As a PCA I was told on one of my shifts to give the meds out via Webster packs. I said I was not comfortable with this at all. I have a lot of common sense and been around a long time and have trained as a Div 2 many years ago..but still I did not want to do this. Because I was basically begged to do this I did with trepidation and a lot of cross checking. The very next day I told the DON never to expect me to do this again and I never ever did. One evening shift an staff member did the meds at 4pm. It was discovered a short while later that this person had given the 4pm 6pm 8pm 10pm and anyother meds ALL AT 4pm!

The chaos began. Doctors were rang, relatives were rang.

So yes, here is just one reason not to let PCAs give medication.

It is such a joke to think that some providors 'have their PCAs undertake medication training" WOW what can one really learn in 2 hours from a pharmacist.