For a new medication or a change in one, make a chart that includes the name of the drug, the times to be taken (a.m. and/or p.m.) and for how many days it was prescribed. Tape the chart so it is ...

Taking medications as prescribed and understanding the right way to administer them can reduce the risks and help properly treat conditions or health issues so they don’t become more serious and ...

When you take a medication sublingually, you place it under the tongue. Taking a medication buccally involves placing it between your gums and cheek. With both, the drug absorbs into your blood.

A case study showing an example of how medication administration errors and recording errors led to a nurse facing the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s fitness to practise panel Subscribe today to ...

Background and aims: Since the onset of incident reporting, medication errors have been noted to be one of the most common reasons for reporting a clinical incident and antibiotics have been shown to ...