Practical Nursing PNM300- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 32 pages long!)

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Legal and ethical considerations: health canada establishes standards for the safety and nutritional quality of all foods sold in canada, mandated by the authority of the food and. Drugs act and and regulatory mandate is under the food and drug regulations. Primary piece of legislation governing foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. According to the act, drugs must comply with official prescribed standards. Schedule a (lists diseases in which the cure cannot be advertised to public) Schedule b (lists publications of standards recognized in canada) Natural health products (nhps) (2004) are defined as: Vitamins and minerals: herbal remedies, homeopathic medicines. Probiotics, and: other products like amino acids and essential fatty acids. Requirements for the control and sale of narcotics, controlled drugs, and substances of misuse. The letter n and the symbol are printed on the label of every narcotic drug. Schedule iii amphetamines and lysergic acid diethylamide (lsd)