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Published Dec 21, 2004
You are reading page 2 of 6 Rights of Medication Administration
shel_wny
336 Posts
JamieB said:"PM TuRD and follow with paper" Right Patient, Right Med, Right Time, Right Route, Right Dose and then document.
Cute way to remember them!
Thanks!
Shel
dixienurse2be
148 Posts
we were taught the 5 rights with 6&7 possible:patient, med, time, route, and dose... possibly document and right to refuse
MistyLou
70 Posts
In the Perry & Potter Fundamentals of Nursing book, it teaches that the right "documentation" is the 6th right.
Jess-RN in 2006
47 Posts
we were taught the five rights, and that's whats in our text, Craven's Fundamentals of Nursing....
Dose
Route
Time
Pt
Med
I've never heard of 6 or 8 rights, for that matter....
pinkiepie
16 Posts
at our school they taught the basic five rights with the possible sixth being the right form of medication ie. capsule, liquid, etc.
blue eyes
79 Posts
We were also taught 5 rights, but with 3 checks.
'5 rights'- patient, drug, dose, time and route.
'3 checks' - Drug contraindicated, patient allergy and drug interactions.
HyperRNRachel
483 Posts
We have the ten rights at our school (and the list keeps growing)
Documentation
Vitals
Labs
Allergies
To Refuse
After I explained the "ten rights" as opposed to the "five rights" to a nurse I was helping he decided to throw in a couple of new rights....
Right on red
Two wrongs do not make a right
Two rights do not make a wrong
Three right turns makes a left. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
stbernardclub
305 Posts
yes...the sixth is DOCUMENTATION !
ktsrn, LPN
8 Posts
Right to refuse
lil' girl, LPN
512 Posts
1.Right Patient
2. Right Drug
3. Right Dose
4. Right Route
5. Right Time
6. Documentation
and of course Right of Patient to Refuse
DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN
3,932 Posts
betsy1963 said:What is the 6th right of medication?
We use E-Mar. It is wonderful. We scan the med and scan the armband and walah ! At first it made me really nervous because I was so used to doing the 5 "R"s. After 2+ years of E-Mar all I worry about now is making sure I document all my PRN's and results.
Thunderwolf, MSN, RN
3 Articles; 6,621 Posts
How about the patient right to have meds managed BY A NURSE?
I say this after reading one thread tonight regarding a movement to have CNA/CMA/UAP pass meds without having any nursing judgement, just a brief orientation/training period.
Yes, I think a patient has A RIGHT to safe med administration.
What do you think? Should this be a patient right?