Medication Safety Flashcards
What is the Correct oder
g Medication Administration and the Nursing Process
c Prescriptions/Medication Orders
d Documentation
c
d
g
Can nursing students do verbal or telephone prescriptions?
No
When error with medication and documenting place in order:
- Complete Incident Report
- Check on the patient (labs/vitals),
- Chart only the facts.
- Patient safety
- Notify provider and other team members.
Patient safety Check on the patient (labs/vitals), Notify provider and other team members. Chart only the facts. Complete Incident Report
? includes: Client’s identification Name and dose of the medication Time and place of the incident Accurate and objective account of the event Who you notified, What actions you took, Your signature (or that of the person who completed the report)
Incident Report or Documentation
IR
which must be completed within 24 hours
Incident Report or Documentation
IR
Are confidential and filed separately?
Incident Report or Documentation
IR
only the facts of the medication error or incident and appropriate actions taken
Incident Report or Documentation
D
MEDICATION RECONCILIATION is who resposibility?
Doctor or Nurse
Nurses
During MEDICATION RECONCILIATION the nurse is responisble for meds list which of the following:
Admission to Hospital
Transfer between units/facilities
Discharge
All
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