Medication Administration
It is okay to wear gloves without washing your hands between patient medication administration -True or False?
What is False.
This person completes quarterly visits and reviews all areas of medication administration and management.
Who is the Pharmacy Nurse Consultant/
This is the illegal distribution or abuse of prescription drugs or their use for purposes not intended by the prescriber.
What is a drug diversion?
This monitoring has to be documented for all psychotropic medications.
What is behavior monitoring?
These are the rights provided to patients related to medication administration.
What are the six rights of medication administration?
This should be completed to ensure that medications are not expired and at what frequency.
What is checking the medication room and medication carts at least weekly?
This is an unintended action that can lead to patient harm or inappropriate medication use.
What is a medication error?
This is required when a new psychotropic medication is ordered for the patient, which is auto populated in the EHR?
What is a consent agreement?
This should be completed after use of the glucometer.
What is disinfecting the equipment?
This is when the controlled substances are counted and validation completed at the change of shift with nurses.
What is narcotic reconciliation process?
These are completed to validate that the nurses and/or cmas are competent in medication administration?
What are audits and/or observations?
PRN psychotropic medications can only be ordered for this amount of time.
What is 14 days?
Time frame allot for medication administration.
What is an hour before and an hour after the ordered medication time?
These should be completed unannounced by a Pharmacist or RN in the center for cmas at least quarterly.
What are mediation observations?
This is a drug review completed by the pharmacy monthly that must include a review of the patient's medical record.
What is a drug regimen review?
This is required to be assessed and documented at least every 8 hours for patients.
What is pain?
These environmental factors can contribute to medication errors during medication administration.
What are poor lighting, cluttered work environment, increased patient acuity, distractions during medication preparation or administration, and caregiver fatigue?
This is an audit tool that can be utilized to ensure that the processes for medication administration and management is compliance.
What is the Quality Assurance Review (QAR)?
This is a review that ensures that patients are free from unnecessary drugs (focus is mostly for psychotropic medications).
What is a gradual dose reduction?
These 3 things need to be completed with honoring a patient's right to refuse care/medications.
What is provider and/or family notification, education on the risk/benefits of the refusal with completion of the informed care decision, and care plan update to include preferences?