BP Medication

Hi, I am a nursing student in my first semester of clinical and have a question that I don't know where to find the answer to. The question is what to do if you forget to take your blood pressure medication. I have yet to study this, and have looked in my books and can't find the answer. I am asking because my boss often forget to take her Blood pressure med, which is a beta blocker, and get real bad headaches at work. She askes me what to do because I'm in nursing school, but I don't know what to say. I haven't gotten that far yet. Please help. Does anyone have any suggestions?
If someone forgets to take their B/P medicine, they should generally take it a soon as they remember or take the next scheduled dose if it is almost time for it. As a side note, thoughO NOT let anyone strt to get in the habit of asking you for medical advise. It is a road you don't want to go down. The best thing your boss should do as an adult is learn to be responsible for her own health and figure out a way to remember to take her own meds.

Your boss should do what I do....put 1 day's worth of her meds in a pill bottle & stash that inside her purse or briefcase. That way, when she realizes that she forgot to take them in the morning at home, she has some readily at hand.Every 6 months or so, rotate the "spare" meds for fresh ones.

hi butterfly! i am a nursing student also, soon to graduate... thank god!! anyway, my lead instructor gave us all valuable advice on our very first day and she repeats it at least once a week. do not give medical advice unless you are required to do so!being required to do so is like if you are on the job or in an emergency like coming up on an accident whether you are a student or lpn/rn. as students, we are putting are career in jeopardy before we even start if we start handing out medical advice. even the most well placed comment can bit you in the rear. if you tell someone that oh, it won't hurt to do that or tx something and it goes bad... you are in mucho biggo trouble. give an easy cop out! i am a nursing student and we haven’t learned that yet! i use it all the time! i know what to do but i am not going to lose my license over free advice good luck!!!

Tell your boss,"I'm still learning, but I know if you ask your doctor he'll have a faster answer than me."

It would behoove your boss to obtain some patient education on HTN from her physician.

Quote from butterfly77Hi, I am a nursing student in my first semester of clinical and have a question that I don't know where to find the answer to. The question is what to do if you forget to take your blood pressure medication. I have yet to study this, and have looked in my books and can't find the answer. I am asking because my boss often forget to take her Blood pressure med, which is a beta blocker, and get real bad headaches at work. She askes me what to do because I'm in nursing school, but I don't know what to say. I haven't gotten that far yet. Please help. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Sometimes in that situation I will say "My drug book says . . . " rather than me saying it, and then make it clear that it's up to them to talk to their doctor. I was also told that we cannot dispense medication, such as handing someone an aspirin from our purse if they ask if we have any. But we can say, if they ask for aspirin, "Sure there's a bottle of aspirin in my purse, feel free to help yourself if you want it."

Thanks everyone! I suggested she keep some of her meds at work, just in case. Its funny because as soon I said I was in nursing school people started asking me about problems. I just have to keep reminding everyone that I am still in school.

Quote from crufflerjjyour boss should do what i do....put 1 day's worth of her meds in a pill bottle & stash that inside her purse or briefcase. that way, when she realizes that she forgot to take them in the morning at home, she has some readily at hand.every 6 months or so, rotate the "spare" meds for fresh ones.

Quote from ruby veethat's a fabulous idea! i'm off to fill up a spare pill bottle with a day's worth of meds and stick them in both my purse and my "going to work" bag.