Question

Medication Administration Case Study

You are a nurse preparing a medication safety presentation for your unit’s monthly staff meeting. The focus of the presentation is avoiding medication errors and the necessary due diligence for every member of the nursing staff.

When can medication errors occur?

a. Which classes of medications are more typically connected to medication errors?

b. Outline the appropriate label check opportunities.

c. What “rights” should be monitored to ensure accurate medication administration?

d. Describe how often nurses should check medication data to protect their patients.

e. Indicate the additional information you would expect to document upon administering a narcotic medication.

f. What steps are pertinent to administering medications via GI tube to maintain patient comfort and safety?

g. Outline precautions necessary to prevent needlesticks.

Answer 1

Medication error can occur when the rights of medication administration is not followed.

a.The following class of medications are commonly associated with medication error

• Analgesics
• Insulin
• Anticoagulant
• Electrolyte

b.The most important label checks in the medication are

• The tone or duration since when the medication was taken from the source or its storage
• The medication preparation
• Checking at the patient's bed sise

c.The following rights has to be monitored

• The right patient
• The right medication to be administered
• The right dose to administer
• The right route to administer medication
• The right time to administer the drug
• The right documentation after administration of medication

d.The nurse should check medication from here it is taken ,the preparation of the medication time and before administering the drug to the patient at the end side.