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High Cost Medications - page 4

Do you all have a cap on spending for medications? We screen everyone coming in and usually say no to anyone on high cost Lovenox or high cost Zyvox....a 14 day course is about $4000. What SNF can... Read More

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  1. Visit CapeCodMermaid profile page
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    Jul 27, '13 by CapeCodMermaid, RN
    The doctors here are far from inept. The ones ordering the zyvox are ID specialists.
  2. Visit Havin' A Party! profile page
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    Jul 29, '13 by Havin' A Party!
    Quote from morte
    You left off the last word...
    OK. Thought I was the only one that noticed.
  3. Visit morte profile page
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    Jul 30, '13 by morte
    Quote from Havin' A Party!
    OK. Thought I was the only one that noticed.
  4. Visit NurseGuyBri profile page
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    Jul 31, '13 by NurseGuyBri, BSN
    I'm really glad you mentioned housekeeping. I'm a DON in LTC, we make it a huge point to make sure our housekeeping staff know how great they are. We *never* cut housekeeping. Unfortunately, we riff our CNA's.. We keep no more than 1:10 days, 1:12 eve, 1:20 nights and adjust to our census. You're right on the money though, times is tough!
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