M.S. is a 35-year-old female who came into urgent care at Kaiser Permanente Riverside. She presented with a sore ankle that was causing her problems after accidently twisting it by missing a step in going down a set of stairs. The only prior medical history that M.S. has is a history of asthma that is currently managed with appropriate medications. Even though she has a history of asthma, she reports smoking cigarettes and often drinks alcohol. She also reported not having a very healthy diet. Upon examination of M.S. ankle, it is concluded that she minors sprained. During normal examination, her vitals signs are obtained which showed a respiratory rate of 16, pulse of 100, temperature 97.2OF, blood pressure of 151/91, pulse oximetry of 99%. Since it was noted that her blood pressure and heart rate where both high, it is assessed on the opposite arm and it showed a blood pressure…
I was sure to do my study guide and review it before clinical, as well as completing all labor and delivery drug cards, including two extra. This helped me understand what the nurses and doctors were taking about. This clinical in L&D, which enabled me to use the wave understandings that Traywick taught to us the previous week. This helped me see how the patients were doing in relation to contractions and how the baby was responding. This was interesting and neat to have an idea of what it means instead of going throughout clinical without any insight on this.…
Communicating with other staff member ensures that the team are working effectively and continuity of care is given. It also ensures any health and safety issues are recognised and reported.…
employees training and developing will contribute to its success of the best patient care and…
It is important to have relevant risk assessments in place staff to be able to read understand and follow these and to have received the relevant training…
These are used for the relief of common aches and pains such as headache, toothache, period pains, fever and symptoms associated with cold and influenza, muscular and joint pains. These medicines are considered over-the-counter medicines and available without the need for a prescription. The side effects of these medicines include rashes, low blood pressure,liver and kidney damage (if used excessively or overdosed), sometimes liver damage can be fatal.…
Depending on the size, structure and functions of the health facility, there may be a…
Controlled substances have the ability to be utilized alternatively than what the substances were originally prescribed. The overuse or abuse of these substances is an inevitable fight that will not stop completely but can be significantly reduced. People constantly recognize the latent functions of the drug that is design to help them, and use the drugs as ploys in order to make extra money or experience some type of high. Substances that have alternative uses should be tracked or carefully watched in order to confirm that the potent drug is being used as it originally designed. Individual states have limitations and different laws concerning drugs, which increases the difficulty in ceasing the product of its secondary use. Some states have views contrasting to those of the federal perspective. The commencement of a unified national system which can protect the original purpose for a drug to continue the overall manufacturing of that particular product. The nation-wide system will fulfill two functions, monitor dangerous drugs and uniform legislature between all states.…
9 Make sure your personal behaviour maintains patients’ confidence in you and the dental profession (Standards for the dental team- www.gdc-uk.org)…
Task 1 : Identify current legislations, guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication…
High level of training to keep staff educated and motivated within their job roles .…
Medication disposal guidelines for me as a medication aide, is to take the pill and dispose it into a Ziploc bag with coffee grounds. Then crush everything up and throw away into the trashcan. Unless it is a narcotic medication, then we have to send them back to the pharmacy and they dispose of them. If the medication comes with a label, make sure to permanent mark any information that’s could be on that bottle. Taking medication from a friend or family member could be very dangerous. If that medication was something new to you, you could have major side effects that the person that was prescribed did not have. Also, you could cause a reaction with the other medications you are taking. If a patient were to tell me that he was taking a families…
In this meeting, I give examples of how the specialized training and resources of these individuals will improve patient care and ease the workload of other staff members. I foster an open discussion and encourage thoughts, feelings, and questions. I also state that if someone has a question or concern that they do not wish to discuss in front of everyone, they can speak to me in private.…
When you or a relative has a habit, it's truly a heart wrenchingly dismal process for everyone included. The perfect choice you have before you is to find the best medication treatment focus that will enable the reliance to vanish for all time. In any case picking the ideal medication treatment focus is a particularly intense process. When you choose the best focus, your chances of progress extend considerably.…
These incidents can drastically reduce if healthcare professionals would take the time to fully understand and thoroughly communication between one another. Health care professional must realize they are dealing with people’s lives within a hospital setting. In particular, a significant amount of decisions…