- Identify patient’s treatment chart and medication.
- Establish rapport with patient.
- Use language that patient understands.
- Involve patient and/or significant others.
- Speak audibly to patient.
- Explain procedure to patient and family.
- Assess patient’s previous knowledge on medication.
- Show type of medication to patient and/or significant others.
- Inform patient and/or significant others about route(s) of administration.
- Instruct patient and/or significant others on dosage of medication to take at a time.
- Explain action of the medication to patient and/or significant others.
- Describe the side effect(s) of the medication to patient and/or significant others.
- Instruct patient and/or significant others to report to hospital when serious side effect(s) occur.
- Demonstrate to patient and/or significant others how to store drug at home safely.
- Allow patient and/or significant others to repeat instruction and ask question(s).
- Respond to question(s) appropriately.
- Thank patient and/or significant others for co-operating and document procedure in the nurses’ notes.
