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Legal + Ethical Issues Flashcards

1
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What is a drug

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Any substance or mixture of substances

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What are drugs used for

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  1. Diagnosis, treatment, mitigation, or prevention
  2. Restoring, converting, or modifying organic functions
  3. Disinfection when dealing with food
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What does health Canada review/assess for drug products

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  1. Safety
  2. Efficacy
    3.Quality
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Drug products include

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  1. Prescription and non-prescription pharmaceuticals
  2. Disinfectants and Sanitizers with disinfectant claims
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Canadian Drug Legislations

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  1. Canadian food + drug act
  2. Controlled drugs + substances act (CDSA)
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1953: Canadian food and drug act

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  1. Food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices
  2. Divided into parts and schedules
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2003: Food + drug regulations

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  1. clarifies terms, importing, and processing in the Canadian food and drug act
  2. 15 000 products
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2013: Prescriptions drug list

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  1. List of all prescription drugs
  2. excludes those in the controlled substances act
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1996: Controlled drugs and substances act (CDSA) replace

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Replaces 1961 narcotics control act

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How are drugs ordered in the controlled drugs and substances act

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schedules I-V

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What does the controlled drugs and substances act do

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provides legislation and regulatory framework for the control of substances that alter mental processes

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What are the standards for scheduling in the controlled drugs and substances act

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  1. International standards
  2. Dependency potential, risk for abuse, and abuse in Canada
  3. Danger to public
  4. Usefulness of the drug
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Drugs that alter mental processes cause risk

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of harm to individuals or society when diverted or misused

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Key points of the CDSA

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  1. Alter mental processes
  2. Harm Risk
  3. Divided into schedules
  4. Only obtained by prescription by licensed practitioner
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Who developed the national drug schedule

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National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA)

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16
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What recommendations does the national drug schedule follow

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National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee (NDSAC)

17
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What does the National Drug Advisory Committee determine

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public access to drugs by 3 schedules and 1 unscheduled category

18
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Schedule 1

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Requires Prescription

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Schedule 2

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Only at pharmacy, behind desk, non-perscription

20
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Schedule 3

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Pharmacy, self selection

21
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Unscheduled

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Available in any retail center

22
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How are drugs named

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  1. Chemical Name
  2. Generic Name
  3. Brand/Trade name
  4. DIN
23
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Chemical Name

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based on chemical structure of drug
-N-acetyl-para-aminophenol

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Generic Name

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Less complex, assigned by drug developer
-Acetaminophen

25
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Brand/Trade Name

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Market Name
-Tylenol

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DIN

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Drug Identification Number

27
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Canadian Nursing Association: Ethical Considerations for drug use

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  1. Promote safe, compassionate, competent care
    2.Promote health and wellbeing
  2. Promote and respect informed decisions
  3. Honor and dignity
  4. Maintain Privacy and confidentiality
  5. promote justice
  6. be accountable
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Ethnocultural Considerations assess

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Assess the influence of a patients cultural beliefs, values, and customs

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What are the ethnocultural considerations

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  1. environmental (Diet + Nutrition)
  2. Ethnocultural + genetic factors (Adherence to therapy)
30
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Ethnocultural consideration assessment

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  1. Health beliefs + practices
  2. past use of medicine
  3. folk remedies
  4. home remedies
  5. non-prescription drugs + natural health remedies
  6. response to medical treatment
  7. religious beliefs + practices
  8. dietary habits
31
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Natural health products (NHPs)

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vitamins, minerals and supplements

32
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What considers NHPs as drugs

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food and drug act- natural health product regulations

33
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what doesn’t consider NHPs drugs

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food and drug regulations

34
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Always ask what medications patients are on including:

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NHPs

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