The essay is to focus on how an undergraduate student nurse would use the clinical decision making process in regards to drug therapy for the following group: the elderly.
You are to include issues and considerations for clients from different cultural and indigenous groups.
1-Critically examine the role of the nurse in preparing and administering medications and other therapeutic substances with an emphasis on safety and best practice.
2-Discuss the professional implications of medication administration with associated legal and ethical implications.
3- Explain the principles of quality use of medicines in the process of ensuring safe patient outcomes.
4-Analyse the factors involved in drug therapy for the elderly.
5- Discuss the pharmodynamics and pharmokinetics of common medications used in health maitenance and disease management.
6-Discuss the pharmodynamics and pharmokinetics of the common medications used in the elderly.