Medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (FDA‚ 2009). Being one of the most common medical errors‚ medication errors are not a subject to take without due consideration. In 2006‚ the National Academies stated “Studies indicate that 400‚000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals. Another 800‚000 occur in long-term care settings‚ and roughly 530‚000 occur just among Medicare recipients in outpatient
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Medication errors occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a
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In the novel‚ Once by Morris Gleitzman‚ the author uses a carrot to symbolize hope for Felix to have a better life or go do something than go sit in a old adoption center. In my reading‚ these are the symbols i found that stood out. For my first one i said the carrot that was put in his soup was a symbol for Felix because he felt hope when he saw it. Because of the carrot he had the courage to go out on his own to go find his parents. In the book it reads‚ ¨A whole carrot. I can’t believe it
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Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins F E A T U R E A R T I C L E Impact of an Electronic Medication Administration Record on Medication Administration Efficiency and Errors JEFFERY MCCOMAS‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNS MICHELLE RIINGEN‚ DNP‚ RN‚ CNS-BC SON CHAE KIM‚ PhD‚ RN Congress authorized an initiative in 2004 to create a national health information technology infrastructure to improve patient outcomes through increased efficiency.1 The stated goal was to have electronic health records (EHRs) implemented
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The excessive use of prescription medications has become a major pandemic around the world. It seems that teenagers are familiar as to what prescription medication abuse is‚ and are not aware of how easy it is to become addicted. Statistics say that it is quite normal to overtake prescription medications at very adolescent ages. “In fact‚ use of prescription painkillers by teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen has jumped 10-fold since the 1960s” (Teens Increasingly Abuse Painkillers Science
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE DEPRESSION JIMENA VILLEGAS SPC1017 INTRODUCTION Hook: How many of you are going through depression? Or do you have friends and/or family members who are going through depression? Thesis Statement: Today I will talk about depression. I will talk about the background‚ the causes of this disease‚ the symptoms and finally‚ the treatment and prevention of depression. BODY I. Background A. What is depression? 1. According to Dr. Jane Doe from
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“Charity begins at home” is an expression we have all heard and I’m sure used and today I learnt just how true that is! Historically‚ the phrase is not linked to the giving of money at all but is in actual fact a word of Latin origin. “Caritas” means dearness and the giving of love based on respect‚ as well as expensiveness (much in the way that we use dear for both senses in the English language). Thus‚ Charity was the word used in the bible to mean the giving of love‚ which of course‚ should
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Once gone‚ forever Gone In a life time‚ a person can and will experience a diverse range of fears‚ from small to life changing fears. In the novels it is no different‚ the characters themselves could be ruled by their or they can overcome their fears. In the novel Love in the time Cholera‚ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ aging is a deeply rooted fear in the characters’ lives that to some extent influences their decisions which causes them to be more aware of the dangers in their surroundings. Aging
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been an increasing interest in complementary medicine‚ and indeed alternative medicine. Moreover the number of professionally trained therapist and practitioners has increased giving the patient/client a better choice to their own method of treatment. In this essay a critical assessment of the view that ‘patients use of complementary and alternative medicine‚ can be understood as part of the individualization of responsibility for health’ will be made and argued‚ that there are many aspects which
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Memory of my grandmother I remember back when I was 7 or 8 yrs old. My grandmother would always tell me stories a her childhood years. She would speak Japanese and our language which is micronesian at the the same time. She likes to talk a lot that sometimes my grandfather would get mad. I remember laughing so hard that my cheeks would hurt. She would ignore my grandfather when he’s comp laining. I remember because I would always be smiling. I think its cute and funny because
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