The 7 rights of drug administration are the:
a. right person, right drug, right time, right dose,right route, right documentation and the rightreason
b. right person, right drug, right dose, right route,right time, right documentation and the right torefuse.
c. right person, right drug, right chart, right dose,right route, right documentation and the right to
refuse.
d. right person, right drug, right chart, right colour
tablet, right route, right documentation and the
right to refuse.
b
The rights can vary according to the organisation, but
the first five (the right person, drug, dose, route and time)
are standard in most institutions. The right documentation is very important to minimise drug errors. The person's
right to refuse is also of the utmost importance as we
cannot, as nurses, do anything to another person without
their consent.
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