Messy-sloppy MAR's!!

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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? :uhoh3: ...Thanks for reading...I needed to vent.

I agree with you op. my pet peeve is not discarding d/cd meds.

This one is mine, the dosage strength for the Coumadin patients is constantly changing and the other nurses just put the new box in the drawer or worse turn the old box upside down ( you've got your hand on the box just take it out!):uhoh3:

Specializes in LTC.
This one is mine, the dosage strength for the Coumadin patients is constantly changing and the other nurses just put the new box in the drawer or worse turn the old box upside down ( you've got your hand on the box just take it out!):uhoh3:

Or when the dosage you need isn't there. But every other dosage is. That's a whole other can of worms but I know what you mean lol

Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

i agree with what everyone has said so far. in addition, it made me absolutely nuts when i'd inherit a greasy sticky icky meds cart and/or meds room counter with glop, goo and who knows what crap and crud stuck fast. :uhoh3: :mad: :eek:

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

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