Medication Management in Residential Aged Care
Clinical Judgment
Clinical judgement in medication management incorporates:
- Understanding when to give medicine and when to withhold medicine.
- Knowing why a certain medicine is being used.
Knowledge
Demonstrate understanding of:
- decision making
- problem solving
- risk-benefit analysis
- evidence based practice.
Skills
Demonstrate ability to:
- exercise clinical judgment in the light of pharmacology knowledge, and
- plan, implement and evaluate resident care in accordance with individual needs and disease processes.
