department (ED) visits. Medication management is a critical component for these patients since nonadherence to medications is associated with poor health outcomes‚ and higher health care utilization and costs. Objectives The primary aim was to examine the association between sociodemographic‚ clinical‚ medication-related‚ health services utilization factors and medication nonadherence‚ with particular emphasis on factors including mental illness‚ chronic pain‚ and use of opioid medications in super-utilizers
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McKenzie‚ P.3 A.P Language & Composition Book Critique The purpose of the book A Raisin in the Sun was to show “the many gradations in even negro families”. At a time the civil rights was suppose to shed light that Negros should come together. There were many conflicts going on in African American
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Article Critique Hawker Beechcraft Uses a New Solution Approach to Balance Assembly Lines (Interfaces‚ Vol. 41‚ No. 2‚ 2011‚ PP. 164-176) LINK: http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/inte.1100.0535 Summary Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) is an aircraft producer with a paced assembly line‚ which means that an aircraft was moved to the next workstation on the assembly line after certain period of time (cycle time) even if work in a previous workstation had not completed. The company
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Medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patients (Ferner‚ R.‚ & Aronson‚ J. (n.d.). It is an unnecessary threat to patients and it costs conservatively about 750 million pounds yearly in England (“Safety in doses‚” 2007). That money can be used to serve more patients if we can eliminate the error. Therefore‚ we should take zero tolerance to the incident. The following aims to develop a strategic plan according to the results
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A Critique on the Thesis: Shirley‚ C.C.S. (2004) The Relationship among Eating Attitudes‚ Slimming Behaviors and Perfectionism in a Non-Clinical Population‚ Hong Kong University e-theses data base This paper is to critique a thesis titled The Relationship among Eating Attitudes‚ Slimming Behaviors and Perfectionism in a Non-Clinical Population by Shirley‚ C.C.S. (2004).This thesis can be found on the database of Hong Kong University. This report mentions the slimming pheromone in Hong Kong‚ and
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Depression is a common mood disorder that can range from mild to severe. While severe depression cannot be managed without the aid of medication‚ in a number of cases mild depression can be controlled naturally. Treating depression naturally can spare you the expense and unpleasant side-effects of psychiatric medications. According to Dr. Goldsmith‚ exercise is the easiest and least expensive cure for depression and walking 30 minutes a day can sometimes completely alleviate your symptoms (www.psychologytoday
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Elder Abuse The National Center on Elder Abuse described elder abuse as being usually intentional and involving any form of mistreatment that can result in physical pain‚ injury‚ or psychological suffering. These behaviors include acts of violence such as striking‚ hitting‚ slapping‚ beating‚ bruising‚ or restraining. It also involves force-feeding‚ inappropriate administration of medication and depriving of essential needs such as medical care‚ food and water. Elder abuse also involves emotional
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Abstract African traditional medication is an indigenous form of medication‚ being indigenous means that it is belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else. There are ongoing critics about indigenous medication due to the fact that it is not written in black and white (paper) and is conducted by illiterate individuals. However‚ this indigenous medication has healed the people of this continent from the rise of time before the arrival of the white man into the continent
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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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Quantitative Article Critique of Nursing Research 1 Problem Statement/Purpose 1 Literature Review 2 Limitations of the Study 2 Hypothesis/Research Question 3 Operational Definitions/Definition of Terms 4 Research Design 5 Setting‚ Population and Sample 5 Data Collection Methods/Instruments 6 Data Analysis‚ Findings‚ Implications‚ & Recommendations 7 References 8 Quantitative Article Critique of Nursing Research
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