bsmucker

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  1. Preop meds

    In our day surgery area of the hospital, we have a Pyxis for medications. When Anesthesia see's a patient preop pharmacy requires them to put the order in before we can get the medication out. (And we cannot override) So for example if they order a ...
  2. Diabetes case study

    I work in a day surgery area and when a Anesthesiologist orders a preop medication, we have a new system that pharmacy say's we cannot retrieve the med from our pyxis without the Dr putting the order in the computer. So there is a wait time for a Sc...
  3. pain medications post op day surgery

    Yes, our patients leave the PACU area and go to a Day surgery area then home. The problem is that no one wants to "enter" the orders in the computer , which is required in order for nurses to get the pain medication out of the pyxis and then enter i...
  4. pain medications post op day surgery

    Thanks, for your response. The patients receive their pills at home by a written prescription to take home. Our anesthesiologists only cover the PACU period not day surgery period. The surgeons are not wanting to write post op orders for the short...
  5. Can nurses give a pain medication from a prescription written for home to patients during their post op period in day surgery? Our surgeons will not write post op orders for pain medication during the post op period. Our facility is telling us we...