Question

During your orientation as a new graduate, you are paired with an experienced nurse. While administering medications, you noticed that the nurse bypassed the patient scan and the medication scan. Describe your course of action.

Answer 1

Answer

The barcode scanner usually consist of handheld devices for scanning machine-readable barcodes on patients and medications. They also interface with electronic medication administration records. Ideally, barcode scanner help confirm the ten “rights” of medication administration.

Here noticed that the nurse bypassed the patient scan and the medication scan.

as a new graduate you have to verify patient and medication information it may reduce medication errors,it means collect indetail medication history including allergy and side effect ,and also get collect

• Right patient .
• Right medication.
• Right dose
• Right route .
• Right time .
• Right education.
• Right to refuse.
• Right assessment .
• Right evaluation
• Right documentation.

this the course of action can be taken by a new nursing graduate.