Let's Get It RIGHT
This Right ensures that the med is given at the correct moment.
What is Right Time?
This Right is here because we ran out of room and had to *write* it here.
What is Right Documentation?
These are the places that must ALWAYS be locked when there is no one in the Nightingale Room.
What is: 1) Med closet; 2) Controlled substances cabinet; 3) Refrigerator; 4) Locked box in refrigerator for controlled substances; 5) File cabinet for med deliveries; 6) House supply cabinet?
This is a unique and absolutely crucial step in administering a controlled substance.
What is signing out the med in the red binder (and filling out ALL fields on the sign-out form)?
This person carries the legal responsibility for medication management in Hilltop House.
Eli Morales/Medical Administrator
This Right will guarantee that you are not medicating the wrong fourfold being.
What is Right Person?
This is the method to be used to ensure that all Six Rights are followed.
What is the Three Checks?
This is who determines if a PRN med will be given.
What is the nurse?
This is the place where the HS med giver must always check at the end of their shift for any instruction about controlled substance meds to put in the Nightspender locked box.
What is the top of the inside of the med card box?
We approach medicine giving with __________ and _______ .
What is reverence and gratitude?
This Right matches the correct substance to the correct person.
What is Right Medicine?
These are the steps Med Givers must take at the beginning of their shift to ensure that they have all up-to-date on members' needs.
What are: 1) Check email; 2) Look for any notes, texts or phone messages, or any communication from a nurse; 3) Look at "Resident Info" in Eldermark; 4) Read Nursing Notes and Medication/Treatment notes in Eldermark; 5) Speak with nurse on duty if they are in Hilltop House
This is what should be done at the end of the med shift to help your fellow med givers coming onto the next shift.
What is clean all surfaces, wash all dishes, and set them up in the Nightingale Room to be ready for use.
This procedure can be found taped to the controlled substance cabinet door.
What is the controlled substance check-in procedure?
This is the responsibility of the medgiver to read before each shift.
What are the eldermark notes?
This Right reminds you never to swallow a suppository.
What is Right Route?
This is what should be done if you attempt to give a pre-poured med and are not able to for any reason before the end of your shift.
What is dispose of the med, and notify the nurse?
This is a case in which you might find two blister packs or bottles of the same med, but need to discern which one to dispense from.
What is when a member has a med that is both scheduled and PRN?
This part of the controlled substance administration procedure, when missed, causes the nurses some stress because the DOH wants to see this in the red book next to each med administration.
What is sign the red book?
Anthroposophic remedies are given first to assist the healing that comes from this person?
Who is the individual?
This Right is the difference between Apis 30x and eating a live bee.
What is Right Dose?
This is how to sign off on meds you have given to ensure that there is no documentation error.
What is carefully reading through each med listed on the EMAR before clicking "Given," and being EXTRA attentive to whether a med from the next med shift has popped up on the list.
This is what you should do if you notice that the information on a med label does not match the information on the EMAR.
What is do NOT give the med and notify the nurse.
This is the place, in Hilltop House, where controlled substances and all expired and discontinued medications can be dumped.
What is the mail room?
The right gesture in medicine giving can be found these two aspects of the human being.
What is the inner attitude and the action of giving?