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Frequency: N&T QID?

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I have a question about an order for neuro checks for one of the patients on our floor.

The order is for Neuro Checks N&T QID. The "N&T QID" is all one selection for the frequency of the neuro checks, they are not put in separately by the ordering physician. We all know the QID part, it's the N&T part that we are unsure of.

I have utilized my good friend, Google, and have a couple ideas "numbness & tingling" or perhaps "now & today". I am leaning towards now & today because I don't see why numbness and tingling would be part of a "frequency" selection instead of under a "reason" selection. Has anybody else seen this in an order before and knows for sure what it means?
If this is not an approved abbreviation (and it's certainly not one I recognize, but I don't work neuro), the physician needs to be called for clarification.

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Clarify the order and get the physician to write the order clearly.

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I agree, always clarify with the ordering MD. It might mean one thing to one physician and something else to another or maybe it was written in error.

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I have no idea....call the MD

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Call the MD, clarify the order. "Now and Today" sounds like the title of a soap opera as opposed to an MD order! Was this a written order? Could it have been transcribed incorrectly? N&T with very, very poor handwriting could be a "neuro checks QID" Please let us know what the outcome is--I am intrigued.

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"Now and today" makes no sense, IMO. Just call and clarify.

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No, this was an electronic order so the N&T was selected from a group of options, this was not my patient and unfortunately I didn't get back to asking the nurse if she ever got a clarification, just thought somebody on here might know.

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"Neuro-typical"? Meaning both neuro and a "typical" assessment QID?

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I don't know but our software has some bizarro options.

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I've worked with neuro patients for years--1 floor, and 2 SICUs that have included neuro--and I have no idea what that means.
Author: peter  3-06-2015, 18:57   Views: 535   
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