Medications: Introduction and Safe Practice
Work Sheet
Name: ______Date: ______
Name of Trainer: ______
Name of Company Developing Material: Clinical Update (NZ) Ltd
Contents
Segment 1 - Introduction
Segment 2 - Administering Medications
Segment 3 - Safe Practices
Segment 1 - Introduction
List what the Medications Act & Regulations control
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List what the Medicines Act 1981 consolidates and amends?
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The Medicines Regulations 1984 determine what?
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Who monitors the Acts & Regulations?
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The aim of the Acts and Regulations is to ______the health of New Zealanders by ______and ______to maximize ______and ______
The misuse of Drugs Act 1975 & Misuse of Drugs Regulations applies to
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What are medications?
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What does it include?
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Segment 2 - Administering Medications
Who can give out medications?
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What must the person do?
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List 6 times medications are given
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List 10 abbreviations you may see on medications charts and what do they mean?
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With medications what are Enrolled Nurse allowed to do>
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List the what Caregivers or Health Care Assistants are permitted to do
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Registered Nurses have the overall responsibility for the ______
of ______
List 6 responsibilities of a Registered Nurse around medications and medication management
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List 4 responsibilities a manager has regarding medication management
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Segment 3 - Safe Practices
List 6 things required to maintain safe practice in medication administration.
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List 3 ways in which medications are packed?
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List how medications are packed for administration times
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How are pills, capsules, elixirs and liquids stored when not in use?
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Where should antibiotic suspensions be stored? ______
Where should lotions, creams and ointments be stored? ______
How should you store all products? ______
Medications should be stored in a ______place not exceeding ______degrees Celsius
How often should you check medications for expiry date? ______
Where do you send expired medications? ______
When is another time you should check an expiry date? ______
Packed medication is usable for ______unless otherwise ______
When a person is discharged what happens to their medication? ______
What happens to medications if a person is transferred to another facility? ______
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What happens to medications if a person dies? ______
What must you not do to discontinued medications under any circumstances?
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If giving medications to a person the medications must ______
If several people are on the same medication like lactulose, are you permitted to use the same bottle, with one person’s name on it, to all people on it? Yes/No
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