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Drugs in the Elderly Update
A series of 7 sessions to update the knowledge and skills of RN’s working with elderly people.
Introduction to Drugs Update
The nurses’ role in the ‘aim of the game’ and National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Objective: The participant will understand the significance of medication related issues in the elderly; important considerations in drug therapy in the elderly and the factors causing altered drug responsiveness in the elderly
Pharmacokinetics - Part 1
Do you know the amount of water to be given with drugs; why yoghurt should be used with crushed drugs? What the body does with the drug
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Objective: The participant will understand how drug absorption is altered in the elderly, the impact of this on therapeutic outcomes and factors modifying topical, enteral and parenteral absorption and bioavailability
Pharmacokinetics - Part 2
The nurses’ role in knowing the half life and steady states of drugs they administer; the affect of smoking, reduced nutrition and dehydration on pharmacokinetics
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Objective: The participant will understand how drug distribution, metabolism and elimination is altered in the elderly; factors impacting on these activities and how to apply knowledge and identify adverse drug reactions related to these changes.
Pharmacodynamics and what nurses need to know
What the drug does to the body, the agonists, the antagonists, receptor sensitivity; the desired effects and the adverse effects, including falls
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Objective: The participant will understand the alterations of pharmacodynamics in the elderly; how changes in homeostatic mechanisms impact therapeutic outcomes; how to apply knowledge and identify adverse drug reactions common in the elderly.
Adverse Drug Reactions
How to identify adverse drug reactions and the role of nurses in avoiding them
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Objective: The participant will understand the impact of adverse drug interactions in the elderly; the different types of adverse drug interactions; the significance of pharmacogenetics in drug selection; how to identify and reduce common adverse drug reactions.
Drug classes of concern and nursing responsibility
You have been administering these drugs for ‘years’, do you really know how safe they are and or assess for effects and or adverse effects?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Objective: The participant will understand the use of diuretics, ACE inhibitors and digoxin in the elderly and the significance of their respective and combined adverse effects
Drug classes of concern and nursing responsibility
Did you know that risperidone has a ’black box’ label in many countries for people who have dementia, and why?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Objective: The participant will understand the use of benzodiazepines and antipsychotics in the elderly and their significant adverse effects.
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