I would like some input from all of you BCMA users out there. DO you like it? Is it worth it? Pros and cons about it.
I've been using it for about a year now in our VA Nursing Home Care Unit that houses 60 residents on one unit. I think that it's wonderful if you use it on smaller units. To give out 0600 meds, you have to start at 0430 just to be done with the med pass by 0700. It seems that every med given needs to have some sort of comment ie bp, pulse, missing med, if pt refused med, why? All kinds of things to add on and make it more time consuming to take away from pt care. Then if the computer is down you have to use the back up summary computer and run all of the med sheets off and sign them! It's gets to be very time consuming after awhile but maybe that's just me. I'd like to hear from others and their opinions...