Yes. I see your point. I always say care staff. Now I say staff so it could be anyone.
Thank you everyone for your thoughtful replies. I plan to take some time to self reflect!
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I agree. I play it safe and only admin 1 per day. However this person is in allot of pain.
It's tricky because my facility also has residents with less care than usual LTC. So it makes our job a...
Yes the order did have a frequency, every 2.5 hrs. I was told to say it in a different way. However I read the order as the Dr wrote it. It was a proper PRN order. I also clarified that it did not...
Yes! I did use quotes for their "feelings" to be derogatory LOL. However this is not how it is used in medical charting.
The way I use in charting is, "resident says pain "extremely bad" and...
Yes sorry. It refers to total acetaminophen if there may be regularly scheduled acetaminophen. The T3 has 300mg acetaminophen, 8mg codeine 15 mg caffeine.
To me it means 1 tab when needed so...