Nursing Students General Students
Published Dec 21, 2004
betsy1963
27 Posts
What are the 6th right of medication?
klone, MSN, RN
14,841 Posts
Patient
Medication
Route
Dose
Time
Right to refuse?
kimhaw
221 Posts
right pt.
right route
right med.
right time
right dose
right documentation
this is what I was taught.
shel_wny
336 Posts
We were taught 8 rights...
Right patient
Right med
Right dose
Right time
Right route
Right to know about med
Right to refuse med
Right documentation
wonderbee, BSN, RN
1 Article; 2,212 Posts
I was taught that the sixth Right is Right patient education.
snwflknurse
66 Posts
betsy1963 said:What is the 6th right of medication?
1. Patient
2. Route
3. Dose
4. Time
5. Medication
6. Reason
7. Documentation
Nightcrawler, BSN, RN
320 Posts
All of those that have been posted are correct. For my program we were taught that documentation was the 6th, but that various hospitals were adopting various versions
manna, BSN, RN
2,038 Posts
Yeah, what nightcrawler said. I think it just depends on your textbook/instructor/facility.
DenaInWyo
141 Posts
manna said:Yeah, what nightcrawler said. I think it just depends on your textbook/instructor/facility.
We were also taught an unofficial ninth: Right equipment (meaning the correct type of syringe etc.) But the 8 were the "official" ones.
Edited to add: Our 8 rights are:
Right Drug
Right Dose
Right Client
Right Route
Right Time
Right Documentation
Right to refuse
Right indication
RN_2007
100 Posts
klone said:PatientMedicationRouteDoseTimeRight to refuse?
The 6 rights are:
Documentation
Wendy
Formerly known as FutureLPN
AdobeRN
1,294 Posts
"PM TuRD and follow with paper" Right Patient, Right Med, Right Time, Right Route, Right Dose and then document.
dave1117
202 Posts
The right to take one for us...
You know...
1 for you...
1 for me...
:rotfl: