breach of medication administration is medication errors. This is why it is important to have a culture and environment of safety. Administration of medications is a basic activity in nursing practice. Nurses therefore must be knowledgeable about specific drugs and their administration‚ patient response‚ drug interactions‚ patient allergies‚ and related resources. Safety and prevention of medication errors are essential” (Kee 2015). A culture and environment of safety for medication administration should
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hours and holiday entitlements. Sickness absence and sick pay. Data protection for personal information. Health and safety. Criminal records Bureau (CRB) checks when starting work within a healthcare setting. 1.2 List the main features of current employment legislation. The main features are as followed‚ minimum wage‚ hours worked‚ Discrimination‚ health and safety‚ holiday entitlements‚ redundancy and dismissal‚ disciplinary procedures‚ training and union rights. Health and safety laws cover the work
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Medication Errors: Causes and Problems Reporting Student Name Grand Valley State University Medication Errors: Causes and Problems Reporting In the early morning hours of a 12-hour night shift‚ a nurse gives the patient an incorrect medication. The aspirin given was ordered for the patient in the next room. Medication errors are common in the hospital setting and especially by a nurse who is fatigued from working a 12-hour shift. In the situation described
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1.1 Legislation The medicines Act (1986) – This act governs the manufacture and supply of medicines. The act also defines the categories of medicines‚ those that can only be supplied with a prescription‚ those that must be supplied by a pharmacist but do not need a prescription and those that can be brought on generally. The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) - The main purpose of the act is to prevent the misuse of controlled drugs. It puts in place the law that allows the production‚ supply and possession
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Legislation and guidelines The UN convention on rights of disabled people This agreement was opened for signature on March 30th 2007 at the United Nations head quarters‚ in New York. There are 82 signatures to the convention‚ the UK being one of the first to sign it. The agreement sets out what countries that have signed have to make sure disabled people have the same rights and opportunities has non-disabled people. Although they are covered by normal human rights the UN convention on the
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SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS LEVEL 3 (DIPLOMA) Understand how to safeguard the well being of children and young people |CYP3.4 1.1 Outline current legislation guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. Legislation covering child protection can be divided into two main types‚ criminal law‚ dealing with people who have offended or are at risk of offending against children‚ and civil law‚ which is divided into public law and private
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In the article “Medicating Ourselves‚” Robyn Sarah describes how anti-depressants are being used and advertised. Sarah states that anti-depressants are being used to relieve stress. In addition‚ Sarah mentions that not only adults are talking anti-depressant pills but also children. Sarah wrote how some children are taking anti-depressants because the teacher of the child recommended to the parent that the child should take the pill. Sarah said that she was no stranger to depression. Sarah mentions
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Unit 71‚ Outcome 1 Explain how current and relevant legislation and policy affects work with children and young people. Current legislation is the result of The children Act 1989 which was brought in to ensure that all people who work with children worked together and was clear about their responsibility’s and knew how to act if allegations of child abuse were made.Following the death of Victoria Climbie in the year 2000 an independent inquiry highlighted many problems with how reports of neglect
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Legislation and Policy Assignment Task 1 Children Act 1989 This Act is to ensure that children are bought up and cared for by their own families. Parents who have children in need should be supported by all relevant services such as the Local Authority to make that their children are being looked after as best as possible. Any support that is provided should be provided in partnership with parents and meet each child’s needs. Children should be protected at all times by relevant intervention
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Case Study #2- Medication Error 1. Define “overdose.” What are some symptoms of overdose and statistics? Contrast accidental and intentional overdoses. An overdose is when a dangerous dosage of a drug is ingested. Fluctuation vital signs‚ exhaustion‚ dizziness‚ and chest‚ hear‚ and lung pain are all symptoms of overdose. Prescription drugs are the largest cause of deaths from overdose. In 2005‚ out of the 22‚400 overdoses‚ 38.2% were the result of pain killers. Intentional overdose is the misuse
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