Medication Management Policies and Impact on Patient Health

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Introduction
Medicines are indispensible in the process of treatment and cure of any physical
complications. Different medicines have different mode of administrations and its associated
side-effects. Proper medication management and safety along with the observance of the
patient-centred medication management plan is helpful in controlling adverse affect of
medication (Wilz et al. 2016). The following report aims to review the polices that are
designed for the medication management along with the analysis of impact adverse
medication management over the patient’s health. At the report throws a brief light over the
personal reflection of the author over the overall concept of the medication management.
Discussion
Review and monitoring of policies
The primary purpose of Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) of UK is to provide
protection to the service users via setting standards, code of conduct and training for all the
registered nurses, midwives and community public health nurses (Nursing and Midwifery
Council of UK 2007). NMC considers the administration of medicine as an essential aspect
of professional health practice and in order to stringently manage the medication
administration to the patients, the council strict sets of standards. The detailed layout
medication management standards is elaborated below in tabular format:
Section: 1
Standard Norms
Standard 1: Methods The registered healthcare professionals must supply and administer
medicinal products only in accordance with certain norms
Norms include
Patient specific direction (PSD)

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Patient group direction (PGD)
Patient medicines administration chart or medicines administration
record (MAR)
Medicines Act exemption
Standard 2 : Checking Registered healthcare professionals is required to check the
medicine administration protocol for administering the medicine
Standard 3: Transcribing A registered healthcare professionals must transcribe the overall
process of medication management in a particular direction like
from supply to administer
Section: 2
Standard 4: Prescription
medicines
Registered healthcare professionals are under exceptional
circumstances are required to check label from stock and supply
and compare it with written prescription in order to make it safe
while the medicine is out for self-administrations
Standard 5: Patient’s medicines Registered nurses must check patient’s own medicines in
accordance to the medicines management
Section: 3
Standard 6: Storage Proper storage of the medicine must be done by the health care
professionals in order to ensure its half-life
Standard 7: Transportation Proper packaging must be ensured for proper transportation of the
medicines
Section: 4
Standard 8: Administration Proper administration protocol of the medicines must be followed
by the healthcare professionals and the administration protocol
must go in accordance with the doctor’s prescription
Standard 9: Assessment After the administration of medication continued assessment of

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patients is mandatory in order to detect any adverse that associated
with the medicines
Standard 10: Self
administration: Children and
young people
In case of children proper arrangements must be done for parents
or carers like training so that the medicine is administered in a safe
mode
Standard 11: Remote
prescription and direction to
administer
Proper use of information and communication technology is
recommended for remote medication management
Standard 12: Test Messaging As a registered nurse, it is her duty to ensure that all protocols are
in place in order to ensure patient’s confidentiality including
confidentiality in text messages and telephone numbers
Standard 13: Titration Proper titration of the medicine dosage is required to control
patient’s response
Standard 14: Preparing
medication in advance
The medicine must be brought at room temperature before
administration
Standard 15: Medication
acquired through internet
Registered nurses must administer medicines that has not been
prescribed by doctors or is gathered through internet reference
Standard 16: Support to
compliance
Proper support must be given to the patients for observance of
medication safety
Section: 5
Standard 17: Delegation A registrant is responsible for any delegation for the administration
of medicinal records
Standard 18: Students Nurse as a student is not eligible for medication administration
Standard 19: Unregistered
practitioner
Unregistered practitioner is not eligible for the administration of
medicines
Standard 20: Intravenous
medication
Intravenous medication administration should be done with extra
caution