Rule 116: Skill Standard D

SATA: Which of the following are medication errors requiring staff to call the RN and complete a GER?

• Staff did not give the individual their medication(s)

• The individual refused to take their medication(s)

• Staff gave the individual their medication(s) a couple of hours early

• The individual's family member forgot to give them their medication(s)

T or F: Giving a person receiving services their medications on a different date than what was ordered is a medication error requiring the staff to call the RN and complete a GER.

• True

• False

SATA: Which of the following are medication errors requiring staff to call the RN and complete a GER?

• The individual was given 650mg of Tylenol because the ordered 1000mg was out of stock

• The staff dropped a pill on the floor, but gave the individual a clean pill from the end of the month

• The staff documented the medication administration immediately upon passing the medication(s)

• The staff gave an individual a pill by mouth, when the order said to give the medication via GJ-tube

T or F: A staff passed an individual's medication. It was the correct individual, date, time, dose, route, reason, and documentation. However, the person accidentally punched out the medication on a different date of the bubble pack. This is a medication error that requires a call to the RN and a GER?

• True

• False

SATA: Which of the following are medication errors requiring staff to call the RN and complete a GER?

• An individual takes another individual's medication when the staff turns their back for a moment

• The staff does not document a medication administration on the MAR

• The computer is down, so the staff has no access to the electronic MAR and has to document on the paper MAR

• The individual spits out their partially consumed medication(s), therefore not receiving the full dose

T or F: An individual's order reads, "Take two tablets (650mg) of Tylenol by mouth every six hours as needed for fever. The individual is experiencing a moderate headache, 5/10 on the pain scale. It is ok for the staff to give the individual Tylenol for this headache.

• True

• False

SATA: Which of the following are medication errors requiring staff to call the RN and complete a GER?

• The staff wrote on the control count sheet and/or paper MAR with blue ink

• The staff correctly completed an inventory/shift count, but did not document the administration count

• The staff did not complete the inventory/shift count, but did correctly document the administration count

• The staff scribbled off a mistake on the control count sheet and/or paper MAR

SATA: Which of the following are medication errors requiring staff to call the RN and complete a GER?

• The staff signed their name on the control count sheet and/or paper MAR with the title of DSP

• The staff entered the same number that their peer entered, without recounting it, on the control count sheet

• The staff did not skip a line, even after seeing that their peer had forgotten to enter their administration count on the control count sheet

• The staff did not work on a control count sheet because the RN had not signed it

SATA: Which of the following are medication errors requiring staff to call the RN and complete a GER?

• The staff used pencil to sign off on the control count sheet and/or paper MAR

• The staff used black ink to sign off on the control count sheet and paper MAR

• The staff signed off on their inventory/shift count on the control count sheets immediately after punching in for work

• The staff did not separate the control count sheets as AM and HS sheets, and instead, counted them all together

T or F: Staff must ensure that the name of the individual, name of the prescriber, prescription number, name of the drug, strength of the drug, amount used, amount remaining, date of administration, exact time of administration, name of the staff who administered the drug, and documentation of an inventory/shift count done by an ADSP is present on the control count sheet.

• True

• False