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All nursing schools teach you the five rights of medication administration as a key component in keeping your patients safe, but if you want to take it further to understand all the factors that go into giving medication safely, this episode is for you. 

In this podcast episode, I’ll talk you through the five rights of medication administration, and then keep going with six more that will take your critical thinking skills to the next level.

Medication rules are AWESOME because they’re designed to keep both you and your patient safe, and I absolutely want that for you. So hit play and bulletproof your medication administration!

Snag a my Pharmacology Success Pack to print out a copy of these for your clinical binder.

You can read the article “Bulletproof Medication Administration” ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

Now that you’ve got a foolproof system for your medication administration, why not take it a step further and build one for approaching nursing school as a whole. I get you started by walking you through the key shifts that separate struggling students from thriving ones in my free ⁠Nursing School Survival Blueprint⁠. Nursing school gets easier when you have a system. 

⁠👉 Download the Blueprint⁠

This is a throwback to episode 76 of the Straight A Nursing School Podcast, where nursing school help is at your fingertips with hundreds of episodes covering your journey from taking the TEAS through passing NCLEX and having success as a new-grad nurse.

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Last Updated on August 2, 2026 by Maureen Osuna, MSN, RN