1. Nursing English Chapter 6: Collecting Medicines from the Pharmacy
Unit 2: Methods of Medication Administration

2. MIDTERM EXAM

3. Nursing English Chapter 6: Collecting Medicines from the Pharmacy
Unit 2: Methods of Medication Administration

4. medical medicine medication

5. medication administration: the ways of giving medicine

6. 7 “Rights” of Medication Administration
Right patient
Right drug
Right time
Right route
Right dose
Right reason
Right documentation

7. What ways (routes) do we give medications?

8. Methods of Medication Administration
oral – by mouth口服的
to ingest: to swallow 咽下
sublingual: under the tongue 舌下的
buccal: in the cheek or on the tongue口腔的
Get them to explain each step

9. DIALOGUE #1

10. Methods of Medication Administration
oral – by mouth 口服的
to ingest: to swallow 咽下
sublingual: under the tongue 舌下的
buccal: in the cheek or on the tongue 口腔的
rectal – by bottom 直肠的
Get them to explain each step

11. DIALOGUE #2

12. glycerin suppository

14. -- using the digestive tract – 消化道
“enteral” 肠内的
-- using the digestive tract –
消化道

15. -- not using the digestive tract – **usually uses needles ** 常常用针
“parenteral” 肠外的
-- not using the digestive tract –
**usually uses needles **
常常用针

16. Methods of Medication Administration
oral – by mouth 口服的
to ingest: to swallow 咽下
sublingual: under the tongue 舌下的
buccal: in the cheek or on the tongue 口腔的
rectal – by bottom 直肠的
intravenous – by veins 静脉内的
Get them to explain each step

17. Methods of Medication Administration
injection
intradermal (just under the skin）真皮内的
subcutaneous (between the skin and the muscle) 皮下的
intramuscular (into the muscle) 肌注的

19. DIALOGUE #3

20. Methods of Medication Administration
inhalation – by breathing 吸入的
topical – through the skin

21. Roleplay

22. Homework
Choose a medication that you know. For example: a painkiller 止痛药, a medicine for heart disease 硝酸甘油, an asthma inhaler 哮喘病的吸入器 （柳丁氨醇）, insulin for diabetes 胰岛素
Find out how you take that medicine
route
how often
how it works
anything to watch for (side effects)