Assessment of the Nurse Medication Administration Workflow Process

Table 5

Duration of bundled tasks.

Task name	Average duration (sec)	Std. dev. (sec)
Clean hands (upon entering room)	5.08	10.14
Put on gloves	13.82	6.38
Enter room	2.34	3.32
Greet patient	3.38	6.37
Login to mobile computer	7.51	4.65
Review patient computer record	17.65	25.99
Scan patient ID	6.52	4.90
Perform assessment	63.75	78.65
Review patient med box	17.04	16.42
Scan patient meds	4.24	6.16
Document med admin	6.43	7.64
Administer meds	68.94	88.72
Other care	61.65	99.21
Explain meds	13.63	14.35
Prepare meds for admin	34.47	37.19
Close medication box	4.67	6.66
Clean equipment	19.71	19.41
Clean hands (upon leaving room)	5.87	9.88
Document post administration (in hallway)	148.67	118.42
Document post administration (in patient’s room)	76.06	106.43
Obtain meds from pyxis	42.92	27.92
Obtain meds from medication room	52.19	39.69
Obtain meds from pharmacy	489.00	162.53