Nursing NUR201 Chapter 14: Safer Medication Use for Older Adults
16 Feb 2017
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Nur201 week three/chapter 14: safer medication use for older adults. Some adults use a complementary or alternative medicine (cam) therapy, while others are using a herbal medicine. Older people accumulate prescriptions as they accumulate chronic and persistent diseases. The number of adverse drug reactions (adrs) increases with the number of medications used. Adrs are also called adverse drug events (ades) Both are notable for hospitalization, as well as a cause of iatrogenic mortality and morbidity for those already hospitalized. The use of prescribed medication depends on many factors, but overall gerontologicial nurses have a responsibility to help minimize the risks of medication. This is the movement of a medication in the body from the point of administration as it is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted. It differs in older adults, as several changes caused by normal gaining may have an effect on this process.
