Explain How Medications Are Stored And Supplied In Healthcare Facilities
Administering of Medications/Drugs
Objectives:
1. Describe how medications are stored and supplied in healthcare facilities.
• Most healthcare facilities have a “med room” or separate area for medications.
• The facility may store medications in locked movable carts that allow nurses to prepare medications in close proximity to client’s room.
• Some medications require refrigeration to preserve their chemical properties.
• Most acute care facilities use some sort of computerized dispensing machine.
• In long term care facility, a locked medication cabinet may be within the client’s room or directly outside of it.
• All narcotics and other controlled substances are kept double locked.
2. Discuss the importance of documenting medication …show more content…
Potentiation multiplies the effect of the drugs. This can be a very dangerous situation.
• Local Effects: Topical application (applied directly to the skin or mucous membranes) can cause a local effect. Anti-inflammatory creams and lotions and medications to relieve itching are examples of medications used for their local effects. These may be applied to the mucous membranes of the eye, mouth, nose, throat, vagina, or rectum by instillation, irrigation, swabbing, or spraying. The advantage of local medications is that their affects are limited to the area of application, thus reducing the possibility of undesired systemic reactions.
• Systemic Effects: Medication can be administered in a number of ways to achieve systemic effects. These are drugs that the body absorbs into the general circulation (ie, the blood and lymphatic fluids) and then transports to a specific body area or to the entire body. To achieve systemic effects, medications often are administered by transdermal application, mouth, or injection, although other methods, such as nasal inhalation, can also produce systemic
Objectives:
1. Describe how medications are stored and supplied in healthcare facilities.
• Most healthcare facilities have a “med room” or separate area for medications.
• The facility may store medications in locked movable carts that allow nurses to prepare medications in close proximity to client’s room.
• Some medications require refrigeration to preserve their chemical properties.
• Most acute care facilities use some sort of computerized dispensing machine.
• In long term care facility, a locked medication cabinet may be within the client’s room or directly outside of it.
• All narcotics and other controlled substances are kept double locked.
2. Discuss the importance of documenting medication …show more content…
Potentiation multiplies the effect of the drugs. This can be a very dangerous situation.
• Local Effects: Topical application (applied directly to the skin or mucous membranes) can cause a local effect. Anti-inflammatory creams and lotions and medications to relieve itching are examples of medications used for their local effects. These may be applied to the mucous membranes of the eye, mouth, nose, throat, vagina, or rectum by instillation, irrigation, swabbing, or spraying. The advantage of local medications is that their affects are limited to the area of application, thus reducing the possibility of undesired systemic reactions.
• Systemic Effects: Medication can be administered in a number of ways to achieve systemic effects. These are drugs that the body absorbs into the general circulation (ie, the blood and lymphatic fluids) and then transports to a specific body area or to the entire body. To achieve systemic effects, medications often are administered by transdermal application, mouth, or injection, although other methods, such as nasal inhalation, can also produce systemic