Berman‚ A. (2004). Reducing medication errors through naming‚ labeling‚ and packaging. Journal of Medical Systems‚ 28(1)‚ 9-29. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOMS.0000021518.60670.10 This article talks about the different names of drugs that are similar and may cause medication errors in the healthcare field. Also‚ the article talks about many different ways to label and manufacture the medications so errors will be less. There are many different ways the pills look and are
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these people and they are being treated for a specific ailment or condition. {draw:frame} “Prescription drugs are the second most commonly abused category of drugs such as heroine‚ methamphetamines and crack cocaine.” McBride‚ H (April 2009). Prescription drugs can become addictive when not used in the manner in which they are intended when they are prescribed. Anti-Anxiety medications such as Xanax and Vallium are the most commonly abused medications‚ along with pain killers such as Hydrocodone
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Medication Errors By: Rebecca Abell When doing the job of nursing one of the most important aspects is patient safety. The biggest danger to patients is medication. A medication error is when the nurse gives a patient the wrong medication or the dose of medication could be wrong. The danger of the medication error is that it can lead to an over dose‚ a reaction‚ or even death to a patient. There are several things to know when dealing with medication errors like who should fill it out‚ who should
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the Center of Disease Control‚ the percent of people using at least one prescription drug in the past month increased nearly 50 percent between 2007 and 2010 (“Public Citizen”). There are many reasons for this increase. First‚ many prescription medications are now being advertised through direct marketing on television commercials or in magazines. Many people see these commercials and decide that they have the symptoms described and are then sucked into the fake reality that they have a problem when
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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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Megan Galganski English 321 October 4‚ 2014 A debate has risen over the past ten years‚ questioning the fact of doctors over diagnosing ADHD medication to children and adults. Attention deficit disorder is a range of behavioral disorders occurring in children and adults‚ including such symptoms as poor concentration‚ hyperactivity‚ and impulsivity to say the least. There has been an alarming increase of diagnosis and treatment for attention deficit disorder‚ this has people writing articles
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recognition‚ which psychologists call preattentive perception‚ happen so accurately and quickly‚ even when the stimuli are complex and the context in which they arise varies? Much is known about the way the cerebral cortex‚ the outer rind of the brain‚ initially analyses sensory messages. Yet investigations are only now beginning to suggest how the brain moves beyond the mere extraction of features-how it combines sensory messages with past experience and with expectation to identify both the stimulus
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body performs. Fear is medically defined as “ an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger and accompanied by increased autonomic activity”(Merriam-Webster)‚ and is often referred to with different names all of which have their own attributes relating to it’s effects. Anxiety‚ for example‚ is“a painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind usually over an impending or anticipated ill”(Merriam-Webster). Panic is another form of fear‚ meaning “a sudden overpowering
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Meanings and Definition of Demand: The word ’demand’ is so common and familiar with every one of us that it seems superfluous to define it. The need for precise definition arises simply because it is sometimes confused with other words such as desire‚ wish‚ want‚ etc. Demand in economics means a desire to possess a good supported by willingness and ability to pay for it. If your have a desire to buy a certain commodity‚ say a car‚ but you do not have the adequate means to pay for it‚ it will
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Physiological factors affect the body’s need and desire for food. If the body is to remain healthy and function correctly it must have adequate amounts of food containing the essential nutrients. The impact of physiological of food selection and habits amongst individual falls into 3 main categories; Hunger‚ appetite and nutritional requirement. Hunger may be defined as that feeling of emptiness‚ weakness or pain caused by a lack of food. It becomes more intense as time passes‚ until we are able
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