Assignment task:
1. Using the acronym, "A.C.T.I.O.N," identify and explain the sequence the tool recommends you follow to address all medication problems.
2. For each situation below, answer the following questions
a. Explain the main problem/challenge faced in this situation. (2 marks for each situation.)
b. What section in the "Medication Problem A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan" resource would you turn to when addressing the situation? (1 mark for each situation.)
c. What action would you take to assist your client? Record your answer for part "c" as if you are documenting in the client's record. (3 marks for each situation.)
Situations:
1. Your client has Parkinson's disease. He tries to administer his own oral medication. His wife, who usually helps him, is often not home for his afternoon dose because your visit is her respite time.
2. Your client is 84 and has rheumatoid arthritis. Each week the RN distributes her medication for each day in a dosette. Today your client's joints seem very inflamed and she asks you to open her dosette for her.
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.
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.