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Self Reflection on Drugs Administration

   

Added on  2020-03-23

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Running header: a self-reflection on drugs administration 1Drug administration Student’s nameInstitutional Affiliation

Drug administration 2 My experience in the clinical practice unit (CPU) was generally good. There was a lot to learn. In medication administration, there are 10 rules (Catanyag, 2012). The first step in drug administration an assessment of the patient (Wockhardt, 2016). I did exactly that and made sure Ifollowed the 10 rules. I can comfortably give oral medications. I felt challenged and at the same time, I admired my colleague administering subcutaneous heparin sodium injection. I was balancing an input/output chart for a patient. There was a patient complaining that both deltoids were in pain due to the constant and alternate injections on the site. Pain is what the patient describes to be (Brunner and Sudderth, 2013). My colleague was able to solve this problem by injecting the patient on the lateral thigh. I was feeding a patient when I heard a patient rejecting drug injection. The mother claimed that her two months old baby cannot be injected into the gluteal regions because an advert she saw prohibited it. My colleague was arguing with her. I intervened and helped in solving the case. I can comfortably give oral medications. I know when and to whom they are indicated to. The first colleague had sufficient knowledge on subcutaneous injection sites. It can be injected on the stomach, thighs and deltoid muscles. This challenged me to read more on injection sites. My second colleague was inadequately informed. Intramuscular injects are not done on infants gluteal areas due to the risk of injecting their sciatic nerves. From this, I learned when we are not sure of the actions we are taking, we should consult our supervisors for help. We are also supposed to listen to our patients and get to know their explanations. From this clinical practice, the positive impacts in my profession are that I have acquired skills on subcutaneous injections (heparin sodium), intramuscular injection (metoclopramide) and oral medications. On the negative side is that I did not have exposure to administering different types of drugs treating different conditions.

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