| Question |
Answer |
| Transcribe physician orders onto a MAR |
(blank) |
| standards |
actions ensure safe nursing practice |
| safe medication administration is ensured by following ? |
the 6 rights of medicatation administration |
| medicatation order |
required for any medication to be administered by a nurse |
| types of orders based on frequency and urgency = |
standing or routine, prn orders, stat orders, single one time orders |
| each order must include ? |
clients name, drug ordered, dosage, route, time, |
| jcaho |
joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations |
| who writes the order on the MAR? |
nurse or unit secretatory |
| transcribed orders include? |
clients full name, date the order is written, date the medication order expires, medication name, dose, frequency,(time ordered) and route |
| mar transcriber makes sure ___ and ____ are accurate |
clients room and bed number |
| while transcribing nurse should be sure (), (), (), (), are legible and not smuged |
names, dosages, symbols and abbreviationsa |
| a () is responsible for checking and initaling all transcribed orders against (?) |
RN original orders |
| verbal order |
medication or treatment order received by the nurse in the presence of the prescriber (emergency) |
| JCHO requires that the nurse () a verbal order |
read back the complete order to the practitioner who made the order |
| verbal orders are entered into clients MAR /transcribed routinely names are |
name of prescriber is entered next to the nurse |
| telephone orders |
orders given over the phone after nurse updates prescriber about a change in clients condition transcribed same as a verbal and require a readback |
| verbal and or telephone orders must be signed by provider |
within 24 hours |
| when meds are first ordered the nurse compares |
label of the medication container with the form |
| when meds are first ordered the nurse compares medication container with the form (?) times and when |
three times, 1. before removing the cointainer from the drawyer or shelf (2) as the amount of medication ordered is removed from container (3.) before returning the container to storage |