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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

8. 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).

9. 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

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