[PsychRN03]

Originally Posted by soontobe_RN

What do you think about the "Do Not Use List" of abbreviations implemented by the Joint Commision in 2004?

I am trying to set up a poll.

I thought the fact that I passed nursing school and subsequently the NCLEX meant that I was able to think critically. If I have a question I ask. If I can't read something I ask. They are an insult to my intelligence. I'm a fairly new nurse, but unless I'm mistaken, these abbreviations have been around for a day or two. After all of those nurses giving all of those meds which were ordered using those abbreviations, how did they not manage to kill off more of their patients. But now thanks to joko, lives have been saved. It's truly remarkable.

IMHO it's just another example of joko making up new standards to justify their existence. How bout a safe staffing standard if they are so worried about pt. safety. I guess that just gets lost in the shuffle of more important things like filling out forms about teaching smoking cessation, flu/pneumonia imunization history, med consents, triplicates of restraint usage paperwork, pain assessment forms and on and on and on.

[itsy-bitsy]

Originally Posted by LeesieBug

I think the abbreviations wouldn't be much of a problem, for the most part, if people could just take a few extra seconds to write LEGIBLY. What and idea, huh?


I think the most important, as someone else mentioned, are the lead and trailing zeros, and certain unit abbreviations...mcg, etc.

Honestly, in the last two years of clinicals, the charts have been absolutely crawling with these "do not use" abbreviations...so I'm not sure if it is catching on much around here.

instead of blaming perfectly serviceable terms and abbreviations, folks should slow down and write legibly--even print, if they must. sort of like the driver who tells the cop "the tree hit my car." heh.

[Fun2Care]

Many of these I learned and used as a medical assistant.... mL instead of cc? wow!

Write out daily instead of QD?

mcg instead of µ?

Now as far as the OS, or AD....I'm fine with writing it out! lol I don't remember which is which on those. I would have a left ear washed out instead of a right eye.

Now, for example for right eye, can we use this:
® Eye?

What about BID & TID? Are they still allowed?

What about

[grimmy]

I think its a good thing. I also wish this entire country (including the pharmeceutical industry) would simply go metric and make it the standard. Using archaic measures and abbreviations that can be easily misconstrued is a cruel joke. And, insisting that people write legibly has never worked in the past, and is not likely to work in the future. This is why I really like computer documentation that is thorough, and forces users to be specific. Of course, that can open up another can of worms, but I'm all for pt safety, and if that's what it takes, that's what I'll do.

[VickyRN]

This is the official "Do Not Use" list from the JCAHO website (other link is broken):

http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+orga...6_dnu_list.pdf

FAQs about the "Do Not Use" list (some useful clarifications from the JCAHO folks):

http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+orga...goal2_faqs.pdf

[Fun2Care]

Thanks VickyRN.

Originally Posted by VickyRN

This is the official "Do Not Use" list from the JCAHO website (other link is broken):

http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+orga...6_dnu_list.pdf

FAQs about the "Do Not Use" list (some useful clarifications from the JCAHO folks):

http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+orga...goal2_faqs.pdf