Whenever I administer medication I tell the patient what they’re taking as I hand it to them, and say, “Can you take this for me please?” I hold my hand out ready to take the empty pill cup from them so I can throw it away. There’s no room for interpretation of anything other than “take this now.”
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jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t get this, why is there a delay at all? The times I’ve been in the hospital, they hand me the pills and a cup of water, there’s no expectation that I can choose when to take the pill, it’s immediate.
flicker@lemmy.world 11 months ago
jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 months ago
See, that’s what I was thinking. Even if the patient doesn’t want to take it, most will because they don’t want to inconveniece you.
trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
This is the typical case I think too. Usually so that nurse charts it straight away. This is so that another nurse wont give the same pill/dose during shift changes and so that if something happens and a doctor needs to administer alternative medication, they know what’s in the patients system already.
I’ve never heard of a nurse having to sit there waiting for the patient to randomly choose a time to take it.
roguetrick@kbin.social 11 months ago
Oh, it happens plenty. Let's just say the nursing home nurses have it down to a science to speed folks up with all the patients they're administering medication to. Usually part of our report to other nurses on shift change, and what strategies we're using. Some folks want to talk, some folks are trying to exercise the very little control they have in a situation where their life has completely spiraled out.
vestmoria@linux.community 11 months ago
roguetrick@kbin.social 11 months ago
For a 40 year old, I have a come to jesus moment. I say you need this for your a. fib, or whatever, or you're gonna throw a clot and have a stroke. If you don't want to take it, that's fine, but that's a choice you're gonna be making. I tell them that we administer medications at set times to maintain effective prophylaxis. I'll jot a quick note, and if I have the time call the whoever ordered it and inform them of the refusal. If they want to place an ORDER for me to leave medication by the bedside, I will. But that's what it would take for me not write a refusal to take medication on the time it's ordered as anything but a refusal.