MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION JANET MAKORI, RN BSN AND REBECCA SIMIZEK, RN BSN

SIX RIGHTS OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RIGHT PATIENT RIGHT MEDICATION RIGHT DOSE RIGHT TIME RIGHT ROUTE RIGHT DOCUMENTATION

RIGHT PATIENT VERIFY PATIENTS FIRST AND LAST NAME BY ASKING PATIENT IF PATIENT IS VERBAL. VERIFY PATIENT’S DATE OF BIRTH VERIFY PATIENT’S ACCOUNT NUMBER OBSERVE PATIENT TAKE THE MEDICATION

RIGHT MEDICATION VERIFY MEDICATION WITH MD’S ORDER CHECK PATIENT’S ALLERGY INFORMATION VERIFY EXPIRATION DATE OF MEDICATION ENSURE MEDICATION IS CORRECLY LABELLED AND IN THE RIGHT CONTAINER

RIGHT DOSE VERIFY DOSAGE WITH ORDER VERIFY DOSAGE RELATED TO PATIENT’S AGE / WEIGHT IF APPLICABLE VERIFY DOSAGE WITH LAB VALUES IF APPLICABLE (FOR EXAMPLE COUMADIN AND PT/INR)

RIGHT TIME ADMINISTER WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF PRESCRIBLED TIME (30 MIN BEFORE AND 30 AFTER). CONSIDER SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ( BEFORE MEALS, AFTER MEALS, BEFORE TROUGH, BEFORE SURGERY).

RIGHT ROUTE MEDICATION ROUTES: ORAL, TOPICAL, INHALERS, INTRAMUSCULAR, INTRAVENOUS, SUBLINGUAL, ENTERAL (VIA PEG TUBES, SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAOSSEUS, TRANSDERMAL VERIFY CORRECT ROUTE WITH MD’S ORDER ASSESS PATIENT PRIOR TO MEDICATION e.g can patient swallow pills etc

RIGHT DOCUMENTATION RECORD CORRECT MEDICATION ADMNISTRATION TIME AND DOSAGE RECORD RIGHT SITE RECORD PATIENT RESPONSE/ TOLERANCE DOCUMENT ON RIGHT CHART/ RECORD The End