Writing times on bubble packed med cards?

[4x4country]

Question ---- can you write on a card of medication? At my old job, we had bubble packed meds in a LTC. Each shift had their own way to ID each med cards they were to give on that shift. First shift had their own personal number system on the left hand of the card. Second card simply wrote- 4pm or 8pm in permenant marker on the right hand of the card. Third shift takes a yellow highlighter striaght line across the top of the med card.

It made it very quick to pull the med card out and triple check it to the MAR, especially if you had a pt on 20-30 meds. However some say the down fall was that people dont check it against the MAR and dont notice changes. I always double check, personally.

However it is a state violation to write on the cards?

We had this system of writing on card for yrs. State never taged us on it, 4 yrs perfect survey. So why did we get away with it?

[pielęgniarka, RN]

One place did that so they could track med errors. It was a PITA royale.

Ugh.

[WickedRedRN, BSN, RN]

I worked a facility that dated and initialed every pill punched out of the bubble card. It made a long med pass even longer. It kind of bit them in the behind as they were using it as a plan of correction for the state and the nurses weren't doing it.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

I worked a facility that dated and initialed every pill punched out of the bubble card. It made a long med pass even longer. It kind of bit them in the behind as they were using it as a plan of correction for the state and the nurses weren't doing it.

Ours were not only doing it but were narcing on one another for every missed freakin' pill.