Medication instructions

[marguerette123]

I would like to ask a certain scenario

patient had a BP meds which was stopped but has it. No MD orders stopped per patient. He has meds at home BP was high. So SN advice to take meds though SN did not check if meds in order. Will si be reprimanded

thanks

[Sour Lemon]

I would like to ask a certain scenario

patient had a BP meds which was stopped but has it. No MD orders stopped per patient. He has meds at home BP was high. So SN advice to take meds though SN did not check if meds in order. Will si be reprimanded

thanks

This is hard to read. There are also variables. What setting was this in? Why did the patient stop taking the medication to start out with? Is the patient known to be reliable or are they a poor historian? How high was the blood pressure, what was the blood pressure medication, and how was their pulse? As a student, you probably shouldn't be "teaching" anyone to take or not take anything without approval. You're still learning, yourself.

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

I would like to ask a certain scenario

patient had a BP meds which was stopped but has it. No MD orders stopped per patient. He has meds at home BP was high. So SN advice to take meds though SN did not check if meds in order. Will si be reprimanded

thanks

SN? As in student nurse? Did the SN advise the pt to restart the BP meds? As an outpatient? I would have talked to the doctor first to make sure he/she knows about the pt's noncompliance. Also, who/what is si?

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I am assuming this is home health.

Who said the BP med was stopped? The patient said it wasn't. Did the agency receive an order from the MD to stop the med but somehow the discontinue order was never communicated to the patient? If so, then the nurse should have called the MD's office with the BP readings and taken a verbal order if the MD wanted the patient to resume the medication.

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

No matter what setting you practice in, if you have a question about a medication, call the MD

[caliotter3]

"SN" often used for phrase "skilled nurse" in the home health field, likewise "LN" for licensed nurse. Covers both LPN/LVN and RN.

[Sour Lemon]

"SN" often used for phrase "skilled nurse" in the home health field, likewise "LN" for licensed nurse. Covers both LPN/LVN and RN.

Ah. I've never heard that, only SN for "student nurse".