I believe it is your choice to require PRN reason or not, but prn orders should have a reason as part of the order so it's a good thing to require it. Here are our Reason Categories: 1 .UNK UNKNOWN - FREE TEXT REASON 2 CNS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 3 DERM DERMATOLOGICAL 4 ENDO ENDOCRINE 5 GI GASTROINTESTINAL 6 OPHT OPHTHALMOLOGY 7 RESP RESPIRATORY And our PRN REASONS: Mnemonic Name Category Mnemonic
AGITA AGITATION CNS ANGINA ANGINA CNS ANX ANXIETY CNS BRON BRONCOSPASM RESP CHEST CHEST CONGESTION RESP CHESTCOUGH CHEST CONGESTION AND COUGH RESP CON-COU CONGESTION AND COUGH RESP CONGE CONGESTION RESP CONSTI CONSTIPATION GI COUGH COUGH RESP DIA DIARRHEA GI DIZZ DIZZINESS CNS DRY DRY EYE OPHT DRYM DRY MOUTH GI DRYS DRY SKIN DERM EYEP EYE PAIN OPHT FEVER FEVER CNS HB HEARTBURN GI HEAD HEADACHE CNS HEMM HEMORRHOIDS GI IC INSULIN COVERAGE FOR ELEV BS ENDO INS INSOMNIA CNS ITCH ITCHING DERM ITRASH ITCHING AND RASH DERM ITRED ITCHING AND REDNESS OPHT N&V NAUSEA AND VOMITING GI NAUS NAUSEA GI PAIN PAIN CNS PAINFEVER PAIN AND/OR FEVER CNS PAINMILD PAIN,MILD 1-3 ON PAIN SCALE CNS PAINMOD PAIN,MODERATE 4-6 ON PAIN SCAL CNS PAINSEV PAIN,SEVERE 7-10 ON PAIN SCALE CNS RASH RASH DERM RED REDNESS OPHT RUNNY RUNNY NOSE RESP SLEEP SLEEP CNS SNEEZ SNEEZING RESP SORE SORE THROAT RESP UPSET UPSET STOMACH GI VOMIT VOMITING GI WOUND WOUND CARE DERM Hope this helps. Marge Usher, RN Clinical Systems Manager The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary 310 E 14th Street New York, NY 10003 212-979-4134 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tara Mcnamara Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:41 PM To: Meditech L Subject: [MEDITECH-L] POM PRN Reasons Hi All, I am being told that a PRN reason is required for all PRN meds. 1. If you are live with POM, are you making your physicians put in PRN reasons? 2. Can you share your PRN reason dictionary with me? Thanks Tara McNamara MT (ASCP) Meditech Analyst Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands Ph: 508-833-4025 Fx: 508-833-4056 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Confidentiality Note: This email is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this email or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please destroy the original message and all copies. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.COM. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.COM. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
