Our Nurses perform a critical role in preventing medication errors. When reviewing a medication order, our Nurses will ensure components stated below are included in the prescription before administering the medication. If a pertinent piece of information is not included, the nurse will contact the prescribing provider to clarify and correct the order.
Name of the patient
Age or date of birth
Date and time of the order
Drug name
Dose, frequency, and route
Name/Signature of the prescriber
Weight of the patient to facilitate dose calculation when applicable. (Note that dose calculations are based on metric weight: kilograms for children/adults or grams for newborns)
Dose calculation requirements, when applicable
Exact strength or concentration, when applicable
Quantity and/or duration of the prescription, when applicable