Memory care-Can you pass meds in the dining room?

[Blackcat99]

We got a new supervisor that says we can no longer give meds in the dining room and that we have to tell each resident what med they are each taking. And she is a GN not an RN but is signing her name with RN.

[walkingon, CNA, LPN]

No, it’s a small memory care assisted living facility.  State watches us set and pass meds from our trays when they’re in the house.

[Dani_Mila, BSN, RN]

At my place, passing meds in the dining hall is not allowed because of privacy and dignity issues. Also, a GN is not an official RN. Once she passed her NCLEX and becomes an official RN, then she can earn her title of a RN.

[TheDudeWithTheBigDog, ADN, RN]

On 12/11/2020 at 12:06 AM, Dani_Mila said:

At my place, passing meds in the dining hall is not allowed because of privacy and dignity issues.

Meanwhile, for most of the patients in these places, they're not getting assessed, their treatments aren't actually getting done, just signed off that they are.  The 20-30 patient / nurse ratio forced on everyone should be crime... But hey, at least they're not getting their meds at the table in front of other residents who are also getting their meds.