Med Admin Objectives
Discuss the nurse's role and responsibilities in safe medication administration -
✔ -The nurse is responsible for having knowledge of federal, state local laws, and
facility policies on how to prescribe, dispense, and administer med.
-Preparing, administering, and evaluation response to meds.
-Develop/Maintain knowledge of med. Given including, uses, actions, routes, adverse
and side effects, precautions, contraindications, interactions
-Maintain knowledge of skill of practice and competency
-Determine accuracy of med. Prescriptions
-Report medication Errors
-Safeguard and properly storing meds
*Nurses play an essential role in safe medication preparation and administration, and in
evaluation of medication effects.
*In all settings, nurses are responsible for evaluating the effects of medications on
patients' ongoing health status, teaching them about their medications and side effects,
ensuring adherence to the medication regimen, and evaluating the patient's and family
caregiver's ability to self-administer medications*
Nurse's role:
Assess patient
Determine whether patient should receive
Administer medication correctly
Closely monitor effects; do not delegate this task
Discuss and apply the "Six Rights of Proper Medication Administration." -
✔ 1. *Right Med*
-a med order is required for every med you give
-CPOE allows for DRs to order meds electronically... but you must compare these to
written orders
-compared labels 3x
-never prepare meds from that are unmarked
-check order with MAR
2. *Right Dose*
-have nurses check your math doses
