Drug-Related Problems in Geriatric Nursing Home Patients - Hardcover

Cooper, James W

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560240857 ISBN 13: 9781560240853

Publisher: CRC Press, 1991

Synopsis

Medication mishaps can and do happen in nursing homes. This highly important new book focuses on the scope of drug-related problems (DRP) of misuse and adverse reaction to medications in the nursing home environment. Experts provide practical methods for detecting DRPs, they explain a systematic approach to preventing DRPs, and they document the magnitude of DRPs in the long term care setting.

Each chapter of this timely book deals with a different type of drug-related problem and includes operational definitions, prevalence of the problem, and the actions needed to detect and minimize risk and prevent recurrence. A checklist at the end of each chapter aids readers in assessing specific problems in nursing homes, home health care, day care settings, and other locations in which medications are given to the elderly. Illustrative case examples are used throughout the text.

With an emphasis on awareness and change, Drug-Related Problems in Geriatric Nursing Home Patients will be invaluable for pharmacists, physicians, and nurses who work in long term care; health care planners who need to be cognizant of the scope and magnitude of medication mishaps in the nursing home; administrators who are ultimately responsible for such problems. Students and educators will find the information, and especially the checklists, timely and practical.

About this title

Synopsis:

This book brings about awareness of drug-related problems in geriatric nursing homes as well as patient/family rights and responsibilities. Each chapter details methodology, references, and results as well as practical detection, intervention and resolution checklists.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1560240857
• ISBN 13: 9781560240853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 101