6 Rights of Medication Administration

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What are the 6th right of medication?

we were taught to use Dr. Time

dose

route

time

individual

medication

expiration date

and never forget to document!

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Jennifer0512 said:
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

?

thank you...Thank You...THANK YOU!

I came to AllNurses.com tonight looking for a mnemonic for my clinical nursing students!

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Haze

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I was taught also...right EFFECT.

R Pt.

R Med

R Dose

R Route

R Time

R Documentation

R Effect

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Does anybody know if there is some kind of reg about documenting on your MAR on a timely basis? I know when I use to work on the floor, our computer charting system would "time out" after an hour for documenting Meds given. Im just not sure if this is just a hospital policy or if it some kind of standard Im not aware of?

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Right pt

right documentation

right route

right dose

right date

right med

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Right pt

right documentation

right date

right route

right medication

right dose

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