ER Nurses React to Medication Errors Live at NurseCon 2026 | The ER Edit Ep. 11

We recorded live at NurseCon 2026, and this episode went exactly where you would expect: medication errors, ER nurse chaos, wild audience stories, burnout, nurse ratios, and one very unfortunate cruise laxative situation.We react to shocking med error stories, including insulin mistaken for Lasix, Lantus pushed IV, mannitol into a lumbar drain, cough syrup through an IV, and the kinds of medical stories that make every nurse double check everything forever.We also talk about our own early nursing mistakes, why errors are often bigger than one person, the Swiss cheese effect, post-Covid burnout, bad preceptor experiences, and why nurses need spaces where they can laugh, vent, and feel understood.— — — — — — — — — —LISTEN TO THE ER EDITSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Ab8DoFQ3hTyQvIE69O2YR?si=fea43e1cda3140f0Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-er-edit/id1884089840YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theEReditFOLLOW THE ER EDITTikTok: @theEReditInstagram: @theERedit_CONNECT WITH THE HOSTSCaitlin Armstrong: https://www.tiktok.com/@caitarmstrongrn_Karlie Tooley: https://www.tiktok.com/@ktooley89Business inquiries: [email protected]— — — — — — — — — —00:00 Struggling for My Life00:27 Clocked In Live at NurseCon01:08 Who We Are and Why We’re Here02:11 From Secret TikToks to Med Errors03:14 Taking Medication Errors Live04:48 Every Nurse Has a Med Error Story05:13 Blood in 15 Seconds and Morphine Allergies06:13 Insulin Instead of Lasix07:19 Amiodarone for Bradycardia?08:09 Full Bottle of Lantus IV Push09:19 Cough Syrup Through an IV10:23 The PCA Pump That Went Nowhere11:47 Why Nursing Mistakes Are So Scary13:14 The Allergy Miss That Became an Airway Emergency14:30 The Swiss Cheese Effect15:19 Nurse Ratios Around the Country16:36 8 Patients on Night Shift17:29 The Most Unhinged Nurse Would You Rather20:11 Alcohol Withdrawal or Psych C Diff?21:27 ER Nurse Red Flags24:18 NurseCon, Burnout, and Finding Your People24:55 The Cruise Laxative Incident28:12 Taco Bell in the Driveway28:43 Nurses Know How to Let Loose32:26 Why We Talk About the Hard Stuff34:42 New Nurses, Burnout, and Bad Preceptors39:12 How Covid Changed Healthcare