NURS 3234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lithotomy Position, Viscosity, Peristalsis
Document Summary
Because safe medication administration is essential to nursing practice, nurses need to have knowledge and skill in the techniques of administering all pharmaceutical agents. This is the first of three programs on the safe administration of medications. The first program will describe the safe administration of oral medications and practices that are required in order to help prevent medication errors. A second program will offer safety measures to observe when administering topical medications, suppositories and inhalants. The final program in this series will present safe practice techniques for administering parenteral medications including intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular injections and intravenous medications. Studies by the food and drug administration have determined that about 1. 3 million people are injured every year in the united states by errors in the medications that they are given in hospitals, and at least. Some form of error occurs in one of every five doses given in our hospitals. Medication administration is often a chief responsibility of the nurse.
