Which schedules of drug require a prescription and which ones don’t require one?
Require: 1
Don’t require: 2, 3, unscheduled
Which schedule of drug is only available from a pharmacist?
Schedule 2
Which schedule of drug is only available from the self-selection area of a pharamcy?
Schedule 3
What are unscheduled drugs?
Not listed in 1, 2, 3 + can be sold from any retail outlet
What are 4 roles of nurses related to med admin?
- Administering
- Teaching
- Evaluating
- Promoting adherence
The nurse caring for a patient who has kidney disease secondary to diabetes needs to make an assessment when administering medications. This is because of a potential problem with what stage of ADME?
Excretion
What are the 7 steps in the journey of a medication?
- Prescribed
- Processed
- Procured + stored
- Accessed
- Prepared (10 rights)
- Administered
- Evaluated (desired effect?)
What are the 10 rights of med admin?
- Patient
- Time
- Medication
- Dosage
- Documentation
- Route
- Reason
- Patient education
- To refusal
- Evaluation
What are the 7 components that a medication order’s paper should include?
- Date + time
- Signature of physician
- Name of patient
- Medication name
- Dose
- Route of admin
- Time + frequency of admin
If an error occurs during med admin, ____ and ____ ASAP
document, declare
If an error occurs during med admin, what 3 documents must be completed?
- FoN Critical Incident Report
- AHS RLS
- “A Learning Plan and Reflection”
If a nurse experiences a problem reading a prescriber’s medication order, what is the most appropriate action?
Call prescriber to verify order
According to clinical policy, what are the 5 types of medication?
- High-alert
- Controlled
- Hazardous
- Look-alike
- Read-alike
What are high-alert medications?
Meds with high risk of causing significant harm when used in error
What are controlled medications?
Schedule 1, 2 + 3 drugs
What are hazardous medications?
Meds that pose a health risk from exposure in the workplace
What are 5 acute care interventions for med admin?
- Receiving med orders
- Correct transcription + communication of orders
- Accurate dose calculation + measurement
- Correct administration
- Recording med administration
