The “rights” of medication administration include right patient, right drug, right time, right route, and right dose. These rights are critical for nurses.

An intervention is defined as “any treatment, based upon clinical judgment and knowledge, that a nurse performs to enhance patient/client outcomes” (Butcher, Bulechek, Docterman, & Wagner, 2018, p. xii).

Here are four nursing interventions that can improve medication adherence.

• Every clinician must know this guide on improving patient care.
• Provide Education and Resources.
• Encourage Honest, Open Communication.
• Provide Positive Reinforcement.
• Help Establish a More Effective Schedule.

Successful strategies to improve medication adherence include 1) ensuring access to providers across the continuum of care and implementing team-based care; 2) educating and empowering patients to understand the treatment regimen and its benefits; 3) reducing barriers to obtaining medication, including cost reduction …

The Importance of Medication Administration: 5 Ways to Improve

1. Assess the work environment. Medication administration mistakes and other safety issues can increase when certain work environment conditions are present.
2. Implement medication safety technologies.
3. Educate patients and caregivers.
4. Implement strategies for “LASA” drugs.
5. Take extra precaution with “high alert” medications.

One of the recommendations to reduce medication errors and harm is to use the “five rights”: the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time.

1. identify the SIX RIGHTS of medication administration. 2. list the three checks to insure five of the SIX RIGHTS (RIGHT CLIENT, RIGHT MEDICATION, RIGHT DOSE, RIGHT TIME, and RIGHT ROUTE).

WHAT ARE THE THREE CHECKS? Checking the: – Name of the person; – Strength and dosage; and – Frequency against the: Medical order; • MAR; AND • Medication container.

Read the medication order carefully. Make sure that the medication name on the order matches the medication name on the label. Read the medication log carefully. Make sure that the medication name on the label, the medication order and medication log match before giving the medication.

Medication must:

• Be in its original container.
• Have a clear readable and original label.
• Have the child’s name clearly on the label.
• Have any instructions attached.
• Have verbal or written instructions provided by the child’s registered medical practioner.

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Under the standard rules of chess, a player may not make any move that places or leaves their king in check. A player may move the king, capture the threatening piece, or block the check with another piece.

To castle, simply move the king two spaces to the left or right, OR move the king on top of the rook you want to castle with. The rook will jump across and to the other side of the king automatically!

At the beginning of the game, the pieces are arranged as shown in the diagram: for each side one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. The pieces are placed, one on a square, as follows: The rooks are placed on the outside corners, right and left edge.

To capture, the Pawn moves diagonally one space (see the diagram). If the Pawn reaches the opposite side of the chessboard, it has the unique ability to promote to another chess piece. The pawn can become a Queen, Bishop, Rook, or Knight.

“A pawn attacking a square crossed by an opponent’s pawn which has advanced two squares in one move from its original square may capture this opponent’s pawn as though the latter had been moved only one square. This capture is only legal on the move following this advance and is called an ‘en passant’ capture.”

En passant (French: [ɑ̃ paˈsɑ̃], lit. in passing) is a move in chess. It is a special pawn capture that can only occur immediately after a pawn makes a move of two squares from its starting square, and it could have been captured by an enemy pawn had it advanced only one square.

What are the four rules for castling in chess?

• The king and the rook may not have moved from their starting squares if you want to castle.
• All spaces between the king and the rook must be empty.
• The king cannot be in check.
• The squares that the king passes over must not be under attack, nor the square where it lands on.