NURS 3404- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 346 pages long!)
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Medication reconciliation has been completed if possible based on the agency"s system. Use mar to pull each medication out of pyxis checking medication name and dose. (your nurse may do this step with you, or they may prefer giving the meds to your faculty) With each medication check it against the mar using the 5 rights plus 2. Plus 2 allergy (remember action, side effects on all meds, ivp or infusion rate, iv compatibility, injection sites and techniques, to crush or not to crush, tube med behaviors prn) [at st luke"s epic, you must assign cosigner on screen before scanning meds. Your assigned cosigner will be your faculty or the nurse if you have been yellow dotted] When finished with all medications ask the patient if they have any questions, answer all questions and administer the medications. Introduce yourself and explain what you are doing. Scan the patient and ask for name and birthday (or mr number)
