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How nice to have this dialog with providers out there....
Having been involved in the medication administration practice from a
regulatory standpoint (20 years ago and over a 10 year period), and then
in developing our own agency curriculum, we have never accepted signing
off medication administration until after one has observed the individual
actually taking the medication - To sign off earlier makes the statement
that the process is complete, and there is always the moment when a
provider (CRMA) is interrupted, the resident is not available, or some
other disruption to the process can occur, and the record would then
indicate that a medication has been administered, when perhaps it has
not....
It is interesting to learn that others do the process differently.
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> Hi Darryl,
> My agency's policies, Goodwill Industries, also calls for the PSA
> method. It has been the method of choice in every hospital and nursing
> home I have been associated with in the past 20 years. While the check
> list calls for the PAS method, there is a statement in the 40 hr CRMA
> book that documentation of the med admin should follow agency practices.
> I use that as the relief to teach PSA. I don't have my book with me
> tonight at home, but I will site the page for you soon.
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> PSA PSA PSA
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> Ham Robbins
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> Ham Robbins, RN/Paramedic
> Goodwill Industries of Northern New England
> 243 Leighton Road
> Augusta, Maine 04330
> (207) 626-0170 ex 262
> FAX (207) 622-3517
>>>> "Darryl" <leapoh@tds.net> 02/26/04 4:27 PM >>>
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> Hi everybody,
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> I am looking for some feedback..... I have always taught the Pour, Sign,
> Administer technique method of medication delivery (in my approved 24
> CRMA class). I honestly believe this method provides the lowest med
> error rate.
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> The 40 course and the Bridge/Refresher teach the Pour, Pass, Document
> technique, as does the Skills checklist.
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> 1) My approved curriculum has the PSA method but is used in conjunction
> with the skills checklists. To me the most important thing is knowledge,
> clean and accurate technique, and complete and objective documentation,
> not necessarily a slight difference in technique.
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> 2) Many people have been trained in the PSA technique and have very
> comfortable with it. To make them change for the Bridge/refresher may
> increase the liklihood of errors for them.
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> Are any of you running into this out there? How are you handling it?
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> Do others agree in the PSA method as a preferred technique?
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> Thanks in advance for the feedback..... Darryl Wood, RN @ LEAP, Inc.
> leapoh@tds.net
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