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Administering Medication
A.

Getting Started

Look at the following Medication Administration Record below and label each column with the correct
category. Share your answers to the class.

MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD

Medical Record/ ID Number : 2401535123 Date: 24 October
2024
(1) ... : Mr. Sahid Utomo
(2) ... : 11 February 1955
(3) ... (4) ... (5) ... (6) ... Time Administered Initials

Start Date End Date

Metformin 500 mg Twice/ day Oral 24/10/2024 Ongoing PB
Insulin 10 unit Once/ week Subcutaneous 24/10/2024 Ongoing PB
Liraglutide 1.2 mg Once/ day Subcutaneous 24/10/2024 Ongoing PB
Atorvastatin 20 mg Once/ day Oral 24/10/2024 Ongoing PB

(7) .... No allergies. No medication taken before
(8) ... No symptoms of nausea or fever

The Five Rights of Administering Medication

Ensuring that the Five Rights have been fulfilled in administering medication

Read the following dialogue between Nurse Dhania and Mrs. Naina on medication.

Nurse : ”Assalammu’alaikum. Good morning, Mrs. Naina. I am Nurse Dhania. I’m here to give
Dhania you your morning insulin shot. Before we start, could you please confirm your full
name and date of birth?”
Mrs. Naina : ”Wa’alaikumsalam. Morning, nurse. My name is Naina Amalia and I was born on 21
July 1971."

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