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| Medication prescribing and administration in nursing homes | | Author(s) | M S Roberts, M King, J A Stokes |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 27, no 3, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 385-392 |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Nursing homes ; Australia. |
| Annotation | A cross-sectional survey of medication use in 998 residents in 15 nursing homes in Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales, Australia, was undertaken to examine the key determinants of pharmaco-epidemiology in nursing homes. Findings revealed that the total, laxative, digoxin/diuretic, benzodiazepine and psycholeptic medication prescribed and administered to residents was affected to differing extents by age and gender, the nursing home, resident functional disability and medical practitioner. Resident Classification Instrument (RCI) category and nursing home were the dominant determinants for prescribing and administration of the total drugs, laxative, benzodiazepine and psycholeptic medications. In contrast, the resident use of digoxin and/or diuretics was dependent on the resident age and on the functional disability (RCI category) of the resident. Approximately 30% of medications were prescribed on a pro re nata (as needed) basis and administered at the discretion of registered nurses. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981208240 A |
| Classmark | LLD: LHB: 7YA |
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