Monthly Medication Administration Record

• The Medication Administration Record (MAR) is a monthly record for an individual. It contains a list of all the current medications that are administered to an individual by a nurse or health care professional. The medications displayed are pre-populated from Medication History forms of the individual.

A Medication Administration Record ( MAR, or eMAR for electronic versions), commonly referred to as a drug chart, is the report that serves as a legal record of the drugs administered to a patient at a facility by a health care professional. The MAR is a part of a patient’s permanent record on their medical chart.

The “rights” of medication administration include right patient, right drug, right time, right route, and right dose. These rights are critical for nurses.

o Right DOSE – the amount of medication ordered o Right ROUTE – the method of medication administration o Right TIME – when the resident is ordered to receive the medication o Right DOCUMENTATION – the process of writing down that a medication was administered to the resident on the MAR OR if a medication was not

Six Rights of Medication Administration 1. Six Rights of Medication Administration. Medication. Route. Time. Client. Dosage. Documentation. 2. Routes of Administration