Medication Rights
The wrong person is given the medications?
What is Right Person?
Order says:
Take Duloxetine 60 PO twice a day.
What is no dose? (should say either 60mg, 60mcg, 60 tabs etc)
Order:
Take 1 tablet by mouth at bedtime.
Medication:
Trazodone 100mg
You give how many milligrams
What is 100mg?
Equivalent to 1cc
What is 1ml?
Name the abbreviations for "by mouth" and "nothing by mouth"
What are PO & NPO?
The order says to give 2 tablets but you only give 1 tablet.
What is Right Dose?
Levothyroxine 150mcg. Take 1 tab QD for hormone therapy.
What is no route?
Order:
Take two tablets by mouth QID.
Medication:
MAPAP 325mg
How many milligrams will you be giving? How often?
What is 650mg four times a day?
Normal respirations rate.
What are 12 to 20 breaths per minute?
Twice daily
Three times daily
Four times daily
What are: BID
TID
QID?
The medication is given late.
What is Right Time?
Tetrahydrozoline HCL 0.05% 2 drops at bedtime to relieve swelling
What is no route?
Order:
Take one capsule by mouth once daily at noon.
Medication:
Loxapine 10mg
How many pills will you pop?
What is One?
Ounces equivalent to 30ml.
What is 1 oz?
What does HS mean and when would you give it?
What is Hour of Sleep
and at bedtime?
You forget to initial and date the bubble pack after popping the med.
What is Right Documentation?
Give Digoxin 0.25mg 2 tablets PO.
What is the time?
Order:
Take 600mg PO BID
Medication:
Ibuprofen 200mg
How many pills are you giving and how often?
What is 3 pills, 2 times a day?
An example of a high blood pressure.
What is anything above 160/90?
Abbreviation for 'PRN' and information needed with PRN order.
What is "as needed"
and parameters (specifics on when to give)?
The 7 Rights of Medication Administration
What are ... Right Person
Right Dose
Right Medication
Right Form
Right Time
Right Route
Right Documentation?
Aspirin 325mg. Give 2 tablets PO every 6 hours as needed.
What is no indication?
Order:
Give 1 capsule (300mg) by mouth TID for agitation
Medication: Neurontin (Gabapentin)
How many times will this medication be given in a day?
What is 3 times?
A client's heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute. A medication should be held.
What is Digitalis?
(Lanoxin, Digoxin)
Abbreviations for every day
and every other day?
What are QD and QOD?