Hi, yesterday I took over a patient at around noon from someone, and then the patient was to be discharged. So, I wanted to review her meds with her as to what or what not she had already had that morning, so I went into the computer, we chart with a scanning system and it shows the exact time the med was scanned.
The nurse who had had the patient all morning gave all her 8 AM and 10 AM meds together. I was surprised because I've always taken the administration times quite seriously and figure they are there for a reason. I asked another nurse what he usually does and he told me that he tries to adhere to the correct times too.
I assume she does this for her own convenience and efficiency. Our ratios were very good yesterday. She wasn't sick or anything, we switched patients for another reason.
What do you think of this practice? I saw it done on another floor before when I've floated and have picked up some patients and noticed that the previous nurse had given all the 8 AM meds and 10 AM meds together.
Specializes in Burn, CCU, CTICU, Trauma, SICU, MICU.
its not a matter of giving pepcid "wheneever i decide" - i am simply not worried about giving it an hour or hour and a half earlier in comparison to my other meds. you can go back into your charting and change your time that it was scanned and administered when you gave it.
mskate
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its not a matter of giving pepcid "wheneever i decide" - i am simply not worried about giving it an hour or hour and a half earlier in comparison to my other meds. you can go back into your charting and change your time that it was scanned and administered when you gave it.