Medication Assistance Program

MAP

100

This level of MAP involves providing some assistance such as opening packages

What is MAP Level 2?

200

This level of MAP involves providing full assistance with medication, including watching and ensuring the medication is taken

What is MAP Level 3?

300

This level of the MAP program involves providing a verbal reminder

What is MAP Level 1?

400

This document will tell me what medications I am supposed to give, when I am supposed to give them and what MAP level my client is

What is the MAP care plan?

500

Supporting safe medication management, reducing stress on clients/families and maintaining or improving clients' health are all purposes of this program.

What is the Medication Assistance Program (MAP)?

Medication Safety

100

During this, you are responsible for checking all 8 rights, allergies and expiration date before preparing medication

What is Safety Check 2?

200

The pharmacist or regulated professional completes this check when they verify the doctors order

What is Safety Check 1?

300

This is done after preparing medication but before the client takes the medication

What is Safety Check 3?

400

Completing 3 safety checks, reviewing 8 rights, avoiding distractions, preparing one medication at a time and not rushing are all ways to do this.

What is preventing medication errors?

500

Eye, Ear, Nasal, Topical, Transdermal, Inhaled medications and Pre-Filled Insulin are examples of this.

What is delegated medications?

What Do I Do?

100

The following is the process I would follow if this situation occurred:

1. Ask why & encourage them to take it

2. Place pills in sealed brown envelope and label (clients name & DOB, date/time meds were for, number of pills you put in the envelope, "refused", staff initials)

3. Document & Report

What is a medication refusal?

200

I would follow this process if I noticed this:

1. Ask what happened

2. Mark "X" over pouch

3. Document & Report

What is a missed medication?

300

I would follow these steps if the client is asking for this type of medication for knee pain but the care plan says it is for headache:

1. Do not give it (wrong reason)!

2. Document & report

What is a PRN? 

400

This process would be followed if this happened:

1. Contact the supervisor/office immediately and follow instructions 

2. Document client observations, care provided and who you contacted 

3. Complete and incident report  

What is a medication error?

500

I would follow this process if the family asked me to do this:

1. Do not do it! Inform the family that you cannot assist with it as it is not on the care plan

2. Report it to the office so we can get care plan updated 

3. Document

What is give a medication that is not on the care plan?