Lovenursing1116

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1. Administer medication right or wrong

   Lovenursing1116 replied to Lovenursing1116's topic in Medications

   I work at a home health and the parent told me to give a quarter of a 2mg medication. So before I gave the med I checked the MAR and there was no such order. So I didn't give the medication to protect myself. The order is now clarified. Thanks for re...

2. Administer medication right or wrong

   Lovenursing1116 replied to Lovenursing1116's topic in Medications

   Ok thank you..

3. Administer medication right or wrong

   Lovenursing1116 replied to Lovenursing1116's topic in Medications

   I feel like I'm just over thinking because when I was told to give the med. I was told to give it 4 times s day and to give it at 10 pm but in the Mar it said it was to be given BID first dose at 7pm

4. Administer medication right or wrong

   Lovenursing1116 replied to Lovenursing1116's topic in Medications

   Thank you!! So how do you write a quater on the Mar. I see where I went wrong now.. So if the Mar read Ativan 2mg give 0.5mg PO BID then I would know to give a quarter. Which is 0.5mg X 4 = 2mg Now when I read the Mar it said Ativan give 0.5mg PO bid...

5. Administer medication right or wrong

   Lovenursing1116 posted a topic in Medications

   Question: When administering a medication according to Mar. For example if you need to administer a quarter of a pill should the Mar read. Give 0.25mg or 0.5mg of pill and should the mar have the Dose of the medication you're getting the quarter from...