3 steps of medication administration with correct answer 2025

3 steps of medication administration
with correct answer 2025

How to remember the 8 rights of giving medications - CORRECT ANSWER-Please =
Patient
Make = Medication
Drinks = Dose
Really = Route
Tasty/Fast = Time/Frequency
Rebecca = Reason
Drank = Documentation
Rootbeer = Response

First Check - CORRECT ANSWER-Look at the health care provider orders with MAR
with Medication label and verbalize the following points:

1) Right patient, say the patient's name not "right patient"
2) Right medication, verbalize the medication
3) Right dose, verbalize the dose
4) Right route, verbalize how the medication will be taken (ex. po, subcutaneously,
intramuscularly, etc.)
5) Right time/frequency
6) Right reason (why is the patient taking this medication?, do you need to look at any
labs first?)
7) Right documentation
8) Right response

First check considerations - CORRECT ANSWER-1) Check expiration date on label
2) Check the need for clinical parameters
3) Check for the last dose given for PRN medications

Second Check
* You may put on gloves to prepare medications. Never touch medications with your
bare hands - CORRECT ANSWER-Check the MAR with the medication label and
verbalize:

1) Right patient - verbalize who the patient is
2) Right medication
3) Right dose
4) Right route
5) Right time/frequency