Another start to another long/short University year and this one is eerily similar to the last. The standard welcome, the plagarism warning and the reminder that patient privacy extends to social network sites like twitter and facebook.
Today was informative lecture that could only have been more educational if I hadn't done the pre-tutorial readings, try saying that ten times fast, so all in all it was actually a good refresher on the text. One topic that was covered was Nurse Responsibilities Related to Patient Medications.
But no amount of medicine can cure stupid so that is why the nurse is required to educate the patient regarding their medicines and addressing the issues important to the patient such as Why are they taking this medication, What will it do to them and How they take it.
Another issue is that many patients don't consider herbal remedies a drug because they are 'natural' and contain no 'chemicals' but as the lecturer pointed out even water is made up of chemicals.
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