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Comment on working at a hospital: should I remain in the room watching a patient until he takes a certain medication?

I don’t get this, why is there a delay at all? The times I’ve been in the hospital, they hand me the pills and a cup of water, there’s no expectation that I can choose when to take the pill, it’s immediate.

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trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is the typical case I think too. Usually so that nurse charts it straight away. This is so that another nurse wont give the same pill/dose during shift changes and so that if something happens and a doctor needs to administer alternative medication, they know what’s in the patients system already.

I’ve never heard of a nurse having to sit there waiting for the patient to randomly choose a time to take it.

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- roguetrick@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Oh, it happens plenty. Let's just say the nursing home nurses have it down to a science to speed folks up with all the patients they're administering medication to. Usually part of our report to other nurses on shift change, and what strategies we're using. Some folks want to talk, some folks are trying to exercise the very little control they have in a situation where their life has completely spiraled out.
  
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  - vestmoria@linux.community ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    and what strategies we’re using.
    
    please do share some of those strategies with me. The patient is not geriatric, but in his 40s. What works for you?
    
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