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:spbox: Ok, I will admit I may be a wee bit OCD; however, when it comes to medications, the med room and the MAR's, don't you think they should be kept neat and orderly? Evidently this is not a concern to my co-workers! I was taught (back in the stone age) that when you DC a med/tx etc. on the MAR you block out the remaining days of that month COMPLETELY in whatever color your facility uses (we use yellow highlighter here) and write the date, "DC'd" or "Dose change" and sign or initial.Day after day I come back from days off and when I sign out my meds I find a DC'd med with a couple of blocks yellowed out, no notation that it was DC'd...NOTHING! I find scribbles and cross outs from mistakes, you name it, if it's messy, it's in our MAR's!!:hdvwl:
Should I seek therapy and medication for my OCD or am I being reasonable in expecting nurses to have a semblance of neatness?
...Thanks for reading...I needed to vent.
OK, I'm glad I'm not the only person who freaks out over this. All of my coworkers act like it's no big deal.
Is it too much to ask to actually DC a med rather than just cross out the new dosage and write it in tiny numbers above?? Oh, that is if the dosage is even written on the MAR. Sometimes people just list the med. It makes it a nightmare trying to pass meds on a unit I'm not used to!!
I wholeheartedly agree. In a previous life I must have been a unit clerk or medical records clerk. I can spot mistakes and messy MARS from a mile away and they do raise my BP until I do something to make them nice and neat and correct. I have also seen every charting error we were taught in school not to do! If they teach you not to scribble over an error, guess what? You should not scribble over an error! Easy to understand, at least for me.
As someone who's going to end up reviewing and analyzing a million different types of medical records in a couple of years, I'm here to say I'm GLAD there are "OCD" people like you all in the world! Major mistakes can (and often will) result from sloppy notation and record-keeping. If you want to take good care of your patients, for heaven's sake, make sure your notes are clear and thorough!
So celticwoman61, IMO you aren't crazy - you're just doing a good job!! Thanks!
celticwoman61
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:spbox: Ok, I will admit I may be a wee bit OCD; however, when it comes to medications, the med room and the MAR's, don't you think they should be kept neat and orderly? Evidently this is not a concern to my co-workers! I was taught (back in the stone age) that when you DC a med/tx etc. on the MAR you block out the remaining days of that month COMPLETELY in whatever color your facility uses (we use yellow highlighter here) and write the date, "DC'd" or "Dose change" and sign or initial.
Day after day I come back from days off and when I sign out my meds I find a DC'd med with a couple of blocks yellowed out, no notation that it was DC'd...NOTHING! I find scribbles and cross outs from mistakes, you name it, if it's messy, it's in our MAR's!!:hdvwl:
Should I seek therapy and medication for my OCD or am I being reasonable in expecting nurses to have a semblance of neatness?
...Thanks for reading...I needed to vent.