NR 224 Week 6 Supplemental Assignment; Medication Administration

Medication Administration The seven rights of medication administration are: right medication right dose right client right route right time right documentation right indication Where: client in need of medication therapy Why: achieve positive client outcomes Who: educated, titled, and licensed registered nurses What: use three checks and follow the rights of medication administration When: anytime and anywhere, when and where nursing knowledge and skill in medication therapy is needed Where: client who is prescribed a medication to be administered Why: protecting clients by following safe medication administration practices Who: educated, titled, and licensed registered nurses What: following the seven rights of medication administration When: nursing knowledge and skill is required Code of Ethics Provision 1 The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person. Provision 2 The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population. Provision 3 The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient. Provision 4 The nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions; and takes action consistent with the obligation to provide optimal patient care. Provision 5 The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth. Provision 6 The nurse, through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and conditions of employment that are conductive to safe, quality healthcare. Provision 7 The nurse in all roles and settings advances the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the generation of both nursing and health policy. Provision 8 The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities. Provision 9 The profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession, and integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy. Core Nursing Values Advocacy - “The act or process of supporting a cause or proposal. Nurses instinctively advocate for their patients, in their workplaces, and in their communities” (AACN, 2021, p. 55). Responsibility - “An obligation to perform required professional activities at a level commensurate with one’s education and in compliance with applicable laws and standards; the opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorizations; refers to the blameworthiness or praiseworthiness that one bears for one’s conduct or the performance of duties. It is often expressed as liability for one’s actions and may be apportioned in degree based on circumstances” (Fowler, 2015, p. 59) Accountability - “To be answerable to oneself and others for one’s own choices, decisions, and actions as measured against a standard such as that established by the Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretative Statements” (Fowler, 2015, p. 59) Confidentiality - “The nondisclosure of patient secrets or information without