MEDICATING NURSE

Date: December 2-5, 2013 [Fourth Week]

Shift: 73
Area of Assignment: Station 3A
Objectives:
Within 8 hours of clinical exposure as a student medicating nurse nurse at
Tagum Doctors Hospital (Station-3A), I will be able to:
1. Participate the endorsement done by the previous shift;
2. Participate nursing rounds together with the nurses on duty;
3. Prepare and administer medications ordered by the health care provider;
4. Ensure that an adequate supply of stock medications, supplies, and equipments
is on hand;
5. Review medication administration (10 RIGHTS) record for completeness of
information, accuracy;
6. Know the mechanisms of action as well as the possible side effects of the drugs;
7. Conduct endorsement to the next shift for the continuity of care.

TIME

ACTIVITIES

6:00-6:15 AM

Arrival at the School Lobby.

6:15-6:30 AM

Morning

Circle

attendance,

(Checking
uniform

RATIONALE
To meet the other groupmates.
of To know the number of students present,
and as well as to check the readiness of the

paraphernalia).

group.

Subgrouping of the members, To know the specific area of responsibility.

giving of final instructions and
delegation

of

areas

of

responsibilities.
6:30-7:00 AM

Evaluation test to the students To ensure students preparation to the

(quiz, oral recitation, group works) duty.
before going to the respective
area of assignments.

7:00-7:15 AM

Morning Prayer

To ask guidance from our almighty.

Take part in the endorsement To orient the next nurse on duty and to
done by the previous shift/Staff obtain necessary information regarding on
nurses in station 3A.

patients condition.

7:15-7:30 AM

Participate nursing rounds with To perform nursing responsibility and

the nurses on duty.

7:30-8:00 AM

Preparation

of

nursing assessment.
scheduled To ensure that the prescribed medication

medication and giving of drug is available until the next shift.

prescription if the drug is out of In order to prepare it for administration in
stock. Preparation of scheduled 10 AM and 12 NN timing.
medications for 10 AM and 12 NN
8:00-8:30 AM

Compare the medication to the To be more accurate and for validation

patient

chart.

And

review

its and to ensure that it has been checked by

dosage/route/time and compare it the staff nurse and at the same time to
to the chart before giving to the prevent errors and untoward harmful effect
patient.
8:30-9:00 AM

in the part of the patient.

Copy the patients medications as To know deeper about the different patient
well as his/her diagnosis in the the unit.
chart.

9:00-9:30 AM

Administer

Medication

to

a In order to receive the needed drug in the

particular patient with the drug part of the patient.

timing @ 10 AM.
9:30 -10:00 AM

Record the chart and signed up For documentary legal purposes.

the medication you are giving and
have the CI/staff nurse counter
signing the chart.

10:00-10:30 AM

Lunch break for the first table with To have a continuity of care n the patients
proper

endorsement

to

the condition and to know the latest update for

second batch.
10:30-11:00 AM

the next succeeding hours of duty.

Lunch break for the second table To have a continuity of care n the patients
with proper endorsement to the condition and to know the latest update for
first batch.

11:00-11:30 AM

the next succeeding hours of duty.

Compare the medication to the To be more accurate and for validation

patient

chart.

And

review

its and to ensure that it has been checked by

dosage/route/time and compare it the staff nurse and at the same time to
to the chart before giving to the prevent errors and untoward harmful effect
patient.
11:30-12:00 NN

Administer

in the part of the patient.

Medications

to

a In order to receive the needed drug in the

particular patient with the drug part of the patient.

timing @ 12 NN.

12:00-12:30 PM

Record the chart and signed up For documentary legal purposes.

the medication you are giving and
have the CI/staff nurse counter
signing the chart.

12:30- 1:00 PM

Rounds the unit, room to room to To ensure the quality of medication being
check

if

the

(nebulization,

medication taken by the patients.

tablets,

capsule,

and drops) are already taken or

done.
1:00-1:15 PM

Preparation

of

scheduled In order to prepare it for administration in 2

medications for 2 PM.

1:15 -1:30 PM

Review

the

PM timing.
medications To be more accurate and for validation

dosage/route/time and compare it and to ensure that it has been checked by

to the chart before giving to the the staff nurse. and at the same time to
patient.

prevent untoward harmful effect in the part

of the patient.

1:30-2:00 PM

Administer

Medications

to

a In order to receive the needed drug in the

particular patient with the drug part of the patient.

timing @ 2 PM.

2:00-2:15 PM

Record the chart and signed up For documentary legal purposes.

the medication you are giving and
have the CI/staff nurse counter
signing the chart.

2:15-2:30 PM

Do after care in the area, and To

maintain

the

cleanliness

dispose waste on the proper orderliness in the medicating area.

container.
2:30-3:00 PM

Endorse to the next staff nurses For the continuity of care.

or nurses next on duty for the next
shift

Prepared by: Jomar Rey V. Ramos, BSN-IV

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