Critically ill patients have multiple complex medical problems, necessitating interventions
by the critical care team. Administering medications is a nursing intervention that is provided
to ICU patients. For example, fluid and electrolyte imbalance may be regulated by the administration
of medications. It is not unusual for a critically patient to be receiving a continuous
intravenous vasopressor to increase blood pressure, an antibiotic, a corticosteroid,
and an analgesic all at the same time (Roy, 2009). Medication administration is one of the
most important roles of critical care nurses.