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Posted by Sandra Johnson
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Sep 15, 2015
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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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