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Any tips on a med or passing meds?
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Posted about 1 month ago Have you learned any pieces of information about a med or passing meds that would profit other nurses to know? A veteran nurse once told me as a nursing student to pass meds as if each of my patients was Jesus Christ. I started passing meds even more carefully than I had been. Share your tips on a med or on passing them. Inquiring nursing minds want to know.
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| Posted about 1 month ago I remember a nursing instructor who taught me a valuable lesson. Never leave your meds unattended. I had spent a long time preparing and calculating all my pediatric rotation meds ( you remember how they made us do every step ten times). She called me out of my med area and then told me to go back and recalculate and repour my meds as I could not be sure who had tampered with or might have moved my doses around. Very tough teacher but a good lesson. I do not let anyone interrupt me when giving and pouring meds . I tell them I'm doing meds and will be with them in a few minutes when i am done. No one has ever taken offense . Helps to make sure I do not make errors due to inattention. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I always tell the PT what I am giving them, especially if it's a new med order, or an ER pt. You wouldn't believe how many pt's I've had that have said I can't take that I'm allergic to it. Somehow, not all med allergies make it to the chart. Additionally, always try to find out, how a particular pt takes their meds. People will blindly swallow pills, and get choked, and afterward will say...."I always take it in applesauce, but I thought I could do it this time" |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I always have them give me their name and allergies. Then I tell them the name of the drugs I am giving them and what they do. Sometimes people forget they have an allergy or adverse reaction. By always telling them what you are giving them and why also helps empower them regarding their healthcare. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago What do you do with this order? Clonidine 0.lmg 2 half tabs at 8am, 1/2 tab at noon, 3 half tabs at 8pm. Why not give 1 tab in am and 2 1/2 tabs in pm? What is the point? |
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| Posted about 1 month ago I'd like to say that I would do it exactly the way that it is written. Hopefully the pharmacy would send it the way it was ordered. In a nursing home they probably would, in a hospital they probably wouldn't. When my Mom was sick, to my horror I found that she was a person who took whatever was handed to her without question. I'd ask her what that pill was... I don't know...Well, what's it do?... I don't know.... then why the hell are you taking it? Then I explained that nurses are not infallible, not even her own dear daughter, she started asking questions after that. Always tell the patient what they are receiving. I've avoided a few mistakes this way. Especially doing agency work where you don't know the patients. Thinking that you are giving meds to Jesus Christ is a good one. In my case I think of my Mom. |
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| Posted about 1 month ago My only concern with med pass is the count. I can not stress enoug to count no matter how much you trust someone!!!! |
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| Posted about 1 month ago Never leave medications at the patient's bedside. I always watch the patients swallow their meds. |