ch 2: safe and accurate medication administration Flashcards
six “rights” of safe medication administration?
- right drug
- right dose
- right route and form
- right time
- right client
- right documentation
PO?
oral/by mouth
legally writes the drug order
prescriber
fills orders
pharmacist
administers the drug to the patients
nurses
administered through mucous membrane skin
Cutaneous medication
daily
once a day
b.i.d.
twice a day
t.i.d.
three times a day
q.i.d.
four times a day
q4h
every 4 hours
q6h
every 6 hours
30 mg b.id.
30 mg twice a day
tablet between check and teeth
buccal route
tablet under the tounge
sublingual route
injected by a needle
paternal medication
into the muscle
intramuscular
into subcutaneous tissue
subcut
into the vein
intravenous (IV)
into the cardiac muscle
Intracardiac (IC)
beneath the skin
intradermal
what tablets can be broken in half
scored tablets
what are the three checks? to avoid med error
- when reaching for the container
- immediately before preparing the dose
- when replacing or discarding the container
what is tall man and lettering and what is the purpose?
when there is medications that sound or look a like so you use uppercase letters to differentiate them so their isn’t a med error
