*SIDE NOTE #1 – “HIM” = Health Information Management

*SIDE NOTE #2 – The textbook for this course is an online textbook. It is called “Pharmacology – First Edition” by Soomo Learning, 2017.

INTRODUCTION
Basic pharmacology principles can be useful to the health information management professional. Understanding patient rights as they relate to drug administration, knowledge of the drug cycle, and familiarity with standards put in place by external agencies and their enforcement is integral in maintaining organizational compliance. While health information management professionals may have no direct contact with patients and medication administration, they serve a major role in making sure the organization meets accreditation and regulatory standards.

SCENARIO
Mary K. Emerson is a patient at Felder Community Hospital. She was admitted last Thursday due to a diabetic episode and an upper respiratory infection that left her unresponsive at work. She was admitted to the ICU, and medical staff attempted to stabilize her condition. There were some problems with her care due to the wrong information being entered into the patients medication record in her chart. When the nursing staff was trying to update her medications from a previous episode, they chose Mary J. Emerson instead of the current patient, Mary K. Emerson. Mary J. Emerson was also a patient admitted around the same time to another unit. Mary K. was given penicillin for the upper respiratory infection but was found to have an extreme allergy, which sent her into acute respiratory distress. The penicillin was administered and documented on Mary J. Emersons chart before the clinical staff noticed the error.

As Mary remained in the ICU and drifted in and out of consciousness, clinical staff tried to make sure they remained on schedule with her medications. On two noted occasions, the scheduled dose of 30 units of insulin that was to be administered subcutaneously with meals was delayed during the shift. On a separate occasion, the nurse tech drew up 40 units to be administered intramuscularly instead of the prescribed subcutaneous route.

On the fifth day of her admission, Mary K. was exhausted from the testing and medication changes. When the nurse came in to administer her scheduled dose of insulin, she stated Please, no more meds!

REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A.  Discuss the basic principles of pharmacology by doing the following:

1.  Discuss the four stages of the drug cycle.

2.  Discuss the physiological factors involved in drug absorption and drug distribution.

3.  Discuss the difference between a side effect, a contraindication, and an adverse reaction to a medication.

a.  Provide an example of a side effect, a contraindication, and an adverse reaction to a medication.

B.  Using the scenario, discuss the seven drug rights when auditing documentation for a patient encounter by doing the following:

1.  Identify the seven drug rights that were violated in the scenario.

a.  Explain why the situations in the scenario are a violation of the seven drug rights.

2.  Discuss the process an HIM professional would need to take to report the violations in the scenario to the appropriate party.

C.  Explain the roles of OSHA, the FDA, and the DEA in enforcing the Controlled Substances Act.

D.  Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

E.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.