Client Right #9 & Medication Training
- sublimelivingmisa
- Sep 1, 2025
- 1 min read
Client Right #9: "A right to be free from hazardous procedures."
Medications are substances used to prevent or treat an illness. Knowing about medications and how to assist individuals in using them is vital to the health and well-being of those you support.
Safety is the #1 priority. Following the Seven Rights each time you assist an individual with self-administration of medication is the best way for the Direct Support Professional (DSP) to prevent medication errors.
1) What are the Seven Rights and describe why each right is important.
When where administering the medication we must be able to identified the seven rights of medication, must identify right medication ,right dose, right time, right route, right reason , and the right documentation.
Rightpatient, drug/medication, dose, time, route, reason, and documentation.
Right patient: problems could occur, if given to the wrong individual
Right medication : Giving the wrong medication is a problem in and of itself, not to mention that it could trigger allergies, cause bad side effects, and prompt unnecessary symptoms.
Right dose: Administering the incorrect dose means the person could end up with an overdose, injury, or worse.
Right time: if give at wrong time could cause side effects and even death.
Right route: if the medication instructed you to give it orally and you give it topically, the medication may not work due to the fact it had to be taken orally.
Right reason: medication bottles state the reason why…
The seven rights of medication are right person, right dose, right time, right route, right reason and right documentation. The first three are imperative because they locate the correct individual, medication, and dosage for the time and person who needs to take it. The next three matter because of timing, it’s administered method and the reasoning for why they’re taking it. Lastly, the seventh matters because it is always crucial documentation is input.
When administering medication we must identify,
Right medication
Right dose,Right time,Right route,Right reason, and Right documentation
Right person: it is important that you identify the right individual.
Right medication: it is important that the right individual receives their correct medication
Right dose: it is important to be up to date, and give the correct dosage; compare it to the MAR.
Right time: it is important because medication must be taken at specific time(s) of the day.
Right route: it is important because you need to know where/how to administer the medication.
Right reason: it is important because every medication has a condition/reason for why it is prescribed.
Right documentation: it is important because the information on the MAR must match the information on the prescription label from the pharmacy.