No, we should not forget to teach folks how or remind folks how to do the manual 5 rights process. The system does go down. Then we need to know how to do manual processes, plus the OLD way is still a way of verifying that the information in the software is accurate, right? Ruth Chapman BSN, RN-BC
Nursing Analyst Central Michigan Community Hospital [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Sharon LaDuke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/6/2007 11:34 AM >>> Interesting. If that*s the case at other facilities as well, could it be that one reason some nurses take longer with electronic BMV is that they continue to do at least some part, if not all, of the 5 rights manually? Now that I think of it, that*s what I was doing. Is that wrong? Are we supposed to teach nurses to stop that? Are there any worries about them *unlearning* the manual checking process? Sharon From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gay, Michael C. Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 6:35 AM To: Keri Heavin; [email protected] Subject: Re: [MEDITECH-L] nursing staff ratios after implementation Keri, When a nurse is forced to do the 5 rights of medication administrations, either by a another person or a automated system, it will take longer than current practice. At our site, we did time studies in which we followed nurses and had him/her do the 5 rights. We found that the automated (Meditech BMV) process was quicker than the nurse actually doing the 5 rights. Michael Gay, RN, BSN, MS Clinical Analyst Frederick Memorial Healthcare System (240) 566-3201 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keri Heavin Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] nursing staff ratios after implementation We are currently having discussions about changing our staffing ratios since we have implemented NUR and eMAR/BMV. I am wondering if there are any sites that faced this same issue after they implemented. Our nurses continue to express that Meditech documentation in combination with all of their other nursing duties has made their load to heavy with their current ratio of patients. Keri Heavin, BSN RN Nursing IT Coordinator PhelpsCounty Regional Medical Center Office: 573-458-7842 Pager: 573-428-6057 Fax: 573-458-8563 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients names above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is disallowed. If you have received this communication in error; please notify Phelps County Regional Medical Center immediately by telephone at (573) 458-8899 extension 4357 and destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments. ***Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the Sender immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Central Michigan Community Hospital
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