Act (OBRA) of 1987; established regulations for nursing homes receiving federal funding that includes reimbursements from Medicare or Medicaid programs. It was signed by President Ronald Reagan‚ and it was the first major revision to the federal standards for nursing home care since the creation of both Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. This legislation changed the legal expectations of nursing homes and their care. If nursing homes do not comply with these regulations they cannot receive federal reimbursement
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I DSM-IV Evaluation Valerie Lopez Axia of University of Phoenix DSM-IV Evaluation Case 1 – Schizoid Personality Disorder The first case study was matched with Schizoid personality disorder; the symptoms matched Josephine’s inability to be social and her emotional coldness. Genetic and environmental factors are common causes in Schizoid personality disorder as well as chromosomal and nervous system disorder. Some treatments that are available are psychotherapy‚ cognitive behavior
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called the common cold of mental illness.” Many people argue that it is more effective to treat depression with medication‚ while others argue that such a common problem should be approached with a change in lifestyle rather than as a chemical issue. While it takes more than a simple “lifestyle change” to effectively attack a medical issue such as depression‚ it is not more medication that this Country needs more of‚ but rather a greater awareness‚ better mental health education and greater access
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Their modulation by drugs is very important mechanism by which pharmacological actions are produced . 1. Voltage gated Na2+ channels ( local anesthetic) 2. Calcium channels ( Ca2+ channel blockers) 3. K+ channels ( in pancreatic β-cells) Enzymes * Many enzymes are targets for drugs * Drug molecules can act as competitive inhibitor of the enzyme e.g. neostigmine acting on cholinesterase enzyme * Other drugs may inhibit enzymes non-competitively
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Unit 1 Responsibility‚ Accountability & Confidentiality |Q1. Define responsibility - what does it mean? | |Responsibility is an expectation to carry out your duties to the very best of your ability in accordance with your position and your | |level of training. | |Q2. Define accountability
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Medication errors are among the biggest issues in health care settings today. The effect of managed care is one of the causative factors. The need to contain costs has invariably doubled the nurses ’ workload making them less efficient as caregivers. Example of problem is the high incidence of medication errors. Nurses ’ workload has increased tremendously regardless of the fact that most of these patients are of great acuity‚ thereby predisposing them to a greater risk of medication errors. Medication
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Government Regulation Throughout history there have been many different opinions about government regulation. Some believe the government regulates business too much others feel that the government does not do enough. I believe the government is regulating business far too much and furthermore putting businesses out of business and causing many workers to lose jobs. In this paper I will point out the common problems dealing with government regulation. I will also focus on three major aspects
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During the second week of class‚ I watched a video called Curiosity: Your Body on Drugs which was hosted by Robin Williams. The video explored different experiments/tests on four different people who deal with long time drug addiction. The video explores the effects some of the main illegal drugs in America: marijuana‚ methamphetamine‚ cocaine‚ and heroine. The show explained how drugs worked in the body by placing each participant through a test whether it was driving through an obstacle course
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Intravenous therapy is the administration of fluid substance directly into a vein as a therapeutic treatment. Blood therapy has been around since ancient times. Nevertheless‚ the techniques today are very different from back in the days. The article named. “The History of Intravenous therapy” written by Doris‚ who is an RN‚ MS‚ is written about the use of IV therapy throughout the history. This paper will predominantly summarizing about the article and briefly explaining my view about the article
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