5 Rights

Nursonegreat · Nov 25, 2006

The 5 "Rights"

Because medication safety encompasses so many areas, it's helpful to have an intuitive way to break down the process. One way of doing so is to examine the "five rights." Says Dr Lister, "In medicine, doctors and nurses often learn about the five rights of drug dispensing: right medication, right dose, right patient, right route, and right time. This is also a good starting place for doing QI with your medication safety practices facility-wide." We asked a number of experts to expand on each of these five "rights." Here's what they said.

ChocoholicRN · Nov 25, 2006

the 5 rights:

right patient

right medication

right dose

right route

right time

Simplepleasures · Nov 25, 2006

Yes I believe we all know what the five rights are, where are you going with this ,or do you truly not know what they are, I hope you are not a nurse.

ns lpn · Nov 25, 2006

Along with learning the five rights it's important to note if any of them are wrong it is considered a medication error.

These rights are the way of ensuring you correctly administer medicine.

Antikigirl, ASN, RN · Nov 25, 2006

There are actually 8 now..grrrrrrrrrrrr!

Right:

med

dose

form

Pt

mar

time

route

side effects

Blee O'Myacin, BSN, RN · Nov 25, 2006

This stuff is in every basic nursing book - and can be found with a simple search engine query. Do you have specific questions regarding the five rights, or were you looking for someone to answer a homework question?

Blee

morte, LPN, LVN · Nov 25, 2006

This stuff is in every basic nursing book - and can be found with a simple search engine query. Do you have specific questions regarding the five rights, or were you looking for someone to answer a homework question?
Blee

my thoughts, which is why i didnt answer last noc......

IMustBeCrazy · Nov 25, 2006

There are actually 8 now..grrrrrrrrrrrr!
Right:
med
dose
form
Pt
mar
time
route
side effects

I'm going to also throw in:

Pt's allergies

icugirl33 · Nov 25, 2006

TRAMP

time,route,amount,medication, and person. This is the acronym I used in school and still use..

kimber1985 · Nov 25, 2006

TRAMP
time,route,amount,medication, and person. This is the acronym I used in school and still use..

Thanks for Tramp acronym. Love it!

Nothing is worse than staring at the 5 fingers on you hand as your instructor asks you "What are the Five Rights" getting nervous and stammering for the last one.

oneLoneNurse · Nov 25, 2006

the 6 rights:

right patient

right medication

right dose

right route

right time

right reason