Medication Workbook
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Legislation and Medication
There are a number of different parliamentary acts that have an effect on the way medication is prescribed, dispensed, stored, given and disposed of. Before attending your course, find out about what the first two acts and any one of the other acts say, (for your country only) in relation to medication:
Policies and Procedures
The medication policies and procedures within your organisation will give information about what assistance you can and cannot give to your service users. You must adhere to this policy at all times. Doing something that is not contained within the policy may invalidate your company’s insurance policy or may put them in breach of their contracts with their care purchasers.
What does your organisations policies and procedures say about the following?
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1. What type of medication does the policy allow you to give?
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2. What does the policy say about medication compliance aids? Eg. Dosset boxes, nomad boxes
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3. What does the policy say about purchasing over the counter medicine for your service users?
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4. What does your policy say about the use of gloves and aprons when giving medication?
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5. What does your policy say about giving medication in other ways besides oral (by mouth)?
Roles, responsibilities and boundaries
You need to understand the differences between the terms prescribing and dispensing medication.
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6. What do you understand by the term ‘prescribing’?
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7. What do you understand by the term ‘dispensing’?
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8. What are you allowed to do within your policy with respect to giving medication? Eg. Do you provide first, second or third tier medication
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9. What does the policy allow you to do in the area of storing medication within the service user’s home?
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10. What does the policy allow you to do in the area of disposal of medication?
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11. What do you understand by the term Personalisation?
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12. How could you assist a service user to maintain independence with medication?
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13. Explain in what situation mediation compliance aids should be used.
Classification of Medication: You must understand the way medication is classified to enable you to help your service users effectively.
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14. Give a brief explanation of what you understand by the following classifications. This was touched upon when looking at the legislation section within the workbook.
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15. Types of Medication: Before going out to give medication you should have some background knowledge into the types of medication you might be asked to assist with. You should understand the importance of these. Give a brief explanation of what the following types of medication do;
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16. What do you understand by the term ‘PRN’ (as and when required) medication?
Medication Routes: To be able to assist with medication you should understand the different routes by which medication can be given so that you understand what is required of you for each route.
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17. Give an explanation of the following routes and the types of medication that you might be asked to assist with.
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18. Contra-indications: Care workers must understand what this term means and what implications it has. This will affect the care you give to the service user.
What do you understand by the term ‘Contra-Indications’?
Risk Assessment: A risk assessment will be carried out on all service users receiving help with medication. You must understand what this means and know what the implications of these are for you and the service user.
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19. What do you understand by the term ‘Risk Assessment’?
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20. How do you think you might be involved in dealing with this?
The 6 ‘Rights’ of Medication Administration: At all times, when assisting with medication, you must ensure that you give the service user the correct medication. The 8 ‘Rights’ will assist you with this.
These are:
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21. Explain the implications of giving medication incorrectly.
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22. When a new batch of medication arrives at the service user’s home from the pharmacist what do you think you might need to consider doing with it before putting it away in a safe place?
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23. Preparing to help a service user take their medication: When you are helping a service user take their medication you should prepare yourself adequately for this. This will include getting all the necessary equipment and documentation together beforehand.
Prior to administering medication to the service user what preparations do you think you might need to make?
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24. Reporting and Seeking Advice:
If the unexpected occurs, you need to be aware of how you are expected to deal with this. There may be occasions when you need to seek advice from, or report some of your concerns to others. List what you think some of these concerns might be.
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25. List 4 possible reactions/side effects to taking medication.
Recording
Recording information is the only way of knowing what has or hasn’t been done for the service user. There are special documents for this purpose.
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26. What is your understanding of a Medication Administration Record (MAR)?
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27. Can you identify what will need to be recorded on the MAR?
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28. How would you record a service user refusing their medication?
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29. Audit of Medication: It is important to monitor the amount of medication received, the amount taken and the amount left.
What considerations do you think need to be made when considering the amount of medication, a service user has left?
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30. Disposal of medication Care workers may sometimes be asked to dispose of medication on behalf of the service user.
What do you think some of the issues might be when disposing of medication?
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