6 Rights of Medication Administration

[betsy1963]

What are the 6th right of medication?

[klone, MSN, RN]

Patient

Medication

Route

Dose

Time

Right to refuse?

[kimhaw]

right pt.

right route

right med.

right time

right dose

right documentation

this is what I was taught.

[shel_wny]

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]

I was taught that the sixth Right is Right patient education.

[snwflknurse]

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]

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]

Yeah, what nightcrawler said. I think it just depends on your textbook/instructor/facility.

[DenaInWyo]

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]

klone said:

Patient

Medication

Route

Dose

Time

Right to refuse?

The 6 rights are:

Patient

Medication

Route

Dose

Time

Documentation

Wendy

Formerly known as FutureLPN

[AdobeRN]

"PM TuRD and follow with paper" Right Patient, Right Med, Right Time, Right Route, Right Dose and then document.

[dave1117]

The right to take one for us...

You know...

1 for you...

1 for me...

:rotfl: