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Medication administration responsibilities NSG 616: Assessment and Evaluation of Nursing Education Medication administration plays an essential role in professional nursing. This paper should discuss the responsibilities of medication administration, indicate safety processes used to prevent medication errors, understand legal aspects of nursing and scope of practice concerning medication administration, and identify distractors while dispensing medication and how to avoid them. Rubric Code: W24B62C By Nursing2025 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Nursing Type: (Other) Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Introduction

Acceptable

Clear and accurate description of responsibilities in medication administration and understanding of legal aspects of health care, and purpose statement.

3 pts

Average

Incomplete description of responsibilities in medication administration and understanding of legal aspects of health care, and purpose statement.

2 pts

Below Average

Unfocused or missing introduction and purpose statement.

1 pts

Responsibility
Discuss responsibility of medication administration including knowledge of the pharmakinetics, education of patient/caregivers

Acceptable

Clear, complete and accurate explanation of the responsibilities of administering medications

4 pts

Average

Incomplete or inaccurate explanation of the responsibilities of administering medication.

2 pts

Below Average

Unfocused or missing explanation of responsibilities of administering medicaitoins.

1 pts

Indication for safety process
Discuss process for safe administration including the rights framework, prevention of distractions during medication passing and how to prevent medication errors.

Acceptable

Clear, complete and accurate explanation of safety with medication passing and prevention of errors.

4 pts

Average

Incomplete or inaccurate explanation of safety with medication passing and prevention of errors.

2 pts

Below Average

Unfocused or missing explanation of safety with medication passing and prevnetion of errors.

1 pts

Legal aspects in medication administration
Discusses legal aspects of nursing in medication administration and scope of practice.

Acceptable

Clear, complete and accurate explanation of legal aspects with medication administration and scope of practice.

4 pts

Average

Incomplete or inaccurate explanation of legal aspects with medication adminsitration and scope of practice.

2 pts

Below Average

Unfocused or missing explanation of asafety with medication administration and scope of practice.

1 pts

Conclusion

Acceptable

Clearly summarizes main points of medication administration, understanding legal aspects, safety with medication passing and prepvention of medication errors.

3 pts

Average

Incomplete summary of the main pints with relationship to patient safety and prevnetion of medication errors.

2 pts

Below Average

Unfocused or missing summary of the main points with relationship to patient safety and medication errors.

1 pts

Clarity of writing, APA format and references

Acceptable

Rules of grammar, spelling, puncutation and APA are followed

Ideas are clearly and logically written

Minimum of 2 relevant, scholarly reviewed resource, one being Fundamentals of Nursing 11th edition.

2 pts

Average

Minimal grammatical or spelling errors; 1-2 errors in APA format

Some disorganization in transitions and flow

1 relevant, scholarly peer reviewed resourse.

1 pts

Below Average

MAny grammatical and spelling errors; 3 or more errors in APA format.

Difficult to follow paper due to errors in transitions and organization.

0 relevant, scholarly prepared resources.

0 pts

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Nursing Medication administration Scope of practice

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