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I work for a small rural hospice. We are tracked by GPS on our agency provided cell phones. It is disheartening, but I figure I know I am working my 8 hours and doing my best. It does seem management could find something better to do with their time than keeping track of me.......

I am trying to find out if other hospices require their nurses to count controlled substances and for families to keep a log of each dose of these medications. Is this an appropriate measure to take? How much responsibility does the nurse have as to what happens with these medications in the patients home? Thanks

I work for a hospice connected with the local hospital. The nurses obtain medications from the hospital pharmacy and deliver them to the patients. We have begun counting the narcotics at each nurse visit and have a medication record sheet that the family fills out with each dose given. This sheet becomes part of the patients chart. Do other hospices have this policy andhow do others monitor narcotic use in the home? Thanks!