Administration - Part 1 of what seems like 1,000,000 things to remember

As I said, I’m using a ton of resources but truly am leveraging Mosby’s Memory Cards to help me stay organized.

Today’s topic is all about Medication Administration.

Six Rights of Medication Administration and Routes of Medication

The Six Rights of Medication Administration are:

MedicationRouteTimePatientDosageDocumentation

Routes of Administration

Enteral or oral (most common) – ingested into gastrointestinal tract.- Liquid or pillParenteral – injected into blood or body tissues (intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM), subcutaneous (SC).  – Think of a shotTopical – absorbed across skin or mucous membrane – Think of a patch or a creamInhalation – inhaled directly into the lung to elicit local effects – Think of an inhalerRectal or vaginal suppository – inserted for local effects – Thinking you figured this out.

 Well, this is only Day 1 of many more and I am thinking this may not be as bad as I thought…..hang in there and just learn these items.   Tomorrow we’ll take on the Nursing Implications!

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