RE: dementia unit med pass

[Deanna J. Ogle]

Title: Message

We have been doing this for the past year or so and we have not had any problems with survey (we are in WA state). Here is our policy and med times. I tried to send it as an attachment but it was too large. I will copy and paste it below for you. Good luck, it does make it much easier on the patients and the staff, especially those in our Gentle Care wing. Those residents are allowed to sleep in if that is their preference and we try to be more flexible in all areas, including med passes.   Deanna J. Ogle, RN Care Manager St. Francis Extended Health Care 3121 Squalicum Pkwy Bellingham, WA 98225 (360)734-6760, ext. 322 [EMAIL PROTECTED]      ST. FRANCIS EXTENDED HEALTH CARE   POLICY & PROCEDURE     DEPARTMENT:       Nursing   SUBJECT: Medication Pass Times   POLICY:        Medications are administered according to prescription directions and based on the resident's preference when within medication administration guidelines.  Refer to the care plan for resident preferences and specifics.   PROCEDURE:   MEDICATION PASS TIMES ARE AS FOLLOWS:   Breakfast:         07:31-11:30 Lunch:              11:31-15:30 Dinner:             15:31-19:30 HS                   19:31-23:30 Night Shift        23:31-07:30 PRN      The following times are assigned to each sig. Q day               Breakfast BID                  Breakfast-Dinner TID                  Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner QID                 Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner-HS The breakfast, lunch, dinner, HS, night shift, and prn codes are assigned to each medication on the medication administration record according to the physician's order.   Medications scheduled ac (before meals) and/or other specific times will be written on the MARS with the appropriate time.   Treatment times are scheduled for days-evenings and/or night shift.   -----Original Message----- From: Pam Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dementia unit med pass After reviewing the policies for our dementia unit, we were wondering /considering changing times of our med administration (to accommodate our residents better.) Does anyone have any guidelines for this? We were thinking about just making times be AM, PM, HS, etc, rather than 8:00/ 12:00, etc. Have there been any State survey concerns re: this? PJ, RN