Holding a patch due to parameters and following up

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Wed, 09/05/2018 - 16:32
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Jacqueline Kao
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Holding a patch due to parameters and following up

Hello,

When a patch (such as clonidine) is held due to parameters, is there a process at your institution to monitor the patient and check when the patch should be given again? For example, since clonidine is given every 7 days, if it's marked as held and there's no follow up, the patient would miss an entire week of clonidine. Do nurses at your institution typically page the provider to inform, recheck again in an hour, hand off to the next shift, recheck again in a day...?

Thank you!

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