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A nurse/midwife who accepts a verbal or telephone order in these situations should consider her/his own competence and accountability generic 40mg propranolol with amex cardiovascular disease ultrasound. A nurse or midwife accepting a verbal or telephone order should repeat the order to the medical practitioner for verification generic propranolol 80mg free shipping capillaries veins arteries. A record of the verbal or telephone order should be documented in the appropriate section of the patient’s/service-user’s medical chart/notes. This should include the date and time of the receipt of the order, the prescriber’s full name and her/his confirmation of the order. The justification and rationale for accepting a verbal or telephone medication order should also be documented by the nurse/midwife involved to establish the clinical judgement exercised in the emergency situation. Best practice indicates that, where possible, the medical practitioner should repeat the order to a second nurse or midwife. The medical practitioner is responsible for documenting the written order on the prescription sheet/medication administration record within an acceptable timeframe as determined by the health service provider. Nursing, health service and medical management should ensure adherence to this policy through systematic audit and evaluation. Supporting Guidance Exemptions for emergency supply as detailed in the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply Regulations), 2003 require that a medical practitioner must provide an original prescription within 72 hours to the dispensing pharmacist. Standard The computer-generated prescription must be dated and signed by the medical practitioner or registered nurse prescriber in her/his own handwriting. A prescription for controlled drugs must adhere to the requirements of the Misuse of Drugs Acts of 1977 and 1984 and subsequent regulations and therefore must be handwritten in its entirety for it be dispensed by a pharmacist and subsequently administered by a nurse/midwife. Supporting Guidance This activity is authorised in the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2006 and the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations, 2003. The following should be adhered to by nurses and midwives in these supply situations: • Local written policies/protocols, agreed upon following consultation and collaboration with relevant stakeholders, should be observed when a nurse/midwife is to supply a medicinal product • The policy/protocol should include directions on labelling of medicinal products as per Article 9(2) of the Regulations. Consideration should be given to the further education and training required by any nurse/midwife involved in the supply of medicinal products. Circumstances may arise when the nurse/midwife may be required to supply a medicine without previous dispensing of the medicinal product by a pharmacist. An example of this is the use of a medication protocol to supply and administer a specific medication. The nurse/midwife must consider the scope of practice framework (and specific medication protocol if applicable) in determining her/his own competence to undertake this activity. Standard Dispensing represents an extension to professional nursing/midwifery practice. The determination for nurses/midwives to dispense must be supported by organisational policy with the involvement of the nursing/midwifery, pharmacy and medical professions. Supporting Guidance In-service training and education should be provided to those staff involved in dispensing, followed by assessment of the nurse’s/midwife’s competency in this activity. These include: • Availability of a qualified pharmacist for consultation, either on-call or at another location • Independent second check by another professional colleague • Documentation of dispensing practice • Evaluation and audit performed on an on-going basis. Nurses and midwives are advised to consult with their health service provider regarding indemnity insurance to cover their dispensing practice. Continual collaboration and communication should occur with the medical practitioner concerning the patient’s/service-user’s medication management. Supporting Guidance Key points associated with this activity are: • Health service providers should have written policies for self-administration of medicinal products, which should detail the assessment of patients/service-users, the documentation requirements for their chart/notes and for the storage and supply of medicinal products • The assessment process includes the evaluation of the patient’s/service-user’s ability to self-administer as appropriate, with ongoing assessment of their ability to perform this activity • The patient/service-user should be adequately supervised so that they adhere to the medicinal product therapy and treatment plan and this should be recorded as necessary in the care plan • Appropriate, safe and secure storage should be provided for the patient’s/service- user’s medicinal products and access should be limited to the patient/service-user • The practice of self-administration of medications should be evaluated and audited at regular intervals in the health care setting. Compliance aids are designed to aid self-administration by patients/service-users. However, there may be circumstances where compliance aids are used by nursing/midwifery staff to administer medications, for example in health care settings where there is no on-site pharmacy support. Systems for evaluation of the appropriateness of the compliance aid should be documented in local policy, based upon the patient’s/service-user’s • Condition and • Prescribed medications. There are two distinct care areas where nurses/midwives may be using compliance aids or monitored dosage systems: 1. Assisting patients/service users in self-administration of medications in the community setting using dosette boxes. This involves the nurse’s/midwife’s use of a dosette box or weekly pill box which she/he fills from the patient’s/service-user’s original medication containers dispensed by the pharmacist. Consultation with the patient’s/service-user’s pharmacist and general practitioner should be considered for guidance if supplying medicines in this manner and in assessing the need for using such a system.

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Yes No If �Yes generic propranolol 80 mg line coronary heart bypass,� please specify: besdiagnosis reviewing all the studies Number of patients: 20 Consecutively assigned? Yes No If �Yes cheap propranolol 80mg visa cardiovascular health exercise,� please specify: surgical findings Number of patients: 13/130 Consecutively assigned? Of the studies, 31 were normal and neither myelography nor surgery were performed. Extradural defects were decd in 99/130 patients (52 central, 26 dorsolaral osophy, 4 dorsolaral disc, 17 dorsolaral disc/osophy). Diagnostic st(s) studied: Other: OcClinical exam/history 1995;70(10):93 Electromyography Work group conclusions: 9-945. Yes No If �Yes,� please specify: surgical findings/pathology Number of patients: 297 Consecutively assigned? Of the 297 patients, 280 were diagnosed with radiculopathy and 17 with myelopathy. In the 297 patients, surgical reports nod one or more prolapsed discs in 258, a prolapsed disk and spur in 38, and a prolapsed disk with a fractue in 1. Surgery was performed in 22 patients on the basis of clinical Tis clinical guideline should nobe construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding other acceptable methods of care reasonably direcd to obtaining the same results. The authors concluded thaimaging of cervical disc prolapse continues to be difficuland the results are noalways specific. Author conclusions (relative to question): Imaging of cervical disc prolapse continues to be difficuland the results are noalways specific. Yes No If �Yes,� please specify: surgical findings Number of patients: 95, 134 snotic foramina Consecutively assigned? Athe entrance to the foramen, snosis secondary to a cartilagenous cap was identified in 10 patients (8%), osophy in 17 (13%), synovial cysin one, and a combination of bone and cartilagenous cap in 42 (31%). Within the canal, small bone spurs arising from the uncoverbral process contribud to snosis in 29 instances, and from the facejoinin 8. Total number of patients: 20 Other: Duration of symptoms 1-60 Acta Neurochir Number of patients in relevanmonths (Wien). Author conclusions (relative to question): Tis clinical guideline should nobe construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding other acceptable methods of care reasonably direcd to obtaining the same results. Lacked subgroup analysis in patients with Other: cervical Type of treatment(s): Physical therapy radiculopathy. Mar 1 Number of patients in relevanPontial level: I 2006;31(5):598- subgroup(s): 38 Downgraded level: I 602. Small sample size compressive Nos: <80% follow-up cervical Type of treatment(s): Posrior Patients enrolled adifferenpoints radiculopathy. Lacked subgroup analysis Dec Total number of patients: 170 Other: 1996;46(6):523- Number of patients in relevan530; discussion subgroup(s): 170 Work group conclusions: 530-523. In 86% of patients, outcome was good (defined as a Prolo score of 8 in 5%, 9 in 38% and 10 in 43%). Fernandez- Level I Prospective Retrospective Critique of methodology: Fairen M, Sala Nonrandomized P, Dufoo M, Jr. Yes outcome of surgical inrvention for cervical radiculopathy from Duration/inrvals of follow-up: 24 months degenerative disorders. Oc15 Other: 2000;25(20):26 Total number of patients: 344 46-2654; Number of patients in relevanWork group conclusions: discussion subgroup(s): 239/105 Pontial level: I 2655. No significandifferences were found for three health scales: general health, mental health and role function associad with emotional limitations. Lofgren H, Level I Prospective Retrospective Critique of methodology: Johansen F, Nonrandomized Skogar O, Type of Study design: observational Nonmasked reviewers Levander B. Sep 16 single level), conservative treatmenOther: question of selection bias in 2003;25(18):10 group selection; conservative 33-1043. Initially, there was no statistically significandifference in pain innsity between the surgically and conservatively tread groups. Success ras a12 and 24 months for Prestige were statistically superior to control group. Neck pain improved in both treatmengroups, bustatistically significanin Prestige group a6 weeks, 3 months and 12 months. Nonvalidad outcome measures used: Diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy made by: Clinical exam/history Electromyography Tis clinical guideline should nobe construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding other acceptable methods of care reasonably direcd to obtaining the same results. Chronic symptoms influenced both function and mental well being such as emotional sta, level of anxiety, depression, sleep and coping behavior.

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