what are the 18 rights of drug administration?

[norhubez]

i can only name the 5 r's, can you give me the rest? thanks in advance

[wooh, BSN, RN]

14. The right to have to clean the IV pump and pole before using it to give the drug because cleaning something is always the nurse's job (why would I ever think housekeeping would be responsible for cleaning something?)

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

14. The right to have to clean the IV pump and pole before using it to give the drug because cleaning something is always the nurse's job (why would I ever think housekeeping would be responsible for cleaning something?)

Okay, okay:lol2: ....the right to be PISSED:angryfire off because the nurse had to wipe off the IV pole rather than the person hired to do it...okay, who is next? (this is rather fun )

[angel's RN]

:smackingf Oh My God!!!!! 18 rights? Sometimes it's all I can do to remember the 5 right's, especially when you have 3 very critical patients, with 15 drugs each. And thank goodness God made the Nurses Drug Handbook!

's RN

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

:smackingf Oh My God!!!!! 18 rights? Sometimes it's all I can do to remember the 5 right's, especially when you have 3 very critical patients, with 15 drugs each. And thank goodness God made the Nurses Drug Handbook!

's RN

Another right...the right to carry a drug book:idea:

[angel's RN]

:w00t: pagandeva2000----

That is one that I WILL take to work and promote. The 6th Right. I love it!!!!!!!

's RN

[TrudyRN]

patient

time

drug

dose

route

for prn's: reason, result

Of course, when you triple check everything, you get to 15

(twenty one for PRN's)

:roll :rotfl:

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

LOL, this thread has taken on a life of its own! That's its right, I guess....

Seriously, to the OP: by now you have figured out that there's really 5 rights of ADMINISTRATION of meds. The right to be educated, evaluated, etc...those are not the "rights" of drug administration.

The "rights" as they were developed for an educational tool only refer to what is actually "correct": not a "right" as in "I have the right to whatever".

The right drug. At the right time. In the right dose. For the right patient. By the right route. If you want to get fancy, add on the "right" documentation and perhaps the "right" reason. But documentation is not really an administration issue, and the 'reason' really should be incorporated into it being the right drug in the first place. Yes, you've decided that the drug in your hand is prescribed for this patient, but what is the reason?

As for 18 rights, I stand by my original belief that someone is pulling your chain. Or you are seeking to pull ours

In any event, if you remember just those basic five, and USE them, what's the problem? I'm hardly going to keep some arbitrary list of 18 in my head and NOT use them, as you seem to suggest.

Welcome to real nursing.