Question

Dose Administration Aids (DAA) are primarily designed and intended for the person's own use to facilitate accurate self-administration of their medicines. Answer the following questions based on the guidelines given by Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation for the use of DAA by Nurses. 15.1) Can clients use a DAA by themselves? You didn't enter the answer. 15.2) Who can assess the suitability of a DAA for a client? 15.3) If a client self-administers where should the medication administration be documented 15.4) If a client is assessed as unable to self-administer medication who can administer for them? 15.5) In receiving DAAs from the pharmacy what checks should be made to packaging and by whom? 15.6) What do you do with a DA if the clients medication regimen is changed 15.7) If a DDA contains S8 drugs how must it be stored 15.8) Can a Nurse administer from a DDA if medications cannot be individually identified?

Answer 1

1 Yes, the client can make use of DAA to take drugs by themselves. the individuals who are using DAA for self administering medication should be able to determine the name of the medicine and its purpose and the dose and frequency of the medication. this help them to or not to take medicines as their wish.

2.the health worker, the enrolled nurses and registered nurses and midwives for all nursing and midwifery activities, supports and supervise the patients for self administering medication. they are also responsible for their action and accountable for their work they are providing.

3. it should be documented in the patients own health record, and/ or their medicine chart along with the updated assessment as their needs change.

4. when a person is found unfit to administer medicine by themselves, a registered nurse and midwife and an enrolled nurse can administer the medication.

5. dose administration aid packages should ensures the following points

• individual medicine can be easily identified
• can be easily readable so that it can be read by people with poor eyesight and should be correct.
• the quality of the medicine should be preserved each time.
• medicines should not be mixed with the other which are not in due.
• any tampering if happened should be evident.

It should be prepared and adequately labeled by a pharmacist and include the individual's name, the name and strength f the medicine, dosage, frequency, and route of administration.

6. if it happens the medicine must be returned to the pharmacist for repackaging.

7. the storage of all the medicines should comply with state or territory legislation and with the recommendations made by the dispensing pharmacist.

8. when the medicine cannot be identified registered nurse and midwife, they should consult the pharmacist and returned for repackaging.