TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines Assessment Answers
- Subject Code :
TUM202
- University :
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- Country :
Australia
Assessment Task
In this assessment, you will review the case of a patient who is on multiple medications and answer a series of short answer questions related to polypharmacy (1500 words).
Please refer to the Task Instructions for details on how to complete this task.
Context
Polypharmacy is a significant problem in the community, particularly for people living with multiple comorbidities or multiple chronic diseases. Knowledge of medications and their actions and interactions with each other is an important skill of nursing practice. Drug-drug interactions can have significant consequences for the patient. This task is designed to assess the theoretical knowledge that you have acquired whilst undertaking TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines.
Instructions
To complete this assessment task, you must:
- Read the case study document found in Assessment 2 resources folder on Blackboard.
- Using credible evidence-based literature, write a response to the case study that addresses the following points:
- Briefly introduce the case study scenario and the intention of the case study response.
- Define polypharmacy.
- Explain who is at risk of polypharmacy and why.
- Identify and describe the impacts of polypharmacy on 1) the older person, and 2) the healthcare system.
- Identify the drug-drug interaction(s) and explain which of the drug-drug interaction(s) are linked to the signs and symptoms that the case study patient is experiencing.
- Explain what is causing the symptoms the patient is experiencing (consider if this is due to pathology or a result of the drug interactions and/or human error)
- Propose strategies that can be implemented to identify and prevent polypharmacy.
- Identify evidence-based resources that can assist the Registered Nurse (RN) to identify possible drug-drug interactions.
- Consider and explain how the RN can incorporate a person-centered approach when advocating for the case study patient, with relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team.
