Assignment task: Steps to Creating Your Education Tool:
First, decide which generation you would like to educate - Baby Boomers (1946-1964)
Second, decide on a medication to educate your selected age group on - Lisinopril
Third, based on the medication you chose, create a tool to address the treatment of a selected illness - Hypertension
Leaflet/Pamphlet:
Your education tool should address the following items:
- Be an appropriate educational approach or education resource for the identified generation
- Clearly name the medication that impacts the treatment of your selected illness
- Identify/define the selected illness you are addressing
- Explain to your selected population the general principles of pharmacokinetics (the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of a drug over time) and pharmacodynamics (the biochemical and physiological effects of a drug on the body) related to the medication you have selected. What is appropriate for the generation to know and understand?
- Include an important conclusion to be made based on presented facts or information to be retained for the generation you are creating this education tool for
- Include at least two scholarly resources on your education tool