Saturday, October 23, 2010

What is the five ways to administor medication?

when you have to administor medication to a patient what is the five inportant things to knowWhat is the five ways to administor medication?
are you talking about routes of administration, or are you talking about the checklist?
Routes of administration of medicine include:
oral/rectal/topical/inhaled/ by injection
oral
rectal
topical - transdermal
topical - sublingual
topical - intranasal
injection - intramuscular
injection - subcutaneous
injection - intravenous
inhaled (nebulised)
the check list (5)
right drug
right dose
right time
right route of administration
right patient
You've asked two questions. The first thing you asked is what are the routes to administer meds. These are by mouth, by injection, intravenously, by inhalation and topically. That's 5.
The other entirely different question you asked is "What are the 5 Rights?"
The right patient
The right medication
The right dose
The right route
The right time, and the 6th right, the right for the patient to refuse.
1. by mouth
2. intravenous injection
3. intra-muscular injection
4. trans-dermal (skin patch)
5.sub-dermal (injected under skin)

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