Student Knowledge Assessment Task

STUDENT KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT TASK
Task Name Written Assessment - ONLINE
National unit/s
title
Administer and monitor medicines
and Intravenous therapy
Student Name
Section A - Assessment Information
Duration and/or due date: Please see CANVAS for due dates
Task Instructions
Summary and Purpose of Assessment
 This short-answer assessment task is. This is 2nd of 9 assessment tasks for administration of
medication.
 The student is required to attain satisfactory (S) outcome in all 9 assessment tasks to be deemed
competent (CA) in this course.
 Please remember this course is a yearlong course and this is 1st half of this course and the student
will complete the 2nd half of the course in Semester 2 to gain overall competent (CA) for the
course: Administer and monitor medicines and intravenous therapy.
Assessment Instructions
• You must Satisfactorily answer all 55 questions
• You should answer all questions in the spaces provided, using full sentences, word count and dot
points when requested
• All work must be your own
Where
This is an online assessment task. You will need to upload your assessment to CANVAS.
If you are not able to attend the scheduled assessment timeframe you need to advise your teacher so
that an alternative assessment arrangement can be made. This knowledge assessment is an individual
assessment task that must be completed with minimal support from your supervisor (allowed support
includes further explanation of the task requirements or explanation of assessment criteria etc).
Conditions for assessment
 You must complete the task within the maximum allowed duration

 This is an individual task that you must complete with minimal support from others (allowed support
would be questions related to the location of equipment needed)
 Please make arrangements with your assessor at least one week prior to the assessment due date if
you feel you require special allowance or allowable adjustment to this task
 Please ensure your full and correct name is written on the student version of this assessment task (do
not use nicknames or abbreviations)
 You will be assessed as satisfactory or not satisfactory
 You can appeal the assessment decision according to the RMIT Assessment Processes
 You must meet the conditions of the marking guide to be deemed satisfactory with your responses
 Plagiarised submissions will not be assessed
 If you fail this assessment, your progress will be reviewed and eligibility for one more resubmission
will be determined by your teacher as per RMIT policy.
 Where relevant remediation may be offered prior to resubmission Only one resubmission per assessment allowed and one resit per course
Equipment/resources students must supply: Equipment/resources to be provided by RMIT or
the workplace:
 Computer and relevant software  Computer and internet access
 Canvas Portal
 Appropriate space to complete the assessment
Instructions on submitting your knowledge assessment
 The assessment task sheet will need to be uploaded via the link in the medication shell on
CANVAS. It will be reviewed by Turnitin plagiarism software when submitted.
 Assessments uploaded after the due date will not be accepted and the grade will be DNS
 The due date and time will be displayed on CANVAS.
Equipment/resources students must supply: Equipment/resources to be provided by RMIT or the
workplace:
 Computer access to complete and
upload assessment
 CANVAS login
 Soft copies of the student version of this
assessment task uploaded to CANVAS
Section B – Student Answer Sheet
Student Name Student ID

True or False Responses
Please clearly identify your response by deleting the incorrect
response.
Questions Satisfactory
Y N
Qu1. Written prescriptions must be re-written rather than altered
A. True
Qu2. A side effect is a predictable and often unavoidable secondary effect
A. True
Qu3. Medication is a substance administered for physiological effects on the body
A. False
Qu4. The trade name is the name that must appear on the medication chart
A. True
Qu5. The following medication routes (topical; SL; buccal) are affected by the first pass effect.
A. False
Qu6. Telephone orders are encouraged and can be performed with 2 EN’s
A. True
Qu7. Sub-cut lines can be inserted and used in symptom management in end of life care
A. False
Students, provide your responses in the boxes below each question
Questions Satisfactory
Y N
Qu8. List three (3) government acts or regulations that are in place in Australia, to guide healthcare

workers with the safe administration of medication?
1. Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2017
2. Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
3. Medications and Poisons Act 2014
Qu9. There are 8 standards listed by the National Safety and Quality Health Standards (NSQHS). How
does Standard 3, Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection, relate to medication
administration in Australia? (200 words)
According to the National Safety and Quality Health Standards (NSQHS), it has been
analysed that there are eight standards which should be considered by care professionals
while providing care to wellbeing of an individual. It includes clinical governance
standard, partnering with consumers standard, preventing & controlling healthcare
associated infection standard, medication safety standard, and comprehensive care
standard, communicating for safety standard, blood management standard and
recognising & responding to acute deterioration standard (Alexander and et. al., 2019). It
is necessary for medical practitioners to consider these standards and relevant guidelines
in order to carry out medication administration accurately which helps to make an
individual disease free. On the other hand, it has been evaluated that standard 3,
preventing and controlling healthcare associated infection to take clinical measures of
maintaining safety factor for patients and provide secure medication. It is important for
nursing staff to make decision of medicine administration accurately in respect of
preventing relevant infections to make sure stable health condition of an individual.
However, it will encourage the care professionals to manage all the safety measures and
provide appropriate medication with accurate dose for making an individual wellbeing.
Moreover, the selected standard is beneficial in terms of facilitating accurate medication
administration with right route, right person, right medicine at right time.
Qu10. The medication schedules are designed to guide healthcare workers in the safe storage of
medications within Australia.
Fill in the table below with storage requirements of each schedule and an example of a medication in
each schedule.
SCHEDULE HOW THIS MEDICATION IN THIS SCHEDULE MUST BE
STORED and DISPENSED
ONE (1) MEDICATION
FROM THIS SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE 2 S2 medicines are known as pharmacy only items which
should be stored in proper are to prevent access of
public and dispense by licensed retailer via a closed
display counter.
Paracetamol

SCHEDULE 3 S3 medicines are pharmacist which should be stored
behind the counter to prevent physical access of public
and some of S3 restricted medicines including
pseudoephedrine must be stored in dispensary are that
is away from retail area of the pharmacy (Cremers and
et. al., 2019).
Pseudoephedrine
SCHEDULE 4 S4 medicines are prescription only that is store in
dispensary to prevent access by the public. It includes
to consider several aspects such as quantities are
restricted to reasonable amounts, medicines are in the
possession of health professional at all times and
reasonable steps are taken to protect against loss or
theft.
Lipitor
SCHEDULE 8 S8 medicines are controlled prescription drugs and
they must be stored in approved drug safes at all times
and strictly follow legal requirements to dispense these
medications.
Alzapam
Qu11. Complete the table below. Fill in the drug calculation used for each form of medication listed. If
no calculation required, then write N/A.
Also write the route that the prescriber would use when prescribing each form of medication.
Remember some forms of medication eg drops, may be administered by multiple routes.
FORM OF MEDICATION WHAT DRUG CALCULATION IS USED FOR
THIS FORM OF MEDICATION? IF NONE
REQUIRED, WRITE N/A.
ROUTE/S THAT MAY BE
ORDERED FOR THIS FORM OF
ADMINISTRATION
CAPSULES/TABLETS
Convert 1.5 g * 1000 mg/g, to prescribe
the capsule or tablet for patient
(6 routes)
Oral, nasal, ocular, parenteral,
trans mucosal and transdermal.
DROPS
Drops of medication is calculated as drop
rate is 42 drops per minute and drop
factor is 20 drops per ml (Alexander and
et. al., 2017).
(3 routes)
Ophthalmic, oral and otic
LIQUIDS Calculation includes that 1 mg of
medicine is found in 0.5 ml of solution
(7 routes)
Oral, injection, sublingual &

buccal, rectal, ocular, otic and
nasal route
INHALANTS (3 routes)
Oral and nasal route
LOTIONS/CREAMS/
OINTMENTS
Calculation is in grams to provide lotions
or creams or ointment.
(5 routes)
Skin route
WAFERS (2 routes)
SUPPOSITORY (2 routes)
Qu12. What is the difference between Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics? (300 words)
W
A. Pharmacodynamics can be defined as branch of pharmacology that is concerned
with effects of drugs as well as their respective mechanism of action. It includes
the science drug performance and their way of reacting human body to drugs.
Meanwhile, it has been analysed that pharmacodynamics includes the criterion of
studying complex interactions between drugs, human body and then pathogen in
order to treat specific disease or infection for making an individual wellbeing
(Milani and et. al., 2017). It involves the way of analysing the mechanism of drug
and their effects to treat the cause of particular health problems, infection and
other relevant issue which impact positively on heal status to make it stable as
well as wellbeing. However, it includes the specific way of analysing the
biochemical, physiological as well as molecular impact of specific drug on body
which also consist the binding of receptor, post receptor effects and chemical
interactions accordingly.
In contrary to this, the pharmacokinetics can be described as branch of pharmacology