Managing and Administering Medication Policy Review

Running head: HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
TASK 3: MANAGING AND ADMINISTERING MEDICATION POLICY REVIEW
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Background:
It has been proven that proper medication is beneficial in order to cure and prevent
illness. Such effectiveness of medicines has lead to increase its use in order to manage illness.
However, with the increasing use of medicines increase in hazards and adverse effect associated
with medication has been found (Cuccurullo 2014). Thus, it is important to review and monitor
the policies related to medication in order to identify the risk factors or hazards associated with
medication and introduce effective strategy to reduce the risk. The purpose of the assignment is
to prepare a report on medication policy review in the residential home. The following paper will
provide a brief idea about the monitoring process of medication policy, impact of the process on
health and safety and personal contribution.
Monitoring medication policy and practices in the residential home:
Utilization of effective medicines has become most common way to cure and prevent
minor to severe disease. Such effectiveness of medicines has lead to increase the use of
medicines in order to manage illness. The increase in the use of medicines has lead to increase in
hazards and adverse effect associated with medicines (Cuccurullo 2014). Thus, it is important to
introduce effective medication policies and process in order to provide appropriate medication.
Monitoring such policies and process is also important to identify the effectiveness of the
policies and process. Such monitoring process would help to identify hazards and adverse effect
associated with significant medicines (Barbazza and Tello 2014). Effective medication support
needs to be provided to the patients for example providing medicines to the patients as per the
instruction, reminding the patient in order to take medicines timely, assisting the patient in

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opening container and storing required medicines in the organization (Ryan et al. 2014). In order
to monitor or review the medication practices it is important to establish effective procedures to
outline the decision of the residential home regarding the role of nurses and staffs in order to
manage the medication process of the patients. The organization need to contact with the
pharmacist and other health professionals in order to understand the medication process required
for each patient. Regular monitoring of the new service users in the residential home need to be
done. Monitoring the current medication practice carried out by the new staffs of the residential
home is also important. In this regards daily check up of the patients in order to recognize
hazards or adverse reaction due to the medicines provided to the patient. Such routine check-up
would help to identify improvement in the health condition of the patients due to effective
medication. Patient feedback regarding the effect of medicines needs to be taken, for example if
they feel sleepy or weak after the intake of the medicines, if any side effects such as rashes or
inflammation occur due to medication and others (Kissin, Jamieson and Barfield 2014). Proper
training needs to be provided to the staffs regarding the medication of the patients (Masters
2015). Effective policy need to be made in order to maintain the confidentiality of the patients
regarding medication support. The medication policy provided by the UK government such as
Standard of Medicine Management needs to be considered by the residential home in order to
prepare policy for the organization (Nmc.org.uk. 2018). The Human Medicine Regulation 2012
also provides effective guidelines for medication practice (Legislation.gov.uk. 2018). The
organization needs to review its policies annually in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the
policies and modify them with new guidelines to make them more effective for medication
practice in the residential home (Barbazza and Tello 2014).
Impact of policy review on health and safety: