Assignment task: A student nurse has received a clinical assignment. The clinical assignment is to administer medications to two different patients. The student nurse is preparing to administer a medication to a patient for the first time. The student nurse has to prepare a patient and family teaching guide for the second patient on medication education for discharge medications.
Q1. What questions can the nurse ask the patient as part of the assessment step of the nursing process as it relates to drug therapy?
Q2. What are the important points for the nurse to consider in safe and effective administration of the drug?
Q3. What is the role of the student nurse and the patient in preventing medication errors?