verifying telephone orders!

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What does a real hospital do when a nurse takes a verbal or telephone order? Our process is to read back the order and place into computer entry, our hospital wants us to stop what we are doing and find another nurse to double check what you put in?! This won't fly in an ED. Our doctors are slowly learning to put orders in. I am talking about 50% so far. Our computer system does not make anything user friendly.

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What are they expecting the other nurse to check? The other nurse didn't listen to the order. And is this nurse expected to co-sign? This is ridiculous. "Ain't nobody got time for that."

And IF the other nurse is expected to co-sign, this opens up a can of legal worms.

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I know, we have been ignoring it! I am making it with aware with new upper management. There is no co-sign just stop what you are doing and read the medication order and if it looks good?!

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