With meals – medication generally administered when the client is eating meals or right after finishing meals.Before meals – medication generally administered within 30 minutes prior to the client eating meals.Timing of medications in relation to meals Important to understand timing in relation to administering medications, i.e., insulin and medications ordered to be administered on an empty stomach or in relation to meals.Your agency should have a policy in place that provides a time frame for which it is acceptable to give medications (for example: 60 minutes before or 60 minutes after the scheduled time). Right Time – when the client is ordered to receive the medication. Photos should be kept updated and photograph is to have the name of the client on it.Ģ. Most common method used for identifying clients before administering medications is photographs of clients in the medication administration record (MAR). It is imperative that the “right person” has been identified prior to administering medications. An example of this might be referring to the photograph inside the record, and/or having the person state his/her name if possible. It is important to identify the right person when administering medications. Right Client: – Asking a client his/her name, etc. A method used during medication administration to safeguard the clients before administering the medication the QMAP must ask self-six questions – Am I giving the medication to the right client? Am I giving the right medication? Am I giving the right dose? Is this the right route? Is this the right time? Have I done the right documentation?ġ.
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