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from sasha1224
Old Nov 07, 2009, 01:11 AM

Default Re: Missed Orders; How do you do it where you work
At one hospital I worked at, it was all computerized. Anytime you accessed the patient chart it had a flag to tell you of new orders. This was great. The next place I worked, the orders were on paper, and the UC took them off. They did have to know the basics. They couldn't transcribe meds but would write them in red on the MAR and this would alert the nurse to a new med order. It also helped that a copy of EVERY order went to pharmacy. This helped in case they missed one. At my current place, we have a UC only about 6-8 hours during the day. Us nightshifters, never have one. We are responsible for any orders written. I think since we know we have no UC, we have gotten used to doing our own orders. However, our day crew seems to depend on the UC that is there for such a short time. I catch many orders on PM shift not done during days. I would say that the computerized way was far superior, wish it was mandatory.
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