Saturday, January 10, 2009

December 31, 2008 West Cluster Meeting Notes

Present: Becky, Mark, Sean, Kelly, Doug, Sarah, Timieko and Star

Becky introduced the BRN Flow Nurses Outreach Responsibilities sheet which is shared form the East wing. Discussion about staff signing orders, standing orders for lab view (sometimes patients have other labs that need to be drawn but are not released for lab view that day and then pts have to come back for another draw). Discussion about can lab personnel be trained to ask questions about if pt is diabetic or has cardiac disease and then check a clinic wide HEDIS list narrowed down for just these things and then draw an extra tube or ask MD or nursing staff to order …. More discussion later.

Hemoccults can be used once a year after age 50 instead of flex sigs if patient has no family history of colon cancer.

? Epic upgrade so lab can look at other lab s that may need to be drawn around the time they are in. Can ask Kris Moore on 1/7/09.

Please label injectable medications with the date you open the vial.

Label food in fridge; will try to clean out once a month.

Can refer appropriate patients to Sean Robertson, RN for Case Management via Epic secure message.

Meeting closed approximately 2:20pm

Star Morales, CMA

No comments: