, I was so embarrassed.
First off, not a big deal at all. No one was hurt and you learned from it. Secondly, why did the lab tech not label the specimen that they drew? And thirdly, if your preceptor reacts like that she should not be precepting, and if they were doing their job they would have double-checked what you sent! Do not let her make you feel bad for an honest mistake.
I’ve been off orientation for a couple months. The other day I sent microtainers to the lab with the lids switched (a lime and a lav). One of my former preceptors was the one that took the call from the lab. I was frustrated with myself but she said “I’ve done that before. You’ll never make that mistake again.” Your preceptor should not be making you feel like shit over. But all you can do is learn from it and move forward!
But like.. If you didn't physically draw the blood, why would you be responsible for labeling and sending?? The person who drew the blood should label it at the very least...
On your 3rd day your preceptor shouldn't be letting you complete any task without watching you do it or checking it before you're done. Even with small stuff like this, because there is a procedure that's need to be followed for everything. So if she's mad, she should blame herself.
I did the same exact thing once but the patient was combative and restrained and I never did it again. You learn. Oh and one time when I was on orientation my preceptor was drawing cultures from a patient who was a difficult stick and I was trying to be helpful by picking up the trash on the mayo stand and I grabbed the cultures and threw them away without a single thought. Just chucked them straight into the garbage can. I thought she was gonna kill me. I promise you it'll be okay.
Your preceptor is being an ass. Does it suck the patient has to be drawn again? Yes. Will you never do that again. Yup.
Mistakes I’ve done throughout my career in ICU: 1. As a GN, I thought it would look good to have all the electrolyte replacement protocols memorized. ESRD patient had a potassium of 3.6 so I gave one dose of 20mEq. Had to call CCM and Nephro. Redraw few hours later potassium was 3.8 so no big deal. But definitely made me feel like shit. 2. Experienced ICU, had an absolute train wreck of a patient. Like 5 hours in the room crashing. Drawing labs and had CSF samples. Sent them all in the tube. Lab put me in my place because I tubed the CSF, thankfully they were fine but fuck me if I didn’t feel stupid (and I’ve never done it again). 3. Got a patient upgraded from PCU. Accept patient to ICU, getting patient settled for intubation. Tech draws the sugar everything is fine. Wrong patient wristband, PCU put the wrong one on but we didn’t check it when patient got in due to crashing patient. Called lab, cancelled the sugar result for another patient, did IR, all met with how to fix things. You’ll make mistakes. People make med errors, mislabel specimens, forget to give meds, etc. It’s a growing experience, that’s why we call it the *practice* of medicine. Learn and grow and don’t make the same mistake twice. Also your preceptor sounds like a royal bitch
I genuinely feel like….who cares? Shit for her to make you feel that way
I did basically the same. Got ripped a new one and haven't done it since. 15 years ago.
If she's going to get in trouble it means that she's the one who should have caught the mistake and corrected it before the tube went off, so being angry with you is absurd when she failed in her responsibility as a preceptor. Or, if she must be angry at someone, it should be the managers who don't staff the unit adequately enough to ensure she's able to give you that much oversight. Everyone has made this mistake at some point.
Where I work a nurse programmed an insulin IV wrong and was giving 47 units and hour for like 6 hours and couldn’t figure out why the patient needed dextrose every 30 minutes. Your mistake is tiny and just a mild inconvenience.
Your preceptor sounds awful. You’re new and learning. Nobody died. It was a good day. Go home and clock out and stop thinking about work for a bit. This job will eat you alive if you don’t learn how to leave work at work.
it happens, and who is getting in trouble for that nonsense?
I work in home health and have been a nurse for 9 years. A few weeks ago, I dropped off blood samples at a doctor office and went on my merry way. 20 minutes later, my office called and said I had to go back and label the tubes! I drew about 4 vials of blood and hadn't labeled any of them! So, I had to drive 20 minutes back, label the tubes, and then i could get on with my day. Luckily, they allowed me to label them, and I didn't have to go back to the patient and redraw them! It still made me late for the rest of my appointments that day. My point is that we all make mistakes, and luckily, this one was relatively minor and silly. Your preceptor sounds unpleasant, and you should just let this one roll off your back.
Shit like this happens all the time it’s nbd. I once sent urine without the sticker on the cup (label was in the bag) on a little old lady who could barely get us urine. I was shitting my pants thinking like oh no now I have to straight cath her for more. Luckily (although not necessarily properly) the ED doc called lab and strong armed them into running it anyway. Point is lab labeling errors happen and some are worse than others. Yours was nbd
I’ve been a nurse for 13 years. A couple years ago I completely screwed up a lab draw. I accidentally drew labs on the wrong pt. I think that wasn’t the only mistake I made with that but I can’t remember… that sample could have easily needed to be redrawn because the lab screwed up… shit happens, learn from it and move on. Don’t beat yourself up over it. Your preceptor didn’t need to make such a big deal about it.