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W6-7 Medication Administration SH 2.14.19 STUDENT NUR 216 Chapter 35 Professor Stefanie Haynes MSN, FNP-C
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NUR 216 Chapter 35 Professor Stefanie Haynes MSN, FNP-C • Define selected terms associated with medication administration • Describe legal aspects • Describe various routes ... • Identify essential parts of a medication order • List 10 rights • Describe changes in the elderly that alter medication administration and effectiveness • Outline steps to the administration of oral meds • Outline steps to the safe administration of nasogastric/g-tube meds • Describe parenteral medication routes and sites • Describe how to safely administer topical, otic, nasal, respiratory, vaginal, rectal and ophthalmic meds http://epilepsyu.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Medications-pill • Used since antiquity • Crude drugs such a opium, castor oil & vinegar were used in ancient times • Number of available medications has increased significantly over time • Knowledge of meds has become more accurate and detailed https://www.goswm.com/go_htm/southwest_michigan_guide/michigan_health/vanspharmacy/red_cross_pharma cy_michigan_history_historic_places1.jpg DRUG SOURCES DRUG NAMES Official Chemical name drug listed in official publications of the government describes the constituents; given by a chemist PHARM… Pharmacology Pharmacy Pharmacist Study of the effect of drugs on living organisms Art of preparing, compounding, dispensing drugs Place where drugs are prepared & dispensed Prepares, makes, dispenses as ordered • STAT: • Single: • Standing: • PRN: • How long before telephone & verbal orders must be signed by the provider? Administration of drugs is controlled by law Nurses are responsible for their own actions regardless of written order from MD Know: • Nurse Practice Act • Code of Ethical Conduct • Limits of their own skills and knowledge • Contact the PCP and discuss rationale for believing the med or dose to be incorrect • Document in notes the following: when the PCP was notified, what was conveyed to the PCP, and • If the PCP cannot be reached, document all attempts to contact the CPC and the reason for withholding the med • If someone else gives the med, document data about the clients condition before/after the med • If an incident report is indicated, clearly document factual information .............................................................................continued................................................................................... [Show More]
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