Medication Ordering
This is the name of our pharmacy.
What is Everspring?
Should should check this in order to determine when certain vital signs are due.
What is the eMAR on Therap?
You should gather this important piece of patient information prior to calling Station MD.
What are the vital signs?
The "E" in B.E.S.T. Practice stands for this.
What is Examine Health Tab / T-logs?
You call this person if you have a medical concern after 5pm.
Who is the nurse on call?
This is the only day you cannot reach our pharmacy for any period of time.
What is Sunday?
You should call this person if the vital signs are out of range.
Who is the nurse?
You contact this person/number if there are any issues contacting Station MD.
Who is the Station MD administrator on call?
This tells you what medications are due when, and should ALWAYS BE CHECKED BEFORE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION.
What is the eMAR on Therap?
You use this to document a medication error.
What is a GER (General Event Report)?
This is where we might go for an over-the-counter medication that our regular pharmacy cannot fill when needed.
What is a local retail pharmacy?
You use this to check someone's oxygen saturation.
What is a pulse oximeter?
You should contact these two personnel if you receive new orders from Station MD.
Who are the house manager and the nurse?
You should do this with the pills in the medicine cup to ensure you are giving the right amount of medications.
What is count the pills in the medicine cup?
This is one of the fatal five (name one of the five).
What is: constipation, aspiration, dehydration, seizures, or sepsis?
This is who you call FIRST if any discrepancies are noticed with your pharmacy delivery.
Who is Everspring Pharmacy?
How often someone breaths in and out over the course of one minute is called this.
What is the respiratory rate?
What is the Station MD app?
This person is responsible for calling pharmacy when a medication starts to run low.
Who is any medication trained staff?
This is the most dangerous outcome of a medication error that was discussed today.
What is death?
This should accompany all controlled substance orders from the pharmacy.
What is a shipping invoice?
Vitals signs are documented under this tab in Therap.
What is health tracking / vital signs?
The provider should call you back within how many minutes after you first call Station MD?
What is 15 minutes?
You should document this about an hour after giving a PRN medication.
What is the follow-up / effectiveness?
You should always read through these at the beginning of your shift, especially before you administer medications.
What are t-logs and/or t-notes?