JC Finding - hand writing on prescription medication pill bottle
Good morning everyone,
we have TJC here surveying us.
we have a special program where an interdisciplinary team goes into the pts home for their primary care.
The NP is the primary prescriber/provider and can fill mediplanners, provide medication education, etc.
This patient is cognitively impaired. There was a change to his guaifenesin order - from scheduled to PRN.
so it was taken out of his mediplanner and the bottle was available. The NP changed crossed out old dose, hand wrote on the...
JC Finding - hand writing on prescription medication pill bottle (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - March 3, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DrZRx Source Type: forums
Cough medication
So I stumbled on Guaifenesin DM 100/10 labels that said the direction for kids under 12: (10 ml every 4 hours prn). Normally, it's supposed to be 5ml q4h prn. Would you change the direction and contact doctor? And is there a weight-based dose cough syrup (guaifenesin DM) for children? Many thanks. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 2, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: k00l Source Type: forums
