N.V.Q. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION AND MONITORING ITS EFFECTS. BY ANDREW CARTMELL. Q.1. The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974‚ was introduced to place responsibility for health and safety on the employer but also on the employee’s. To ensure Health and Safety was maintained in the workplace. In relation to the administration of medication‚ your employer has a responsibility to ensure policies and procedures are up to date and accessible at all times. Also to provide adequate training to
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relevant to the administration of medication. The Medicines Acts 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While care staffs are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation‚ they do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle medicines on behalf of the service user. The following is a list of legislation that has a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting
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Students who take un-prescribed study drugs create an unfair advantage because there is inequitable accessibility to these medications among students. People with ADHD/ADD are able to obtain medications through prescriptions from their health care professional‚ but others are still able to obtain it non-prescribed through diversion. Diversion is the process in which people with a legal prescription for medications give it those without a prescription for non-therapeutic purposes (Vrecko‚ 1982). A
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Essay: Misuse of medication Dirk J Booysen Introduction. The extent of the problem of medication misuse can perhaps be realised most fully when considering that it involves not only prescribed drugs and medications‚ but also polypharmacy (using more than one drug concurrently)‚ self-diagnosis which leads to over the counter (OTC) self-medication or the dispensing of medication by a pharmacist without an accurate diagnosis or recommendations for the correct use of the medication‚ and the nonmedical
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Doing a complete health assessment or “viewing” the patient as a whole is a vital technique that every nurse should use on a daily basis‚ however I have not practiced this kind of assessment in my working environment. As a nurse in a long term care facility‚ I only do a partial assessment for example when a patient is getting admitted a full body inspection is done: vital signs taken‚ the abdomen is palpitated‚ bowel and breath sounds are auscultated but the cultural and spiritual aspect of the patient
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Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators History and Development The prototype anticholinergic agent is atropine‚ which is found naturally in the plants Atropa belladonna and the Datura species. Scopalamine is also extracted from the belladonna plant‚ and both atropine and scopolamine are called belladonna alkaloids. |Agent |Date |Event | |Belladonna
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ADMINISTERING MEDICATION Units Covered: EYMP3 – 6.2 Where is the information stored in the workplace? in the staff room in the ‘Policy’ folder Has the Policy/information been reviewed: Y N Has there been any identified changes? Y N What? Summarise your current Legislation/Guidelines: Include : Regulations concerning storing and administering medication Although it is not ideal to keep medication in school‚ it is sometimes necessary. Some children will have medical conditions that require
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introduction More people die each year in United States from medication errors‚ than from highway accident‚ breast cancer or AIDS. It is described best as an “unintended act or as an act that does not achieve its intended outcome.” (Wideman‚ 2010). Medication errors are among the biggest issues devoted in health care setting today in America. There are five “rights” to remember when administering medications: Right patient‚ Right medication‚ Right route‚ Right dose‚ and Right time. Documentation
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energy are likely candidates of having ADHD. Many children have these characteristics and are being prescribed Ritalin‚ a drug that stimulates the brain to help children gain focus. Having said that‚ more and more children are taking Ritalin‚ but are too many taking it for the wrong reasons? Today we see children act out in class‚ call it a behavioral problem‚ and immediately put them on medication. Medicating children with Ritalin should be a last resort; doctors‚ parents‚ and teachers seemed to
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Unit 44 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects Learning outcome 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 There are many acts and regulation around the care and control of medication. The two most important and relevant ones are The Medicines Act 1968 and The Misuse of Drugs Act 1972. The Medicines Act outlines the
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