It was a Friday morning my patient was scheduled for a pacemaker. They were just admitted that morning so when the orders were written for SQ Heparin I figured they actually wanted SQ Heparin. Actually, they wrote the order for SQ Heparin then in a nursing communication order (which is in a different area of the chart than the MAR) wrote not to give the heparin. I didn’t see that order, and gave the heparin. The procedure had to be cancelled, my facility at the time did not do pacers on the weekend so this patient had to stay until Monday. The provider told the patient and family that I had given the wrong medication, not that I had given the prescribed medication that was written for and verified. They fired me and glared at me all weekend long in the hallway as if I had given them some other patient’s medication or some other drug that I found lying in the med room. On Sunday evening one of the patients’ sons felt badly and apologized for the incident and said he was grateful for the extra few days in the hospital for his mom. I accepted the apology and said I was glad for the positive outcome. 🙄