Beth Neitz
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I am in need of nursing documentation requirements for infusions. Our ED nurses are refusing to document start and stop times and I need information to review with them. thanks.
I also need this as we begin battle with our nurses over their documentation. Already, nursing administration is crying about the impact this is going to have on their staff if they have to document start and stop times. I need something to prove to them that this is required.
I can answer this question because I am a nurse and the answer is no. The standard of practice is to document the drug/dosage/route, etc.given and the time it was hung. Not documenting the stop time is a billing issue and has nothing to do with patient care. Educating the nursing staff about missed revenue opportunities by not documenting the stop time will go a lot further than trying to one over them, especially when they are within their standard of practice. Sorry to be so "snippy", but I don't like to see these types of posts about nursing.I ran into this as well and what I fail to understand is the nursing schools teach this as a part of their nursing curriculum. So I would say do what I did and go to the nursing school nearest to you and ask for a copy of the instructions on documentation of IVs. It was a good feeling to hand that over to the nursing supervisor.