Create a
3- to 4-page (excluding visual elements) Medication Study Guide for your
assigned psychotropic medication agents Haloperidol that may be utilized by you and
colleagues for study. Your medication guide should be in the form of an outline
and should include a title page, citations, and references. You should
incorporate visual elements, such as concept maps, charts, diagrams, images,
color coding, mnemonics, and/or flashcards. Be creative!
Note: Your
Medication Study Guide should not be in the format of an APA
paper.
Also Note: Your guide should be informed by the FDA-Approved
and Evidenced-Based, Clinical Practice Guidelines Research.
Areas of importance that you should address—but are not
limited to—include:
·
Title page
·
Description of the
psychopharmacological medication agent, including brand and generic names, as
well as appropriate FDA indication uses
·
Any supporting, valid,
and reliable research for non-FDA uses
·
Drug classification
·
The medication mechanism
of action
·
The
medication pharmacokinetics
·
The
medication pharmacodynamics
·
Appropriate dosing,
administration route, and any considerations for dosing alterations
·
Considerations of use
and dosing in specific specialty populations, such as children, adolescents,
elderly, pregnant people, those exhibiting suicidal behaviors, etc.
·
Definition of half-life,
why half-life is important, and the half-life for your assigned
medication
·
Side effects/adverse
reactions potential
·
Discuss clinical
concerns with EPS and Tardive Dyskinesia
Note: Be sure to include screening tools that would be utilized.
·
Contraindications for
use including significant drug to drug interactions
·
Overdose considerations
·
Diagnostics and labs
monitoring comorbidities considerations
·
Legal, ethical, and
social considerations
·
Pertinent patient
education considerations
·
References page
Support your rationale with a minimum of three (3) academic
resources.
Note: While
you may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward
the resource requirement. You should be utilizing primary and secondary
literature.
