There has been a recent change at our hospital on how we handle verbal orders. If the Physican is on the unit giving you verbal orders ,you are to hand them an order sheet and ask them to write them. If the doctor calls you on the phone , you take the order then read it back verifying the order.When you chart it you write "TO" to signify that it is a telephone order. It's been hard convincing the nurses and the doctors that this is the way it has to be done. The doctors have been informed in their meeting. How doe's your hospital handle verbal orders vs telephone orders?
