Pristiq is a medication for people who may be depressed. Only a professional doctor can tell you if it is the right medication for you.
There are 6 rights to medication delivery. The right patient, right medication, right dosage, right time, right route (where the medication goes), and the right documentation. Probably the most common mistake is the right time. Nurses in most institutions have a one hour window, 1/2 hour before and 1/2 after the prescribed time to give the medication and it is missed sometimes. Documentation errors cover a large percentage of medication errors as well. A 2006 study showed that 1.5 million people each year suffered a medication error and 7000 people died as a result of medication errors. Over half of all medication errors occur in nursing homes.
First thing first always make sure that you give the right medication to the right person.
Right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation, and right situation. Right place and right to refuse are sometimes also thought to be rights of medication but the first 7 listed are probably what you are looking for. Right situation and right documentation are also new to people who learned them as the 5 rights of medication administration.
We need to observe the symptoms of the disease and age of the patient while administering medication. One should also be careful about the expiry date of the medicine before giving it to the patient.
Type your answer here... checking for the right medication, dosage and expiration date.
THE RIGHT PATIENT, THE RIGHT ROUTE, THE RIGHT MEDICATION, THE RIGHT DOSAGE, THE RIGHT TIME, THE RIGHT DOCUMENTATION.
right person right medication right dosage right time
Pt rights state that anyone has the right to refuse medication/treatments.
Right medication Right dose Right route Right Patient Right time
right patient, right time, right medication, right dosage, right route
to give the right medication