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    Administration of Medications

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    This document discusses the administration of medications by nurses. It states that successful medical therapy depends on collaboration between patients and medical staff, including nurses, who must have an in-depth understanding of drugs, their actions, interactions, therapeutic and adverse effects. The nurse is responsible for any care given, including ensuring medication orders are appropriate for the patient's condition before administering them. A drug is defined as any substance other than food that alters biological processes when administered.

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    This document discusses the administration of medications by nurses. It states that successful medical therapy depends on collaboration between patients and medical staff, including nurses, who must have an in-depth understanding of drugs, their actions, interactions, therapeutic and adverse effects. The nurse is responsible for any care given, including ensuring medication orders are appropriate for the patient's condition before administering them. A drug is defined as any substance other than food that alters biological processes when administered.

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    This document discusses the administration of medications by nurses. It states that successful medical therapy depends on collaboration between patients and medical staff, including nurses, who must have an in-depth understanding of drugs, their actions, interactions, therapeutic and adverse effects. The nurse is responsible for any care given, including ensuring medication orders are appropriate for the patient's condition before administering them. A drug is defined as any substance other than food that alters biological processes when administered.

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    Administration of Medications

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    anupama varghese
    This document discusses the administration of medications by nurses. It states that successful medical therapy depends on collaboration between patients and medical staff, including nurses, who must have an in-depth understanding of drugs, their actions, interactions, therapeutic and adverse effects. The nurse is responsible for any care given, including ensuring medication orders are appropriate for the patient's condition before administering them. A drug is defined as any substance other than food that alters biological processes when administered.

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     ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS
    Alteration in health related to acute or chronic
    conditions lead clients to seek relief of symptoms
    through various treatments options one of which
    is the medication regime. Successful medical
    therapy depends on the partnership of the
    patient and the medical staff (including the
    nurse). This increased collaboration among
    health care providers demand in-depth
    understanding of drug, actions, interactions,
    therapeutic and adverse effect and the exercise
    of judgment in drug administration.
    Thus implementation of prescriptions or
    orders of the physician/pharmacist
    involves far more than merely carrying
    out tasks. As an educated, independently
    licensed health care provider, the nurse
    is always responsible for any care given
    (including administration of drugs)
    whether prescribed by the physician or
    planned by the nurse.
    The nurses’ first responsibility is to
    understand the ordered therapy, its goal
    for the patient and how it is to be carried
    out. If a physician orders a medication
    and it is observed that the written
    dosage is ten times the usual dosage for
    that medication, instead of giving the
    medication because “the doctor ordered
    it”, call the doctor and discuss the order.
    More so since the patient’s state is not
    static, understand his condition in
    relation to the medication. If an oral
    medication is prescribed for a vomiting
    patient, an understanding nurse should
    inform the physician for change instead
    of just giving the drug just because “the
    doctor wrote it”.
    What is a drug?
    Drug is any substance other than food
    which when administered alters the
    physiological process of the biological
    being. It is a chemical substance
    intended for use in the diagnosis,
    treatment, cure, mitigation or prevention
    of a disease. Drug is a general term used
    for both legal and illegal substances
    (either than food) which alters
    physiological processes. Medication or
    medicine is more appropriate for drugs
    used for therapeutic purposes.

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