Six Rights of Med Admin....HELP!

[soontobelpn]

I'm getting ready for my first Pharm test, and it seems as though I saw an acronym somewhere for the "Six Rights of Safe and Accurate Medication Administration".

Do any of you know a good acronym to remember:

"The right patient must receive the right drug in the right amount by the right route at the right time, followed by the right documentation."

Thanks for your help!

[kwagner_51]

here is one I just made up:

6R --> P DART D

Right Patient

Right Drug

Right Amount

Right Route

Right Time

Right Documentation

Good Luck!!

[Ortho_RN]

Sorry... No good acronyms.. BUt if you just think about it, it should be fairly easy to remember...

You need The right PATIENT

The right DRUG

The right DOSE

The right TIME

The right ROUTE

The right documentation

[chichesterj]

when did they add the 6th right i just took a med course in august and we were taught five rights??

[TeresaRN2b]

Okay dumb, but I remember it like this

Dopey - Drug

People - Person

Don't - Dosage

Remember - Route

Things - Time

Do they? - Documentation

Teresa

[TeresaRN2b]

Originally posted by chichesterj

when did they add the 6th right i just took a med course in august and we were taught five rights??

I actually learned it as 5 rights to, but it was pretty easy to add the last part to the acronym and it probably is good to remember the documentation as part of it too.

Teresa

[ginokid]

I've learned the 6 rights. And ofcourse your going to document on the med's think about it :)

Gino

Graduate in 51 day's and counting!!

[debRNo1]

Originally posted by ginokid

I've learned the 6 rights.

Thought there were 5 too TRAMP

T right time

R right route

A right amount/dose

M right med

P right patient

Guess documentation is the 6th right ??

deb

[Ortho_RN]

We were taught 7.... I think Right to refuse is the 7th, but I will have to look in my Nsg 1 notes..

[rpbear]

I was tought 7 rights also. The 7th is right to refuse.

[Jennerizer, ASN, RN]

We learned it as MDCRT (med cart).

M--right med

D--right dose

C--right client

R--right route

T--right time

If you wanted to add an E in there (MEDCRT)--the E would be for educate the client with the fact that you are giving him/her his meds.

And everyone should remember to document automatically--practically everything we do in the hosp has to be documented.

[caligirl]

I always say.. "Who, what, when, where, and how much. "

Who- patient

What- med

When- time

Where-route

How much- dose

we didnt learn the sixth sorry... But I guess you could just add it on there..