Nurses General Nursing
Published Nov 30, 2002
CCU NRS
1,245 Posts
There have traditionally been 5 right to medication administration. Someone today told me there are now 6 rights but they don't seem to klnow what the new one is. Is this true? and if so what is the new right?
jdomep
184 Posts
We learned 8 and the hospital has them posted at the PYXIS
Right Med
Right Pt
Right time
Right dose
Right route
Right to refuse
Right to know
Right documentation
Sleepyeyes
1,244 Posts
pt, med, time, dose, route, documentation?
Ortho_RN
1,037 Posts
We were taught 7...
the original 5
Right Time
Right Route
Right Dose
Right Patient
and the two new ones
Right to refuse...
kimmicoobug
586 Posts
right documentation is the last. I was originally taught 5 too, then the following year in school, they sprung the 6th one on us.
Obviously each school teaches different things.. But it was in a text book about the 7rights, so maybe there are 8... :)
emily_mom
1,024 Posts
We also have seven now.
Kristy
Thanks