RN Question

[rsol4u]

My facility wants me take a verbal order from a NP and document it is from a doctor?

[LTV950rn]

Nope, you can't misrepresent the person. Maybe you mean taking a verbal order and recording it like you would for a doctor? The procedure should be identical, just that you have to notate that the provder is an NP, since that is their title.

[mentalhealthRN]

That sounds right to me--document it the same as you would from a doc

"2/16/11 2210 Verbal order to Mary Jones, RN/ from Helen Smith, NP

Increase HCTZ from 12.5 mg PO daily to 25mg PO to begin with 2/17 dose."

*the NP then needs to sign the order--check your facility policy on the time frame. Some are 24 hours, so flag the order so it can be signed.

[dthfytr, ADN, LPN, RN, EMT-B, EMT-I]

There just seems to be no end to ways facilities will ask us to do risky, unethical, illegal, and potentially career ending things for them. Probably could start a thread on that alone.

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

Is it because the blank on the form says "physician's name?"