Re: medical care of PD patients-Mary Ann Ryan

[janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>   Subject: Re: medical care of PD patients
>   From: Mary Ann Ryan <lambs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 16:01:12 -0400

> No it would not necessarily stop the education but it probably is not good
> practice or legal.  Records must be kept for each medication and the time
> it is given.  I think that we could be responsible for getting the exact
> time for a single dose and telling the nurse when she came into the room

Charlie, that's exactly what we do.  I forgot to mention that all meds taken
by the patient must be recorded - and it is the nurse's responsibility to
remind the patient that their meds are due at a specified time and to ask if
the med was taken.

> but I think there would be too much fear of liability if more than one med
> was given to take and something happened if the patient misdosed
themselves.

Once again, it is important to determine whether the patient is capable of
taking their own meds.  Since folks take meds at home on their own, the
liability rests with whether the staff has determined sufficiently if  the
patient's condition has changed to the extent that they are no longer alert
enough to follow a medication regimen.
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God bless
Mary Ann

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