Unit 47: Administer Medication to Individuals‚ and Monitor the Effects 1.1 Legislation and Policies Relevant to the Administration of Medication The Medicines Act 1968 This act is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom and it governs the manufacture and supply of medicine. This act outlines three categories of medicines: • Prescription of medicines (POM). These are only available from a pharmacist if they are prescribed by an appropriate doctor. • Pharmacy medicines (P). These
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Should Stimulant Medications be used to treat our Children? What is Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? With no cure for ADHD‚ stimulant medication should be considered for the overall management of the disruptive symptoms associated with the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common mental health problem in children. Children with ADHD often have problems with attention span‚ hyperactivity
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ADHD Intervention Analysis: Is ADHD Medication Being Overprescribed? Moses Stutzman Mid-Michigan Community College Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has drastically increased in recent decades. Medication to treat this disorder has become an easy way out is overused. There are many alternatives to the use of medication to treat the symptoms of ADHD (non-medical treatments). This essay reviews the main symptoms of ADHD and the methods that are used to diagnose ADHD. It is also
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perception towards obesity)‚ number of anti-diabetic medication‚ insulin therapy‚ the Depression‚ Anxiety and Stress scale (DASS-21) and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) score. The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale -8 (MMAS-8) score was used to measure the outcome of adherence to medication. MMAS-8. Glycated hemoglobin (HBA1c (%)) was used to check the validity of the MMAS-8 score in this cohort as a measure of adherence to medication
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PRACTICE PROBLEMS ON IV MEDICATIONS AND TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION INFUSIONS: To calculate for the infusion time: To calculate flow rate in drops/min: IV MEDICATIONS: 1. A prescription requires 7‚500 units (U) of heparin. Heparin vials containing 1‚000 U per milliliter are available in the pharmacy. What volume of heparin injection should be added to the IV solution to provide 7‚500 U? 2. A 200-mg dose of cimetidine is prescribed. It is available in the pharmacy in 300 mg/2 mL vials. What
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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
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Diploma in Health & Social Care Optional Units – Medication (Administering and Effect Monitoring) Unit 1 Understand legislation‚ policy and procedure relevant to administration of medication. Current Legislation Mental Capacity Act 2005 – provides a legal framework to empower and protect people who may lack the capacity to make some decisions for themselves. Health and Social care act 2008 sec 13 – regulations 2010 states ‘ the registered person must protect service users against
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Unit 39- Support Use of Medication in Social care Settings A)1.1 The Medicine act 1968 Governs the manufacture & supply of medicines. This requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. He or she can only do this on the receipt of a prescription from an authorised person eg a doctor. According to the law (The Medicines Act 1968) medicines can be given by a third party‚ e.g. a suitably-trained care worker‚ to the person that they were intended
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indicate that the care given is resulting in an undesirable patient outcome. An important adverse trend that is addressed in this paper is medication errors. MEDMARX is a nationally recognized‚ web-based‚ anonymous‚ and voluntary medication error reporting system (Rashidee‚ Hart‚ Chen‚ & Kumar‚ 2009). Healthcare facilities use this reporting system to report medication error data. Within a three
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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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