Certified Medication Aide - Tech
Westminster Commons
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Assist in documenting and removing medications that are discontinued by the attending physician. Follow facility procedures governing drug receipt errors, including notifying the delivery source and the Director of Nursing Services. Ensure that medication is returned and reordered except for emergency drugs. Ensure that documentation of the drug receipt error includes a written error report, signed by an observer/witness and you. Follow facility procedures in holding medications for residents who are transferred from the facility or when the attending physician discontinues medications. Accurately measure, record, and report the vital signs of resident. Observe and verify that medication is ingested or applied as directed. Document any instance where prescribed medication is not administered, including reason(s) for refusal.
Promptly notify the Charge Nurse, Nurse Supervisor, or Director of Nursing Services of any errors or reactions to medications by residents. Follow the medication card practices of the facility. Ensure that no medication is administered without a written, signed, dated order from an attending licensed physician. Follow the facility procedure for recording the order in the resident's clinical record, including the type, route, dosage, frequency, and strength of each medication. Verify the identity of the resident before administering the medication treatment. Follow the facility's procedures allowing residents to self-administer his or her medications. Assist the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse in monitoring and documenting all aspects of such self-administering. Promptly notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any failure of a resident to properly take any " self-administered" medications. Follow established guidelines concerning the storage of drugs and biologicals. Be familiar with the meaning and usage of common medical abbreviations, symbols, and terms relative to the administration of medications as used by the facility, pharmacists, and physicians. Participate in the development and implementation of the resident's comprehensive assessment as necessary.
Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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