1 / 11

Interpreting Drug Orders

Interpreting Drug Orders. Textbook Assignment: Pickar, G. (2007). Dosage calculations: A ratio-proportion approach. (2 nd ed.) Chapter 7. Revised KBurger 0808. Nursing Responsibilities. Interpret order Prepare exact dosage of prescribed drug Identify the patient

Download Presentation

Interpreting Drug Orders

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Interpreting Drug Orders Textbook Assignment:Pickar, G. (2007). Dosage calculations: A ratio-proportion approach. (2nd ed.) Chapter 7 Revised KBurger 0808

  2. Nursing Responsibilities • Interpret order • Prepare exact dosage of prescribed drug • Identify the patient • Administer dosage by prescribed route at prescribed time intervals • Record the administration of the prescribed drug • Monitor the patient’s response for desired and adverse effects

  3. Medical Abbreviations • Used frequently with drug orders • Must commit to memory • REVIEW JCAHO “Do not use list” • REVIEW ISMP “List of Error-Prone Abbreviations” • Memorize “edited” list of Common Medical Abbreviations in Chapter 7

  4. Seven Parts of a Drug Order • Patient name • Name of drug • Dosage • Route of administration • Frequency, time, and special instructions • Date and time of order • Signature and licensure of person writing the order

  5. Caution • If any parts of the order are missing or unclear, the order is incomplete and not a legal drug order • If the nurse has difficulty interpreting a drug order, he/she MUST seek clarification from the prescriber.

  6. Drug Orders • Sequence • Name of drug • Dosage • Route • Frequency

  7. Examples • Digoxin 0.125 mg PO daily • Lasix 20 mg PO bid • Phenergan 12.5 mg IM Stat

  8. Six Rights of Medication Administration • Right patient • Right drug • Right amount • Right route • Right time • Right documentation

  9. Six Rights of Medication Administration • The right patientmust receive the right drugin the right amount by the right routeat the right time, followed by the right documentation.

  10. Medication Administration RecordMAR

  11. What’s Wrong? • Heparin 5,000 U IV • Lasix 40mg p.o. qd • Depakene 250 mg p.o. • Demerol 50.0 mg IV prn for pain

More Related