NURS 251: Chapter 21 - med
administration
Nursing responsibilities with med admin
- ensure rights of med admin
- know actions, side effects, incompatibilities, and interactions
Rights of Medication Administration
correct
- med
- patient
- dose
- route
- time
- documentation
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chemical drug name
chemical or molecular structure of drug
generic drug name
name given by the US adopted Names Council
- name of drug throughout its lifetime
- same for every drug company
, - acetaminophen
trade or brand drug name
assigned by pharmaceutical company
- Tylenol
medication preperations
NOT interchangeable
- liquid meds may not be given IV
medication standards
never administer an unfamiliar medication
drug information sources
- United States pharmacopeia (USP)
- national Formulatory (NF)
- american hospital formulators service
- epocrates
- lexicomp
unit-dose system
- pharmacy or manufacturer prepackages and relabels individual patient dose
- most commonly/widely used
- gold standard in hospitals
automated medication-dispensing system
- use a password or finger print
- delivers unit-dose packaged meds
bar code medication administration
- use a scan patient bracelets
- alerts if something is wrong
- decreases error
self-administered medication system
-supply to the patient with prescribed dosing and quantities like what they have at home
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