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medication listing question - hh

Posted: Aug 25, 2012

When typing out medications patient is taking. Can you type it like this? LESCOL ZANTAC TOPROL LASIX etc. Or does it matter?

Only all-caps meds if they're allergies. Med lists should be numbered. - nm

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nm

Meds - just me

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You want to save using all caps for allergies. Do what the client wants or you can use the following formats:

Lescol, Zantac, etc....

(1) Lescol, (2) Zantac.....

or

1. Les-col.
2. Zantac

What matters is not what - someone else does

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It is what your client wants. Ask you client how they want it done, then do it that way. Just because one person's client may want allergies in all capes does not mean your client will want it that way. Don't ask someone who doesn't know what your client wants. Ask your client.

We can't read your client's mind, nor can you. Ask your client.

Absolutely - Account specs trump all - nm

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Account specs do not trump ALL-message - justmeDLC

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Client account specs do not trump all. What a doctor asks for in the report trumps ALL, then account specs, then BOS. :)

Ugh. You knew what I meant. - nm

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:P

Or Ask Your Instructors if in School - If Taking Job Test, Follow Your Training-nm

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