Question

1- What are the two patient Identifiers used before medication Administration?

2- What are are the rights of medication administration?

3- What are the components of a medication order?

4- How is insulin mix and which insulin needs to be drawn first ?

5- Why is necessary to prime an IV line before giving the medication?

6- For how long are IV line good for and what are the risk if they are not attended to properly?

Answer 1

1. The two patient Identifiers used before medication Administration:

• Full name of the patient
• Date of birth of the patient
• Medical identification number provided by hospital or healthcare facility

2. The rights of medication administration:

The rights of medication administration are for elimination or prevention of medication errors. The rights are listed below

• Right patient: Drug admistered to the correct patient based on his diseases or disorders
• Right drug: Right drug should be administered to the right patient for pertcular disease or disorder
• Right diose: Dosage of administered drug should be appropriate as per doctor recommendation
• Right documentation
• Right rought (through oral, IV, IM, SQ etc)
• Right time and frequency of drug administration

3. The components of a medication order:

• Full name of patient
• Age
• Sex
• Date and time of order
• Name of the medication
• Dosage
• Time and frequency of admnistring medication
• Route of administration
• Signature of the physician who ordered medcation