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12 Rights of Drug Administration

The document outlines 12 rights to drug administration: 1) right patient, 2) right drug, 3) right preparation, 4) right dose, 5) right time, 6) right route, 7) right reason, 8) right education, 9) right history and assessment, 10) right to refuse, 11) right response, and 12) right documentation. These rights ensure safety and efficacy of drug administration by verifying the patient's identity, the drug, dose, preparation, administration time, route, reason for administration, educating the patient, assessing for contraindications, allowing patient refusal, monitoring response, and documenting the process.

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12 Rights of Drug Administration

The document outlines 12 rights to drug administration: 1) right patient, 2) right drug, 3) right preparation, 4) right dose, 5) right time, 6) right route, 7) right reason, 8) right education, 9) right history and assessment, 10) right to refuse, 11) right response, and 12) right documentation. These rights ensure safety and efficacy of drug administration by verifying the patient's identity, the drug, dose, preparation, administration time, route, reason for administration, educating the patient, assessing for contraindications, allowing patient refusal, monitoring response, and documenting the process.

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12 RIGHTS TO DRUG ADMINISTRATION

1. Right Patient
 Before administering the medication, you need to verify the identity of the
client first. Ask the patient’s full name and check the ID wristband of the
patient.
2. Right Drug
 Before administering the medication, check the label of the medication
and compare it with the medication ticket. This is to avoid giving wrong
medication the patient.
3. Right Preparation
 After you’ve already verified if you have the right drug, you need to check
if you have the right preparation. For there are numerous types of
medication preparations that are available.
4. Right Dose
 After preparing the drug, you need to verify the amount of drug you will
give to the patient. Check and review your drug calculations formulas as
well as the conversion equivalents for units to provide the right
measurement for the drug. You need to give the exact ordered amount of
the medicine to achieve right results.
5. Right Time
 Drug administration is done in set intervals – this prevents the drug
plasma concentration to fall below therapeutic levels. In light of this, we
now understand why the “Right Time” for drug administration should be
adhered to.
6. Right Route
 Before administering the drug, we need to double check on what route of
administration we are going to use for there are a lot of routes that can be
used to administer drugs. This is to avoid errors also.
7. Right Reason
 Before administering the drug, the nurse should know the rationale behind
the doctor’s order for the drug.
8. Right Education
 Before administering the drug, you need to educate your patient first about
the medicine. You need to tell about the action and the reason why the
doctor prescribed the drug.
9. Right History and Assessment
 Before administering the drug, the nurse should assess first the patient
and its condition. It is because there are medications that needs required
assessment first and history taking before administration.
10. Right to Refuse
 The patient has to the right to refuse in administering the drug. With this
case, the nurse should check the protocols of the hospital before
withholding any ordered medication.
11. Right Response
 Always reassess the patient’s response to the drug. Check if there is
resulting change in the patient. It may indicate a positive response or not.
It should be then relayed to the physician.
12. Right Documentation.
 Everything medically relevant that you observe about a patient with your
clinical eye before, during or after drug administration must be
documented and relayed to the attending physician.
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