Medication administration in Australian residential aged care: A time-and-motion study.

Esa Y H ChenJ Simon BellJenni IlomäkiMegan CorlisMichelle E HoganTessa CaporaleJan Van EmdenJohanna I WestbrookSarah N HilmerJanet Kathleen Sluggett

Published in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2020)

Nurses took an average of 5 minutes to administer medications per resident per medication round. Medication administration in memory support units took an additional minute per resident per round, with almost half of tablets and capsules needing to be crushed.

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