Discuss nursing roles and responsibilities in medication administration
Correct Answer-nurses are responsible for:
-evaluating the effects of medications on the patient's ongoing health
status
-providing education about medications and side effects
-encouraging adherence to the medication regimen
-evaluating the patient's and family caregiver's ability to administer
medications.
Name the seven rights of medication Administration Correct Answer-1.
Right patient
2. Right Drug
3. Right time
4. Right Route
5. Right dose
,6. Right Reason
7. Right Documentation
Discuss legal responsibilities in medication administration:
Federal Regulations: Pure Food and Drug act Correct Answer--Require
medications to be free of impure products
Discuss legal responsibilities in medication administration:
Federal Regulations standards are related to: Correct Answer--
Standards related to safety, potency, and efficacy
Discuss legal responsibilities in medication administration:
Federal Regulations: who enforces medication laws Correct Answer--
FDA enforces medication laws that ensure all medications undergo
rigorous testing before they are sold to the public
Discuss legal responsibilities in medication administration:
Federal Regulations: Medwatch program Correct Answer--In 1993
FDA instituted the med watch program that encourages health care
professionals to report when a product, medication, or medical event
causes serious harm to a patient by completing the Medwatch form
Discuss legal responsibilities in medication administration:
,Federal medication laws control: Correct Answer-medication sales and
distribution
testing
naming
labeling
use of controlled substances
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary set
standards for medication: Correct Answer-Strength
quality
purity
packaging
safety
dose form
, labeling
Discuss legal responsibilities in medication administration:
State and Local regulation:
State and local medication laws must conform to: Correct Answer-
Federal Legislation
State and Local regulation:
State Additional controls: Correct Answer-control of substances not
regulated by the federal government
State and Local regulation:
Local gov't bodies regulate the use of: Correct Answer-alcohol and
tobacco
Discuss legal responsibilities in medication administration:
Agency policies: