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    COMMON ERRORS GRAMMAR 1. Tense Errors – Common Error No. 1 These involve the wrong form of the verb. There are 3 forms of verbs – a) common verbs – - present tenses - past tenses - continuous tenses b) modal verbs - can‚ could‚ shall‚ should‚ may‚ might (plus verb) c) auxillary verbs – are‚ is‚ were Common Verbs are often found in the Present‚ Past and Future Tenses. PRESENT TENSES Example Example of Error Correction Simple Present He drinks tea every morning Then

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    Administering Medication to Individuals and Monitoring the Effects The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) are the regulatory body that provide us with standards that are expected of us when administrating medication. Under The Medicines Act 1968‚ which is a major piece of legislation‚ governs the responsibility we have in administering medication to our clients. There are three important statements from this piece of legislation‚ which are: Medicines prescribed to a person are that

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    Administration Of Medication Procedure 1. Procedure Number Version Nos: WCDHB-PN-0037 7 Purpose This Procedure is performed as a means of ensuring the safe administration of therapeutic medication to patients in accordance with all legislative and regulatory requirements. 2. Application This Procedure is to be followed by all nursing staff throughout the West Coast District Health Board (WCDHB). 3. Definitions For the purposes of this Procedure: Prescribing medications is the responsibility

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    Unit 47 : Administer Medication to Individuals and Monitor the Effects Task 1 : Identify current legislations‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication Medicines Act 1968 This sets out the criteria for the prescription‚ supply‚ storage and administration of medicines‚ and classifies medicines into the following groups. 1. Prescription-only medicines (POM) which can only be obtained on prescription‚ prescribed by an authorised health professional‚ such

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    Kimberly Underwood 6617 White Blossom Ct. Jacksonville‚ FL. 32258 21150107 Medical Terminology‚ HIT 107 Research project 4090320 Eliminating medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and therefore people get confused between them‚ however‚ if abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals who would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. That’s why many organizations

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    1. Describe how the fundamental attribution error affects how we think of ourselves and of others. The Fundamental Attribution Error refers to the tendency to over estimate the internal and underestimates the external factors when explaining the behaviors of others.  This may be a result of our tendency to pay more attention to the situation rather than to the individual‚ and is especially true when we know little about the other person. 2. List and briefly describe four variables affecting

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    A medication error is any avoidable event that may cause or lead to untimely medication use or patient harm; however‚ while the medication is still in control of the health care administer (Brock‚ 2006). 80 percent of the most severe medical errors can be interrelated communication between clinicians‚ primarily in handoffs. For example‚ a handoff is a medical error if information regarding an essential diagnostic test is not communicated carefully and properly between providers at shift change (Starme

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    however‚ sometimes we actually remember a misrepresentation of what’s really occurred. This is known as the misinformation effect‚ where misleading information distorts our memory of the true event. Important in a variety of aspects‚ these memory errors become especially crucial in terms of courtrooms and eyewitness testimony. Interestingly‚ 75% of false convictions are due to an eyewitness identifying the wrong person or misreporting how an event actually occurred. Witnesses aren’t intentionally

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    Medication and Therapy to Treat ADHD: Is This the Best Option? According to the Center for Disease Control’s website “approximately 9.5% or 5.4 million children 4-17 years of age have ever been diagnosed with ADHD‚ as of 2007.” (Division of Human Development‚ N.C.‚ 2011) Most of society has heard of ADHD but may not know what that acronym stands for. ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and it is a disorder that causes depression‚ stress‚ familial problems‚ and many other

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    An Action Research Report on “Teaching stories without telling them” Ask “Am I using my mental ability to make history or Am I using it merely to record history made by others?” Anonymous Menu Abstract Introduction Background Classroom activity The result References Abstract This paper reports the results of an action research (RA) on the effectiveness of teaching stories in a new way “Teaching Stories without Telling Them”. The purpose of this research

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