Empowering Patients to Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes for the Long Term

primary objectives (vegetables, and seafood) with near 0 grams of ingestion. This can lead to

Whiles weighing Ella, I observed that Ella had red and inflamed rash on her face and in the creases of both hands. According to Beckwith and Franklin (2011), to prescribe safely a holistic assessment of the patient has to be completed and the seven steps of the prescribing pyramid was used which are ,examining the patient’s holistic needs, considering an appropriate strategy, considering a choice of product, negotiating a ‘contract’ and achieve concordance with the patient, reviewing the patients on a regular basis, ensuring all record keeping is both accurate and up to date and reflecting on your prescribing for future reference.(NPC, 1999) were used as a decision making

The Medication Policy and procedure and Mars Handbook covers assessment of individuals’ needs, administering, storage, recording and disposal of medicines including their effects and potential side effects

4. Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up - Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a calculated BMI in the past six months or during the current reporting period documented in their medical records and if the most recent BMI is outside of normal parameters, a follow-up plan was documented within the past six months or during the current reporting period. Normal Parameters: Age 65 years and older BMI greater than 23 but less than 30; Age 18 to 64 years BMI greater than 18.5 but less than 25.

• the dose to give and how often it may be repeated before referring to the resident’s doctor

Medication should only be prescribed after careful consideration of the patient's best interests. The prescriber should have access to the most up to date version of the British National Formulary (BNF). Dispensing must also be appropriately trained, follow safe systems of work and understand the side effects of various drugs; be able to access appropriate information and understand when to access advice or further information (the dispenser may not necessarily be a trained pharmacist but should be working alongside one). By supporting medication

The nurse must verify the physician’s medication order, including the dose and time, and then the pharmacy is responsible for their own checks and balances via the BCMA system in order to complete the dispensing phase of the medication (Gooder, 2011). The nurse enters the BCMA system with a login and password and is able then to see a list of the virtual due list for a specific patient. The computer on wheels is then taken to that patient’s room and the five rights of medication administration begin. As nurses, we are taught to use the five rights of drug administration are (1) right patient (2) right medication (3) right dose (4) right route and (5) right time. By scanning the barcode on the patient’s hospital identification band, the nurse then asks for the patient to verbally state their name and date of birth, which can be verified by the nurse on the virtual due list and then choses the medication that are due for administration at that time. The medication is dispensed and the nurse is able to scan the barcode on the medication, the scanning triggers the automatic documentation of the medication given (Kelly, 2012).

-Administer only medications prescribed by the doctor and keep a record of them after each dose.

While it has been briefly touched upon in the previous section that the goal of weight loss should be disease prevention priority #1, it is essential that the patient also work to rein in his diabetes in order to reduce his A1C, reduce any extrapolation that the disease may place on his other conditions, and reduce the chance of diabetic neuropathy, vision issues, slow wound healing, etc. While this health promotion plan may seem

After the Pharmacy technicians checks the solution for exactness, and may convey it to the patient. The expert then duplicates the data about the endorsed pharmaceutical onto the patient's profile. Specialists likewise may amass a 24-hour supply of medication for each patient. They bundle and mark every measurement independently. The bundles are then set in the drug cupboards of patients until the administering pharmacist checks them for precision, and at exactly that point is the prescription given to the patients.

In June 2012, the U.S Food and Drug Administration approved marketing of the weight reduction drug Belviq (Lorcaserin hydrochloride), but the same drug application was formally rejected by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) by claiming that “the benefits of Belviq did not outweigh its risks” (Wolfe, 2013). While, I believe that Belviq have proven to be safe and effective in reducing weight in particular group of population, I strongly disagree with its market approval by knowing the fact that the potential benefits of Belviq do not outweigh the potential risks associated with its long term use in overweight and obese individuals.

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Thus when patient arrives and ask for medication, technician will retrieve by patients last name. Technician confirms patient’s address before handing medication to patient. By confirming address, technician makes sure that they are giving right medication to right patient and reduces the error of handing medication to wrong patient having same names. While handing medication pharmacist counsel patient on their medication and answer all their concerns and questions. Patient has direct access to the pharmacist, as pharmacist is not hidden behind the counter while counseling. Patients are more satisfied with the service provided as they can directly and free talk to

Some patients are required to seek medical advice from doctors because of their medical condition. The bad thing about this program is that a person is not able to know the exact amount of weight he/she will