Justification and Implementation of may give early/late medication orders

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Wed, 06/30/2021 - 15:37
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Amber Lorenzen
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Justification and Implementation of may give early/late medication orders

Hello!

I was wondering how facilities handle orders/authorization for medications to be administered outside the established administration window. Are nurses able to do this for certain meds (i.e. non-time-critical) per their discretion? Is a provider's order required each time a med is to be administered outside of the admin window? If so, how is that implemented in a CPOE environment? Any information you have is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Amber Lorenzen, PharmD

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