NUR 112 - MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION WORKSHEET Home Med? Medication (Include dose‚ route‚ frequency) Why Taking Med? (Per patient history‚ progress notes‚ or consults) Date/Time of Prescribed Order Safe Dose Client Dose Usual Dose Nursing Implications (VS‚ labs‚ drug-drug/drug-food/drug-herb interactions) No Docusate 100 mg PO BID Hold for loose stool Opioid constipation prophylactic 11/13/13 Safe: PO: 50-500 mg/day in single daily dose or divided q6hr Client:100 mg Usual:
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in the United States from medication errors. It is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. According to the National Counsel for medication error Reporting and prevention defines medication error as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medications in the control of the health professional‚ patient or consumers. Medication errors are surprising common and costly in all nation. Medications administration is a complex
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In this paper‚ I am going to be comparing two different articles about medication errors by nurses. Medication errors happen way too often and I hope that by writing this paper‚ I can help reduce my chance or someone else’s chance of making a medication error. The first medication error article that I read was about a male patient in Florida. The patient was complaining of an upset stomach so the physician prescribed an antacid. Instead of giving the patient an antacid‚ that nurse gave the patient
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Medication errors are preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient‚ according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA‚ 2015). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that there are over 700‚000 visits to hospital emergency as an injury result from the use of a medication (CDC‚ 2015). The CDC goes on to say that the number of adverse drug events is likely to increase due to the development of new medications‚ aging population‚ increase
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responsibility. When a medication error occurs‚ ethical issues such as a loss of human dignity‚ fidelity and beneficence also occur‚ which leads to patient dissatisfaction and mistrust. Social issues often interplay with any sort of medical error as well. Medication errors often result in damaged social relations such as the nurse-patient relationship and the healthcare system’s image. When nurses make a medication error they are obligated to report their mistake to the charge nurse‚ the patient
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who uses health care company are to be cared for with respect and their needs are to be met. Moreover‚ this suggest that all medication must be given its safest form in protecting Mr. B from negative clinical outcome. Also‚ The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 makes mention that a person who has issues in swallowing tablets‚ he or she can request for their medication to be in liquid rather than capsule or pill. However‚ according to Drugwise (2016) The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is
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requirement of my role as Support Worker for Options Of Independence. I must support my service users with administering medication‚ in order for me to administer medication safely under the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines‚ Handling Of Medication in social care 2007‚ and under Dundee City Council guidelines‚ I must check that the medicines are correct by checking the medication pack and label on the box must be by the pharmacist or dispensing gp‚ and identify the service user correctly. I need
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of all medication. It includes benefits and reasons why certain medication should be prescribed. It also includes certain side effects of medications and what medical staff and patients need to be aware of when taking and administrating certain drugs. Pharmacists learn a great deal about this when in pharmacy school. It is very important to know about all aspects of medications especially in a hospital setting. Pharmacists are the double check system to make sure that the right medication is given
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Prevention of Medication Errors Medication administration is one of the highest risks in health care‚ and the errors can occur in many ways. Medication errors occur at points of transition in care: admission to the hospital‚ transfer from department to another‚ and at discharge home or to another facility (Taylor‚ Lillis‚ & LeMone‚ 2015). It is at these times we see the greatest room for errors from communication between other departments and facilities. In 1999‚ medication errors were the 8th leading
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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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