Medication Administration Proficiency Exam (MAPEs) Study Guide Flashcards
Medication Administration
What are the Ten Patient Rights of Medication Administration?
Amount (aka Dose) Drug (aka Medication) Route Documentation Refusal Patient (aka Client) Assessment Time Education Evaluation
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Drug
aka Medication
Compare of the medication to the medication order.
The nurse must only give medication they have prepared and be present when it is taken.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Dose
To ensure that the right dose is given, the nurse must triple check any calculations and have another team member check the calculation.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Patient
aka Client
The nurse must identify the client by checking the medication order and the client’s identification bracelet to ensure that the right client is receiving the right medication.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Route
The nurse must give the medication via the right route.
In preparing the medication, the triple check will identify the route to be given on the medication order.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Time
The nurse will check the medication order to ensure that the medication is given at the right time.
The prescriber will identify the times that the medication is to be given.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Assessment
The nurse will assess client for specific needs prior to administration (heart rate, blood pressure, blood glucose, pain, and agitation/anxiety).
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Documentation
The nurse will record the client’s status prior to the medication
administration as well as the medication given, the time it was given, the dose given, and the route it was given in.
Then the nurse will follow up and record the client’s response to the medication given.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Education
The nurse will provide patient education concerning medications given.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right Evaluation
The nurse will evaluate for effectiveness of medication, as well as any side or adverse effects, both objectively and per client report.
Medication Administration
What is the Action for:
The Right of Refusal
The nurse will listen to client concerns regarding receiving any medications.
Education as to the importance of prescribed medications should be provided, and physician notification must be made to alert him/her to client request of refusal.
Documentation of refusal must also be made.
Medication Administration
What are the Three Checks of Medication Administration?
Gathering
Preparing
Administrating
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
STAT
Immediately
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
daily
Every day
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
bid
Twice a day
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
tid
Three times a day
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
qid
Four times a day
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
q2hr
Every two hours
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
q4hr
Every four hours
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
q6hr
Every six hours
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
PRN
As needed
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
ac
Before meals
Abbreviations for Times of Medication
pc
After meals
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
MDI
Metered Dose Inhaler
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
IM
Intramuscularly
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
IV
Intravenously
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
IVP
Intravenous push
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
IVPB
Intravenous piggy back
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
PO
By mouth
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
PR
in the rectum
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
sub cut
Subcutaneously
Abbreviations for Routes of Administration
SL
Sublingual
