Quote from mrfrost
Most med aides in this area have 60 residents each. Thay dont do anything but medications. My nurses handle PRNs. Never had a complaint from med aides. and they are always in compliance. Here, nurses have to order medications ( or reorders ) because MA cannot. Nurses have to do all transcriptions to MARs because MA cannot. All MAs have to do is pass meds. I can see the positives in open blocks of times to give meds. Just wouldnt work here. Some resdidents are too demanding with wanting their meds. I can imagine my MA on one hall with residents on another hall wanting their meds "right now". Talk about chaos. Dont want to be in the middle of that. But hey if it works.....
That would have been much nicer! I had to assess any chest pains, SOB, etc for any resident on my cart, reorder meds, update MARS, admin all PRN's and I was expected to help the charge nurse and CNA's if needed. I stuck out my ltc experience for a year and then left and never looked back! I guess my old classmate who had the 4 hr block thing said it worked well for their facility. We moved all med passes for one of our two floors an hour back and boy did we hear about that one! Same with sleeping pills that were scheduled into night med pass...
Dec 27, '12 by bubblejet50Quote from mrfrostThat would have been much nicer! I had to assess any chest pains, SOB, etc for any resident on my cart, reorder meds, update MARS, admin all PRN's and I was expected to help the charge nurse and CNA's if needed. I stuck out my ltc experience for a year and then left and never looked back! I guess my old classmate who had the 4 hr block thing said it worked well for their facility. We moved all med passes for one of our two floors an hour back and boy did we hear about that one! Same with sleeping pills that were scheduled into night med pass...Most med aides in this area have 60 residents each. Thay dont do anything but medications. My nurses handle PRNs. Never had a complaint from med aides. and they are always in compliance. Here, nurses have to order medications ( or reorders ) because MA cannot. Nurses have to do all transcriptions to MARs because MA cannot. All MAs have to do is pass meds. I can see the positives in open blocks of times to give meds. Just wouldnt work here. Some resdidents are too demanding with wanting their meds. I can imagine my MA on one hall with residents on another hall wanting their meds "right now". Talk about chaos. Dont want to be in the middle of that. But hey if it works.....
Jan 1 by LTCRN4LIFE60 residents on a med pass....my staff would freak! They think they're overloaded now.