Description
This course prepares the student to administer medications with emphasis on injections and intravenous therapy. The six "rights" of administration including calculations, routes of administration, proper use and storage of medications, patient observation, and documentation are reinforced. This course also includes the study of a large body of medications in terms of their therapeutic uses, characteristics, actions, dosages, side effects, and techniques used in administering them. Clinical skills are practiced in the nursing lab where simulation(s) will be used to ensure competencies are met.
Program
Prerequisites
Successful completion of Level II work.