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

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

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

3 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

4 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

5 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)

6 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).

7 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

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


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