Administering Medication reflective account The legislation which governs how medication is administered‚ stored and recorded include the following: The Health and Social Care Act 2008 The Medicines Act 1968 The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 COSHH Regulations 1999 Access to Health Records Act 1990 Data Protection Act 1998 Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005 Common types of medication which I deal with and support my clients with are: Paracetamol- usually prescribed as 500mg
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Grandma’s medications. Great catch on the hydrochlorothiazide. As this patients’ new provider‚ I would find it important to educate the patient on her medical conditions and the medications that she is taking. If patient gives consent to having daughter in the room for this I would try to include the daughter so that someone would possibly be able to assist patient with her medication regimen. Important topics in the education that I would want to be talking about are foods and OTC medications that the
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Privacy and Confidentiality Maintaining privacy and confidentiality for patients is a fundamental duty of care as a nurse. It is clearly stated that "a nurse must treat personal information obtained in a professional capacity as confidential" (ANMC‚ 2003‚ pg. 4). Although the terms privacy and confidentiality are often interchanged‚ they should be distinguished. Privacy refers to one’s ownership of one’s body or information about one’s self‚ whereas confidentiality refers specifically
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children are stimulants it does not give the children the ability to be “high” (NICE‚ 2013). However‚ there are some side effects of taking medication to help the effects of ADHD‚ such as sleep problems depressed appetite and even supressed growth. Goldman (2010) looked at
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616 Administer medication to individuals‚ and monitor the effects 1.1 The current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication are: the Health and Safety at Work Act‚ Control of Substances Hazard to Health‚ the Medicines Act‚ the Misuse of Drugs Act‚ the Health and Social Care Act and Essential Standards‚ the RPS Handling Medicines in Social Care Guidelines‚ Health Act 2006. 2.1 The most common type of medication would be: Analgesics: analgesics
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Administer medication to individuals‚ and monitor the effects 1 Understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication 1.1. Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication Legislation relating to medicines The Medicines Act (1968) It governs the control of medicines for human use and for veterinary use. It requires‚ that the local pharmasist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. The
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depression as antidepressant medication. The aim of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of psychotherapy in relieving depressive symptoms‚ and reducing relapse in depressive disorders when compared to pharmacological interventions. PICOT Question In adult patients with a diagnosis of depression‚ how effective is psychotherapy when compared to antidepressants in preventing depression relapse 12 months following initiation of treatment? Currently‚ antidepressant medications are the most popular treatment
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1. Explain the interdisciplinary nature of pharmacology to ensure safe medication administration. Use of drugs to diagnose‚ prevent‚ or treat disease processes/suffering Medications can either: Improve Quality of Life Produce Devastating Consequences 2. Compare and contrast pharmacology and therapeutics. a. Pharmacology: The study of medicine. i. Understanding how drugs are administered‚ to where they travel in the body‚ to
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translation services‚ interpreting services‚ speech and language services‚ advocacy services 4.1 Confidentiality is closely interwoven with the concept of privacy. Every individual has the right to privacy. Privacy requires that facts or information which have been shared by someone with another party remain private and are not disclosed without the permission of the person who gave them. Keeping information
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Medication Errors: Causes and Problems Reporting Student Name Grand Valley State University Medication Errors: Causes and Problems Reporting In the early morning hours of a 12-hour night shift‚ a nurse gives the patient an incorrect medication. The aspirin given was ordered for the patient in the next room. Medication errors are common in the hospital setting and especially by a nurse who is fatigued from working a 12-hour shift. In the situation described
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