Winterbourne View Summary of the Government Response What happened at Winterbourne View? On 31st May 2011, an undercover investigation by the BBC revealed criminal abuse by staff of patients. After its broadcast: Winterbourne View was closed 11 criminal convictions were made About Winterbourne View Hospital Opened in December 2006, Winterbourne View was a private hospital owned and operated by Castlebeck Care Limited.…
As a health care provider we must ask the right questions especially before administrating any medication. In the case study for Greg Wilson, the first and most important question his health care provider should ask is “have you ever had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic?” The reason for this question is imperative because it helps the provider to determine which antibiotic is best for him. If Greg Wilson has had a reaction before, the health care provider can avoid and more complications to Greg. Sometimes a provider will prescribe a prescription that will have instructions that instruct the patient to take two doses on the first dose, and after the first dose to take only one dose. This form of administrating medication is known as the loading dose. The loading dose is when a patient takes the initial dose that is often the maximum dose and then continues taking the medication using a smaller dosage. The reason for using this method is to quickly elevate the level of the drug in the blood.…
Each medicine tablet contains Phenylephrine HCL 10 mg. 4. When did the product manufacture? 5. You have a cold you should take some paracetamol.…
Poorly Structured Team Throughout the article “How a Liver Unit Failed” by Alan Zarembo and Charles Ornstein, there are many examples that prove the members of UCI Medical Center transplant floor, lacked the characteristics necessary to be a successful high-performance team. The first characteristic of a high-performance team is to have a clear and elevating goals. Goals have to be clear especially because individuals do not want to be a part of anything that is not going to be important to them and a good use of their time.…
8. A drug in a dosage of 125 mg every 8 hours is ordered for a child weighing 28 lb. The recommended dose is 15-30 mg/kg/day, in 3 divided doses. Is this a safe dose? 63.5-127 mg/dose…
He was taken to a hospital to pump his stomach. He vomited the two capsules…
4.2 Some medications need to reach a consistent level within the bloodstream to be effective, so medication needs to be given at the correct times to keep that level of drug in the system. If medication is not given at the correct time this may result in overdose, possible allergic reactions to the drug and interactions between multiple drugs.…
assay of paracetamol-codeine combination drug as well as estimation of the amount of constituents in…
more alcoholic drinks everyday while using, or take more caplets than directed or for a longer period of time than directed. Common uses for Aleve Caplets include relieving minor pain of arthritis, menstrual cramps, the common cold, muscular aches, headaches, backaches, toothaches. They can also temporarily reduce fevers. Users of Aleve Caplets are urged to not use caplets if they had an allergic reaction to other pain/fever relievers or right before and after heart surgery. Users are also urged to stop us and call their doctor if they experience symptoms such as feeling faint, vomit blood, have bloody/black bowel movements stomach pains that do not get better, pain gets worse or lasts for 10 days, fever gets worse or last more than three days,…
Phenytoin sodium is an antiseizure medication, it is useful for the prevention of tonic-clonic seizures, partial seizures; this is the reason that it is prescribed to Brent to prevent seizure. Brent as a 9-year-old school age child weighs 30 kg, and the NP increases his Phenytoin to 75 mg, which is a safe dose. According to Drugs.com (2017), the maintenance dose of Phenytoin is 4 to 8 mg/kg; however, children over 6 years old and adolescents may require the minimum adult dose (300 mg/day). The most important aspect of promoting medication compliance is patient education. The NP needs to educate Brent’s mother to give the medication exactly as it is prescribed by the prescriber. Also, this medication should not be taking in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than it is recommended. Phenytoin should not be crushed, chewed, broken, or opened any extended-release capsule. Brent needs to swallow it as a whole for better…
Lab test results show a positive anti-HCV and confirm that Chad has Hepatitis C. The nurse explains to Chad that Hepatitis is liver disease with inflammation of the cells of the liver. Chad states "I can't have Hepatitis. I had all three of the vaccinations before I started working as a paramedic."…
References: Apfel, C., Turan, A., Souza, K., Pergolizzi, J., & Hornuss, C. (2013). Intravenous acetaminophen…
Another example of improper medication use is when an older patient with rheumatoid arthritis died after receiving an overdose of methotrexate, as he was given-a 10-milligram daily dose of the drug rather than the intended 10-milligram weekly dose. Some dosing mix-ups have occurred because daily dosing of methotrexate is typically used to treat people with cancer, while low weekly doses of the drug have been prescribed for other conditions, such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel…
Also you may see take one times a day two, three, four may be even more but these will be evenly spread out during the day doctors do try and make it over a 12 hour period not twenty four but this may not be always possible .…
Johnson and Johnson thus requested products such as Benadryl, Motril, Rolaids, Simply Sleep, and Aspirins to be returned as a result of the discovery of safety issues that are dangerous to the consumer. I believe that this process of recall was one of…