Teaching Resource on complex medications and medication regimens safely in the home setting

Guidelines for Teaching Resource

Today’s health care environment mandates that the client be an active participant in his/her own health management.  Effective management of a therapeutic drug regimen, whether prescribed for a short-term illness or a chronic condition, requires a major commitment by the client and/or family. A well-planned teaching program is needed to provide the information to the client so that he/she can self-manage complex medications and medication regimens safely in the home setting. The client must also be prepared to recognize and report early signs and symptoms of adverse reactions to prevent complications. Therefore, the nurse needs to be not only knowledgeable in pharmacologic content but also skilled in client education.

The “Teaching Resource” assignment is designed to give the student practice in presenting pertinent medication information to a client in an informative, understandable, memorable, and creative way to enhance the client’s management of his or her medication, proper administration, adverse effects, interactions, and proper monitoring and follow up.

Students will create a client teaching resource using digital media. This resource may be a short video, cartoon, animation, game, interactive activity including the information pertinent to a given medication classification. Other examples of resources must be preapproved by the instructor.

The following must be included in this teaching resource and be presented at a 5^th grade reading level:

• name (generic and Trade) of the medication, category, etc.
• description of the medication
• pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics
• uses, therapeutic effects, possible adverse effects (most common and most severe), antidotes
• recommended adult dosage range, possible important interactions with other medications (prescription or OTC),
• special instructions & monitoring (dietary restrictions, drug compliance, drug levels, lab tests, time of administration, follow up with prescriber, etc.)
• two questions that assess learning of the content

Possible websites/applications to use for design are:

(Please discuss with instructor; it is not required or necessary to purchase any access to digital sites use the free access or visit digital media resources on the My Walsh Portal or reach out to IT for assistance)

https://www.moovly.com/

Prezi

Vimeo

GoAnimate

https://app.biteable.com/videos

videos

Office 365

Second Life

Animation Creator

Commercial