Access to medications during Callbacks

[ckalston]

I am interested in knowing what different places do as far as having medications available for After Hours recovery. For example do you have Recovery Kits holding multiple medications or do you have to pull medications for each patient? I would like to know how you document use of the medications in both instances. Our manager (without consulting us), just made our jobs extremely difficult by removing our Recovery Kits. She stated it was a DEA guideline (although I have done extensive research and found no such guideline). Just wanted to see what others are doing.

Thanks in advance

[freakyd]

I can totally understand where you are coming from. First of all, you defiantely need a pyxis. That will make your job so much easier. I can't imagine working without one. I just can't understand what you do if you don't have certain drugs you need. It is a liability issue! And I can't believe your mgr. is not being more helpful.

In our hosp. I work in pre-op and we just started taking call with PACU. Unfortunately, as pre-op RN's, we aren't qualified to care for post-ops on our own. We are always with a PACU nurse and we are basically the runners for them. It is an adjusstment we are having to get used to.