I'm a 19yr nurse who's ashamed to say that after being out of acute care for 7 years that I can't remeber my five R's of medication administration.All I can remeber is right parient, right drug,right dose, right route,and ???? please help. let me know if I have any wrong also. thanks
Mar 13, '01
Right time! It's OK to forget; I do too!
Mar 13, '01
Some say the 6th right is the right to refuse
Mar 13, '01
In my program, we're taught the 7 rights, all above and also right technique and right documentation.
Mar 13, '01
one way me and my study group use to remember the 5 rights are
MD TPR
med dose time patient route
that way there is 2 familiar things we can use, MD for dr. and TPR for vitals, incorporated into something else
Dec 25, '10
Acronynms are like memory links to help retrieve important information under stress. Our militaries use acronynms to assist members to be highly functioning under extremely stressful situations. Nurses work everyday in this environment. Thanks for sharing. I'll be using this acronymn.
Dec 25, '10
We are at 10 rights in my program:
Right Patient
Right Time
Right Medication
Right Dosage
Right Route
Right Documentation
Right to Refuse
Right Patient Education
Right Assessment
Right Evaluation
Mar 13, '01Occupation: RN Joined: Jan '01; Posts: 21; Likes: 4Right time! It's OK to forget; I do too!
Dec 25, '10Occupation: OR Nurse From: US ; Joined: Jul '08; Posts: 39; Likes: 7We are at 10 rights in my program:
Dec 26, '10Occupation: RN Specialty: 5 year(s) of experience in LDRP ; From: PA, US ; Joined: Jun '08; Posts: 811; Likes: 626timeeeeeeeee
