While providing medications to a client, the nurse adheres to the rights of medication administration. Which of the following actions support these medication rights? (Select all that apply.)
1. Checking the client's armband
2. Documenting the client's response
3. Identifying the client's history of hypertension
4. Checking the MAR with the medication for the dosage
5. Checking the physician's order for the prescribed route
6. Providing the morning insulin dose before breakfast
1, 2, 4, 5, 6
By checking the client's armband, the nurse is implementing the "right client." By documenting the client's response, the nurse is implementing "right documentation." By checking the MAR with the medication for the dosage, the nurse is implementing "right dose." By checking the physician's order for the prescribed route, the nurse is implementing "right route." By providing the morning insulin dose before breakfast, the nurse is implementing "right time." Identifying the client's history of hypertension is not an action to support one of the rights of medication administration.
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