6 Rights of Medication Administration

[betsy1963]

What are the 6th right of medication?

[lil' girl, LPN]

Thunderwolf said:

How about the patient right to have meds managed BY A NURSE?

I say this after reading one thread tonight regarding a movement to have CNA/CMA/UAP pass meds without having any nursing judgement, just a brief orientation/training period.

Yes, I think a patient has A RIGHT to safe med administration.

What do you think? Should this be a patient right?

Sorry all you Cna's out there, but with all the stuff we have to go thru in school about meds, I agree that that the patient has the right to have meds managed by a nurse.

[MistyLou]

The CNA's in the facilities I've been in aren't allowed to pass meds. I'm surprised they can in other places?!?

[jemommyRN]

I was taught that the 6th right is documentation.

[PCGrad06]

just remember this and you'll have it

My Right Med

Dog Right Dose

Trys Right Time

Running Right Route

Cars Right Client

Daily Right Documentation

Hope this helps!!!:)

betsy1963 said:

What is the 6th right of medication?

[RN_2007]

PCGrad06 said:

just remember this and you'll have it

My Right Med

Dog Right Dose

Trys Right Time

Running Right Route

Cars Right Client

Daily Right Documentation

Hope this helps!!!:)

That's a good way to remember them! Even though we didn't have to know them in order, I still found myself forgetting some of them. :stone Thanks for the witty nmonic (sp).

Wendy

Formerly known as Future LPN

[talaxandra]

The way different places do things differently is so interesting :)

We don't have anything about documentation, which you would think would be a given. The sixth right here is right clinical scenario - in other words, withhold antihypertensive if the BP is low etc

[purplekath]

We were taught "right technique" (as in injecting at correct angle etc)...interesting to see all the other ideas out there!

[MereSanity]

Patient

Route

Medication

Dosage

Time

DOCUMENTATION

That is what we were taught.

[kimi64]

How about the 16 rights of drug administration? Thanks! God Bless!

[Jennifer0512]

I know this topic has been kind of beaten but I just had to add in my mnemonic

Patients Do Drugs Round The Day

Right Patient

Right Dose

Right Drug

Right Route

Right Time

Right Documentation

:)

[kimi64]

i learned the other 4 rights other than the PPDRTD. right assessment, right to education, right evaluation, right to refuse the medication :nuke:

[May2011Grad]

We were taught 10.