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Six rights of safe medication administration

A

Right drug in the right dose at the right time

Right route to the right person and record

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Always include measurements after number

A

.

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BSA for lbs and inches

A

3131

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3
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BSA for kg and cm

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3600

m^2

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4
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PCA

A

Patient controlled analgesia

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5
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IV pumps do not decrease the amount of errors

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T

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6
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Roller clamps

A

Set flow rate

Clamp off IV tubing

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7
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Central line goes to

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Superior vena cava

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D

A

Dextrose

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9
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NS

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Normal Saline

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LR

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Lactated Ringer’s

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W

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Water

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S

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Saline

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13
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Weight is rounded to nearest

A

Tenth

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14
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Drops are rounded to the nearest

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Whole

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15
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Peripheral line

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Hand, arm, or leg

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Syringe pumps are used to

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Infuse meds that cannot be mixed with other fluids or meds

17
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Drip chamber is____.

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Half full

18
Q

Slide is used to

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Temporarily stop an IV

19
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Injection ports

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Meds into the line or bag

Attachment of primary or secondary lines

20
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Small volume IV meds measurements

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Calibrated burette chamber

21
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Direct injection of meds using a syringe

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IV push or bolus

22
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Policy for med errors

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Report
Remedial measures
Reason determined
Record incident
Elise policy
23
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Insulin is

A

Subcutaneous

Always in units

24
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A unit measures

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The action of a drug