Intravenous (IV) Therapy: Adding Medication to IV Solution Bag.
After checking physician’s orders, MAR and agency policy, wash hands and gather equipment.
Draw up medication into the syringe according to directions on medication insert or drug reference book.
Check to insure that prescribed drug is compatible with IV solution.
.& check expiring date of both vacolitre n medication
.Again patient’s allergies
.Identification band on patient’s arm
.check with second nursing personnel
.both signatures
.after 30minutes check the effect of medication if you were giving analgesia.
Check the expire date , pt.identification.check Dr.order, pt, allerges , post history& after 30 mint check pt
Check. Bag for clarity
check ng check
check date, allergies, Id pt, check orders, check in 30min
Then labelled d IV fluid indicating d medicatiom dose nd time setup.
No gloves!!!
Amy Smoker Katy Delbridge
Check bag for goldfish
Same golden rules apply during drug administration.Except for the ”look for the goldfish” rule..haha..
Nurses dont do that anymore. Apparently its a
Pharmacist’s responsibility.
I don’t think most nurses are required to do this anymore. At least in hospitals. The pharmacist does this prior to dispensing…then the IV bag is labeled with the added ordered medication…
This is required to be done under a hood in sterile conditions per TJC/CMS
In some countries (per h0spital protocol and per state law) nurses no longer nid to do this.
However, ther are still hospitals where nurses prepare the medications.
Nurses in the ER are still missing a lot of meds this way. And in small rural hospitals the pharmacy is closed and house supervisors are missing meds.
What meant by MAR
I worked at a rural hospital and as a nurse we did this all the time
I des agree for not gave a medication by a nurses. Wen a nurse prepare medication they responsible to gave it to the patients…
protocol: hu prepare d meds den he/she be d one to giv to d pt.
The pharmacy does that.. We have already enough stuff to do………
Pharmacy does this.
In Australia we still are required to prepare this way
here in kuwait..why Dr’s. required this at home unless there r private nurse does..strickly supposedly..
here in kuwait..why some Dr’s.required this at home? unless there is private nurse.only nurse are authourized to this medication.and im sure all nurses doing there job nicely when it comes to medication.
plss,it’s physician’s prescription and not ‘order’ as stated… thought u guys were smarter!
I have to mix hyperal and mix IVPB’S where i work, and I don’t think this is within my scope of practice…I don’t like doing this, and am not comfortable with it, and am thinking of asking state board if it is within my scope of practice.. I have enough to do without being forced to do a phamacist’s job of mixing solution’s to administer…our pharmacy is 4 hour’s away, as we r a hospital in a hospital..but I feel i am going to get in trouble for this..any thought’s?? plus our pyxis is alway’s out of stock…pitiful…I work on an LTAC unit…