ER Nurses React to Medication Errors Live at NurseCon 2026 | The ER Edit Ep. 11
We recorded live at NurseCon 2026, and naturally, things got unhinged fast.
In this episode of The ER Edit, we take it back to the medication error stories that started it all. We react to shocking med error stories from Reddit, including insulin mistaken for Lasix, a full bottle of Lantus pushed IV, mannitol into a lumbar drain, cough syrup through an IV, and the kind of nursing moments that make every ER nurse immediately sweat through their scrubs.
We also talk about our own early nursing mistakes, the stress of being the last line of defense, and why medication errors are not always just one person messing up. From paper charting and allergy misses to the Swiss cheese effect, this one gets funny, horrifying, and very real.
Then we get into live audience stories, wild ER ratios, psych patients, alcohol withdrawal, imminent deliveries, critical access chaos, NurseCon burnout recovery, and the sacred nurse tradition of sitting in your driveway after a shift eating Taco Bell in total silence.
This is an ER nurse podcast episode full of emergency room stories, healthcare chaos, hospital stories, medical stories, nurse humor, burnout, and the kind of conversations only nurses could turn into a live show.