Unit 616: Administration Of Medication

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UNIT 616 ADMINISTER MEDICATION 616.1 - Understand legislation, policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication Outcome 1 1.1 - The learner can: Identify current legislation, guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication Several legislations are currently in use to provide guidelines and protocols that safeguard the administration of medication. These are:  The Safer Management of Controlled Drugs Regulations 2006  The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974  The Access to health records Act of 1990The Data Protection Act 1998  Health and Social Care Act 2008  The Medicines Act 1968  The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971  The Misuse of Drugs also called Safe Custody Regulations 1973:…show more content…
For individual with respiratory difficulties uses inhalers and can be either worked by the individual when they breathe in or set automatically to activate the when the individual breathes in and can be measured by the doctor during prescription prescribing. Nebulisers which can also be used however work differently; a liquid is placed into a chamber at the base of a mask and a fine mist of the medication is released into the mask and the individual inhales. This must be recorded on the individuals, medication administration record sheets/charts as well as the individual’s MAR…show more content…
All effort must be made to maintain the individuals’ dignity, respect their choices and preferences. Individuals do not always take their medication. Sometimes individuals may refuse their medication. This is within their right to do so. As a legal requirement and under my company’s’ medication policy, I cannot administer their medication without their consent. I will listen to their reasons for the refusing the medication. Sometimes this happens because they do not fully understand why they need to have their medication and other times; it may because they cannot swallow tablets. Having listened to them, I will explain the reason for taking each medication in particular what that the medication is for and its effects. I will also give them information about the various forms of the medication, say liquid or tablet forms and the let them make a choice which they would find easier to swallow. If the individual insisted on refusing their medication, this will have to be record on their MAR and in their care plan and also inform my Manager or the senior on duty who will then contact the individual’s doctor for advice. Medication review may have to be carried out to see what alternatives could be

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