[nratchet]

I have a question about care planning certain medications. In my facility, we care plan Coumadin and Heparin because they are monitored with lab tests. Does anyone care plan other related medications, (i.e. Lovenox, ASA, Plavix, etc) and, if so, what is your reasoning?

Thanx.

[Nascar nurse]

It is the expectation at my facility that we careplan anticoagulant medications with "A risk for bleeding/bruising r/t use of ________"

Even tho I think it is overkill most of the time, I have seen it save us with state when a resident came up w/ a big bruise of unknown origin on ASA & Lovenox. It proved to them that it was an anticipated event and not necessarily an indication of mistreatment.

[cadburypam]

It would make sense to care plan for the type of medication prescribed i.e anticoagulant, insulin, etc...than to specify a particular medication. The only medications I care plan is anticoags. The others I don't. We have enough to keep track of to care plan all of the meds too!

[Tarong50]

The expectation in our center is to CP specific anticoagulant, phenergan, and individual psychoavtives

[Rexie68]

Originally Posted by Tarong50

The expectation in our center is to CP specific anticoagulant, phenergan, and individual psychoavtives

Why Phenergan? We CP specific psychoactives, everything else is pretty generalized.....

[cotjockey]

We don't specify any medication on the care plan...we care plan for general types like psychotropics and anti-coagulants, but we never mention the specific medication (and we never, ever, ever call them drugs...they are medications ).

[Rexie68]

Originally Posted by cotjockey

(and we never, ever, ever call them drugs...they are medications ).

I don't think I've called them "drugs" as opposed to "medications", but isn't that just semantics? I mean, they ARE drugs.....legal, prescribed ones, of course; but heck, we look them up in the physicians DRUG reference, or the nurses DRUG book. Never really thought about it, and don't think it would cause a stir......

[cotjockey]

Originally Posted by Rexie68

I don't think I've called them "drugs" as opposed to "medications", but isn't that just semantics? I mean, they ARE drugs.....legal, prescribed ones, of course; but heck, we look them up in the physicians DRUG reference, or the nurses DRUG book. Never really thought about it, and don't think it would cause a stir......

Our corporate people just prefer the term medication over drug..."drug sounds so primative...it's all about verbage!" (Picture a short red-head wearing a dress with tennis shoes...screaming and waving a clipboard).