One of our nurse educators mentioned that many nurses move the due time on the MAR for medications. We went live with Epic at the end of 2018 and this was noted as a recent practice. (We could not do this in Meditech before.)
Example: due time is 9 am but the nurse moves it to 8 am. Nurses can give a med 1 hr before or 1 hr after the due time.
In the example above, they move the due time to 8 am so that they can give and scan a med at 7:30 am.
They would like to bundle the meds and give them when they assess the patient rather than coming back at 9 am again.
Does your facility have a policy on meds that should be exempt from this practice or do you not allow nursing to move the due times on the Epic MAR?
Thanks in advance for any feedback!