Section: 4.3.1 - Pediatric Drug Administration (Part 1) | Pediatric Nursing Part 2 | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:- Explain the significance of medication safety.
- Discuss factors that may lead to medication errors.
- Delineate medication safety concerns in children.
- Describe the rights of pediatric medication administration.
- Discuss considerations in determining correct medication, dosages for children, and how to accurately determine/calculate recommended pediatric medication dosages.
Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 2 hours and 2 minutes.
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Required Learning Resources and Activities
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Open file for ‘Medication without harm. World Health Organization’ and read ‘Severity of thee problem’ on page 5. (1 minute)
‘Medication Without Harm’ by WHO
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Read ‘What is Medicatioin Error?’. (1 minute)
National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
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Read the entire article. (8 minutes)
MSD Manual Professional Version
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Open file for ‘Promoting safety of medicines for children’ and read pages 12-14. (10 minutes)
‘PROMOTING SAFETY OF MEDICINES FOR CHILDREN’ by WHO
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Download textbook ‘Nursing Pharmacology’ and read section ‘Neonate and Pediatric’ of pages 8, 13, 16, and 19. (2 minutes)
‘Nursing Pharmacology’ by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN)
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Read from ‘Provider Name/Signature’ to the end of ‘Special Considerations for Administering Controlled Substances’. (19 miutes)
‘Nursing Skills’ by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN)
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Read the entire article. (3 minutes)
Lippincott Nursing Center
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Open link to practice guideline titled ‘Authorizing Mechanisms’ and read the section ‘Direct orders’ in page 5. (1 minute)
College of Nurses of Ontario
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Read from ‘Parental autonomy‘ to the end of ‘Uncertainty’. (8 minutes)
Ethics, conflict and medical treatment for children: From disagreement to dissensus [Internet] by Wilkinson D. & Savulescu J.
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Open the file for 5 moments of medication safety and read the entire document. (5 minutes).
WHO
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Read the section ‘Pediatrid Dosage Calculations’. (3 minutes)
Davi’s Drug Guide
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Read formula for body surface area. (1 minute)
eviQ, New South Wales Government
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Slide Deck Presentation
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Clinical Skills
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Quiz
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Quiz: Unit 4.3.1
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TO PASS THIS QUIZ, YOU MUST ONTAIN A SCORE OF 4/6