Breaking Rules to Save a Life

I switched the patient's IV bag and nobody knows. Code blue alarm screaming down the

hall. My hands are shaking but I keep walking. The thing is, the pharmacy sent

up the wrong dose three times today. Three times. I caught it every single time but

this last one, I didn't report it. I just fixed it myself.

Swapped it out. Documented nothing. Now that patient is stable and sleeping peacefully while

I'm here wondering if I just saved a life or risked my entire career. The system is broken

and we're all just trying to survive it. Sometimes doing the right thing

means breaking the rules. Would you have done the same or reported it knowing that