Rules/policies
The two identifiers most commonly asked when administering medications.
What is the patients' name and DOB?
What must you never do with time-released medications?
cut or crush them
This person orders medications and decided treatments for patients.
What is a doctor?
What angle is used for an intramuscular injection?
90 degrees
Can only doctors put medication orders in?
No. nurses can with doctors permission
This is done to each medication before administering it?
What is scanning barcode
What is the onset of PO medication?
20-30 minuted
This person mixes, prepares and stocks medications. They also determine the parameters for how medications should be given.
What is a pharmacist?
This technique prevents drug leakage into the subcutaneous tissue, helps seal the drug in the muscle, and minimizes skin irritation
Z- track
How many hours must blood run over?
4 hours at the longest
This is a preexisting condition or reason that makes it unsafe fora specific drug to be administered.
What is a contraindication?
How do you prevent aspiration when giving oral meds?
have the patient sit at 90 degree angle and if necessary crush pills in apple sauce.
This type of person administers the medications and uses the 6 medication rights for safety.
What is a nurse?
What angle is used for a subcutaneous injection?
45 degrees
The best way to prevent medication errors is by using the medication rights, not overriding in the system, and performing what when an error has occurred previously?
Root cause analysis
This should be done before every IV medication administration.
Scrub the hub with alcohol for 30 seconds and flush IV line with saline.
What is the difference between sublingual and buccal?
sublingual is under tongue
buccal is inside of cheek
This is the group of people crating a plan of care for a patine and following that care plan.
What is the health care team or interdisciplinary team?
What is the route of insulin and the most common sites to give it?
Subcutaneous. Back of the arm or belly
what is a black box warning?
the FDA's most stringent warning for drugs and medical devices on the market. Black box warnings, or boxed warnings, alert the public and health care providers to serious side effects, such as injury or death.
These include: Right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route, right documentation.
What are the 6 medication administration rights?
For accuracy you should measure liquid oral medications where?
At the mensisucus
Every interdisciplinary team is only as strong as their ______?
communication skills
When giving subcutaneous injections often to the same patient you should ______ the place they are given.
Change
Reversal for warfarin?
vitamin K