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What are the rights of safe and accurate medication preparation and administration?
Right patient, right drug for the right reason, right amount, right route, right site, right date and time, right frequency, right to refuse, right education, right documentation
What is the responsibility of the nurse regarding medication orders?
Interpret the order; Prepare the exact dosage of the prescribed medication; Identify the patient; Administer the proper dosage by the prescribed route at the prescribed time intervals for the right reason
What is included in the learning objectives related to medical abbreviations?
Identifying common medical abbreviations and interpreting standard medical abbreviations for medication drug administration
What is emphasized as part of drug administration safety and errors?
Interpreting medication orders and administration records; Solving various medication calculation queries using mathematics review
What does the prescription or medication order convey?
The therapeutic drug plan for the patient
This lecture covers the introduction to drug calculation concepts and principles, including a review of mathematics with a focus on fractions. It also delves into identifying common medical abbreviations, interpreting standard medical abbreviations for medication drug administration, and determining dangerous abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations not to use.
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