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When administering medication, we need to be aware of the following:

 It is not solely a mechanistic task to be performed in strict compliance with the written prescription of a medical practitioner.

 It requires thought and the exercise of professional judgement (Lister, Hofland, and Grafton 2020).

What does this actually mean? Let's look at an example.