Mod 10 Medication A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan Assignment

 

Instructions

After reviewing the Medication A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan in-class, this assignment will task you with applying the process by answering questions to 4 different situations.

The Scenarios and Questions

Question 1: Using the acronym, “A.C.T.I.O.N,” identify and explain the sequence the tool recommendsyou follow to address all medication problems? (6 marks)

Scenario 1:

Your client has Parkinson’s disease. He tries to administer his own oral medication. His wife, whousually helps him, is often not home for his afternoon dose because your visit is her respite time.

Questions:

  1. In your own words, explain the main problem/challenge faced in this situation. (2 marks)

  2. What section in the “Medication Problem A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan” resource would you turn to when addressing the situation? (1 mark)

  3. What action would you take to assist your client? (Record your answer as if you are documenting in the client’s record) (3 marks)

Scenario 2:

Your client is 84 and has rheumatoid arthritis. Each week the RN distributes her medication foreach day in a docette. Today your client’s joints seem very inflamed and she asks you to open herdocette for her.

Questions:

  1. In your own words, explain the main problem/challenge faced in this situation. (2 marks)

  2. What section in the “Medication Problem A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan” resource would you turn to when addressing the situation? (1 mark)

  3. What action would you take to assist your client? (Record your answer as if you are documenting in the client’s record) (3 marks)

Scenario 3:

According to the care plan for a new client, he is on an anti-inflammatory medication that has been prescribed to be taken bid. When you try to remind him to take his medication, he refuses, claiming he is fine.

Questions:

  1. In your own words, explain the main problem/challenge faced in this situation. (2 marks)

  2. What section in the “Medication Problem A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan” resource would you turn to when addressing the situation? (1 mark)

  3. What action would you take to assist your client? (Record your answer as if you are documenting in the client’s record) (3 marks)

Scenario 4:

While reading the label on your client’s medication, you notice that the strength of the medication is different from the care plan. Your client claims that his meds were changed over the weekend after visiting the medical clinic.

Questions:

  1. In your own words, explain the main problem/challenge faced in this situation. (2 marks)

  2. What section in the “Medication Problem A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan” resource would you turn to when addressing the situation? (1 mark)

  3. What action would you take to assist your client? (Record your answer as if you are documenting in the client’s record) (3 marks)

Submission

To submit your assignment, go to your class page and click on the “A.C.T.I.O.N. Assign - Response” button

This will lead you to the response page where you can answer each of the questions above and submit.

Note: Answers should be in your own words and not copied and pasted from your sources. Assignments which have been found to plagiarize sources, will be asked to re-write this assignment.