This is the inhaled medication administration skill.
The first thing that we want to do is
is make sure our patient is being ventilated appropriately.
From there we want to make sure that the patient
has no allergies to any medications that we could be administering.
and also we want to clearly explain the procedure to our patient.
After that we will want to assemble our equipment.
The equipment that we will need for this skill is an oxygen tank,
oxygen tubing,
a nebulizing unit,
our medication and our personal protective equipment.
Now we are going to select our medication
and confirm it with our five medication rights.
Our five medication rights are
right patient, right medication, right dose,
right route and right time.
We also want to check for clarity and a good expiration.
Now it's time to assemble our nebulizing unit
First step is to put the medication into the medication cup.
Remove the cap and squeeze in.
From there we will attach the tee piece
our mouth piece and our extension tubing.
Next is to attach the O2 tubing.
This is going to go from the nebulizing unit
to the oxygen tank.
We are now going to turn on the oxygen tank
until we see misting coming from either end.
Now it's time to put on the appropriate PPE.
For this skill it's eye protection and gloves
From there we are going to remove the oxygen mask from our patient
and conduct then to firmly hold the nebulizing unit up to their mouth
From there we will coach them to breathing appropriately
until all the medication is gone.
After that we'll put the oxygen mask back on them
and observe the for desired and adverse effects.
Now that we properly demonstrated how to assemble
and administer medication via nebulizer
We are going to show you how to coach a patient
to use the nebulizer.
Our first step is to have the patient and assist them
with removing the non rebreather mask
From here we will turn the oxygen bottle off.
disconnect our non rebreather
and connect our nebulizer.
now we are going to coach our patient on how to use the nebulizer.
Ma'am go ahead and firmly hold this up to your lips
The mist you are seeing is the medication that we are administering to you.
The goal of this medication is to help you breathe better
what we want you to do is we want you to inhale for two seconds
and exhale afterwards
By inhaling for that two seconds you are allowing
the medication to reach the bottom of your lungs
so we are getting the best results for that medication.
Once the medication is gone
we will go ahead and discontinue the oxygen
take the nebulizer from them.
Disconnect the nebulizer and reconnect our non rebreather.
and assist the patient in putting the non rebreather back on.
Turn the oxygen back on to the appropriate setting.
and we are not going to monitor our patient for our desired
and adverse effects of the medication that we administered.