NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Use two patient identifiers at all times. Always follow agency policy for patient identification. Use at least two patient identifiers before administration and compare against the MAR. Assessment comes before medication administration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Right Medication Read the label of the medication, triple-check the patient’s charts, and make sure you are administering the correct medication for that patient.

Detailed explanation-3: -To prevent instances of misidentification and near-misses, The Joint Commission requires that two identifiers-such as a patient’s full name, date of birth and/or medical identification (ID) number-be used for every patient encounter.

Detailed explanation-4: -An assigned identification number (e.g. medical record number, etc). Telephone number or another person-specific identifier.