Medication Administration Case Study

As a front line worker with people with developmental disabilities, I have noticed that in all the agencies I have worked, they are usually more careful when handling their clients’ medication administration issues. These agencies strive hard to ensure that clients are not overmedicated, missing medication doses and given wrong medication. The occurrence of any of these can lead to client’s death, deterioration in their health condition, as well as spelling harsh consequences for the staff who is responsible for the medication error. The agency’s license can be revoked if medication errors is rampant. Aside from that, it is also contrary to the agencies’ operational visions and values to not adhere to their avowed duty and standard of care for their clients whom they promised the Federal or provincial Government of Canada through Persons with Developmental …show more content…
This hypothetical situation focuses on a situation in my former workplace where a client had a severe cough and cold which deteriorated during in the weekend when his guardian was away on vacation as the supervisor could not also be contacted to give her consent for the front line staff who had taken this client to a nearby walk-in clinic where the medical doctor, given the severity of the cough, had prescribed an antibiotic- amoxicillin capsule, for the him. At this point, according to Sower, Holland, Tiedke, and Freeman, 1957) as cited in Brad McKenzie and Brian Wharf (2010, p. 77) “a convergence of interest” has presented itself and as BradMckenzie and Brian Wharf (2010, p. 77) continue to argue, “a crisis of some magnitude has occurred and action will be initiated’. It is this situation that will place this loophole in the medication administration policy on the agenda for