SKITS (patient education and cultural competency demonstration) tomorrow and Friday. Be prepared and I will give you a few moments to review your script. 100 POINTS
Bring in any donations for TRI-VALLEY HAVEN tomorrow and on Friday. TVH will come on Monday to pick it all up. YOU ALL ROCK. Thank you for being so generous AND thank you to TANIA and XOCHITL for doing all of that wonderful shopping for the cause.
PM CLASS: Park ONLY in the student lot and display your parking pass. No parking in staff lot!
HOMEWORK: Take home QUIZ on reproductive system. Try taking the test without notes or internet first with the light touch of a pencil. Due FRIDAY 11/15 (but you can turn it in tomorrow)
Have your classroom binder with you tomorrow!!! We are assembling CC binders.
Print this out for your community classroom binder and bring it in tomorrow. This is the DO NOT USE abbreviation list.
| Official "Do Not Use" List1 Do Not Use | Potential Problem | Use Instead |
| U, u (unit) | Mistaken for "0" (zero), the number "4" (four) or "cc" | Write "unit" |
| IU (International Unit) | Mistaken for IV (intravenous) or the number 10 (ten) | Write "International Unit" |
| Q.D., QD, q.d., qd (daily) Q.O.D., QOD, q.o.d, qod (every other day) | Mistaken for each other Period after the Q mistaken for "I" and the "O" mistaken for "I | Write "daily" Write "every other day" |
| Trailing zero (X.0 mg)* Lack of leading zero (.X mg) | Decimal point is missed | Write X mg Write 0.X mg |
| MS MSO4 and MgSO4 | Can mean morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate Confused for one another | Write "morphine sulfate" Write "magnesium sulfate" |
*Exception: A "trailing zero" may be used only where required to demonstrate the level of precision of the value being reported, such as for laboratory results, imaging studies that report size of lesions, or catheter/tube sizes. It may not be used in medication orders or other medication-related documentation.
Take care,
Mrs. Erceg
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