This began as a patient safety initiative with JCAHO. In my former life of acute care we tackled this only with verbal orders- requiring a readback for verification. Had it in our policy that we "readback" verbals and did not require two signatures which seems labor intensive. Julie Thomas RN BSN
-----Original Message----- From: Holly McGran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:03 AM To: AANAC List Serve (E-mail) Subject: Two nurse signatures on MD orders Are there any facilities out there that require two nurse signatures when transcribing an MD order (essentially a double-check)? We do require this and it has not cut down on our transcription errors. I think the nurse's are just signing without actually checking to see if it was transcribed correctly (obviously). Before I start a campaign to drop this - I wanted to get a feel from you all on what you are doing? Thanks in advance. Holly McGran MSN RN /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.576 / Virus Database: 365 - Release Date: 1/30/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.576 / Virus Database: 365 - Release Date: 1/30/04 /---------------------------------------------------------- The Case Mix Discussion Group is a free service of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators "Committed to the Assessment Professional" Be sure to visit the AANAC website. Accurate answers to your questions posted to NAC News and FAQs. For more info visit us at http://www.aanac.org -----------------------------------------------------------/
