Mentioning herdaughter's name, walking).
Mentioning
herdaughter's name, walking). The
physician says that she is going to prescribe anantipsychotic medication at a
low dose for just 72 hours (through the weekend)until the resident's primary somatodrol care team can re-evaluate her and determine whetheror not the medication should
be continued. The nurse agrees with the
plan. Thephysician and nurse discuss how
the staff will monitor the medication forpotential side effects and also to
determine whether or not it is working toreduce the resident's symptoms. The physician tells the nurse that she
willcontact the resident's family to review the decision and ensure that they
agreewith the plan of care. At the care planning conference the next week,
Mrs. Jackson's daughter and theteam
review the recent incident that led to the use of the
antipsychoticmedication. The daughter
points out that she had been away the previous week,and that her mother often
has an escalation of behaviors when the family missestheir daily visits with
her. After reviewing other potential
factors, the teamdetermines that the antipsychotic medication should not be
resumed on a longterm basis, but develops a plan to monitor Mrs. Jackson's behaviors. (Nicki Brandt):Thank you
very much, Dr. Rabins.
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