Medication errors remain the most preventable cause of injury in healthcare today impacting and influencing all six QSEN (Quality & Safety Education for Nurses) competencies; Patient Centered Care‚ Safety‚ Evidence Based Practice‚ Quality Improvement‚ Informatics‚ Teamwork‚ Collaboration‚ and Professionalism. The effective implementation of medication reconciliation is an effective tool in reducing medication errors‚ eliminating costly mistakes‚ fostering teamwork‚ collaboration and professionalism
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Contents 1. Introduction 2. Annotated Bibliography Introduction The objective of this annotated bibliography is to bring to fore the attitudes toward the stigma associated with Mental illness in Jamaica and to determine if these were related to the major changes in Public policy‚ particularly‚ deinstitutionalization and integration community Mental Health services with primary health care services that the country has undergone within the period from independence since now. Since gaining
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Annotated Bibliography Nursing Ethics June 24‚ 2013 In hospitals‚ especially emergency rooms and intensive care units‚ nurses encounter many critically ill patients. “One-fifth of the patients cared for by critical care nurses die in the intensive care unit” (Browning‚ 144)‚ when these patients are nearing the end of their lives there are many decisions that need to be made by the patient if they are able and their family. Healthcare workers are put under
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Resources for learning Writing an annotated bibliography What is an annotated bibliography? Writing the critique Getting started Preparing your final copy Writing the summary Example of an annotated bibliography What is an annotated bibliography? An annotated bibliography is a list or collection of sources in which each item is summarised and commented on. It has two functions: • It provides people in a particular field with access to significant
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Background‚ Medication error is common place in healthcare practice; however‚ medication errors are often under-reported. The purpose of this study is twofold; to assess hospital staff’s perceptions of organizational culture of safety in both hospitals‚ and to assess the impact of the organizational safety culture on error reporting. Methods‚ this is a cross-sectional survey conducted among 1300 of hospital staff members in the National Centre for Cancer Care and Research‚ and Heart Hospital‚ from
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PREVENTING MEDICAL OVERDOSE I A medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient. There is a need for accurate and proper drug administration. Around 100‚000 Americans die yearly of drug overdose. Medication errors: what they are‚ how they happen‚ and how to avoid them. II Dennis Quaid’s twins almost died after being given a dosage that should have been for an adult. a. The medication given was heparin. b. Media
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Annotated Bibliography Collier‚ Anne. “Amy’s Story.” NetSmartz. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children‚ and Boys & Girls Clubs of America‚ 2004. Web. 21 August 2010. This is an article telling the story about a girl named Amy (her real name was changed for the article) who gets involved with a man named Bill online through a chat room‚ and how he was able to manipulate Amy into thinking he loves her and that she was the only one he’d met online. As the story continues‚ Amy
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Annotated Bibliography COM/220 - RESEARCH WRITING (AXIA) Keisha Head 10/17/2010 Instructor: RUTH CAMERON Annotated Bibliography JOHN WISELY. (2010). Gannett News Service‚ _Retrieved October 6‚ 2010‚ from ProQuest Newsstand. (Document ID: 2148948531). This is a good article written by‚ John Wisely‚ a reporter for the Detroit Free Press. In this article the writer points out various ways some recipients of public assistance abuse the system by spending taxpayer’s money frivolously
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Annotated Bibliography University of Phoenix ENG 215: Effective Academic Writing Annotated Bibliography Andriessen‚ J.‚ Erken‚ G.‚ Van De Laak‚ C.‚ Peters‚ N.‚ Coirier‚ P.‚ (n.d.). Argumentation as negotiation in electronic collaborative writing. Retrieved from http://edu.fss.uu.nl/medewerkers/ja/Confrontations/Ch4.pdf This source talks about collaborative writing in a situation in which pairs of students have to produce and argumentative text. It goes into the different types of
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S14 Rosalyn De Leon Annotated Bibliography Gentile‚ Douglas A. et al (2004). The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility‚ aggressive behaviors‚ and school performance. Retrieved October 4‚ 2010‚ from pdfcast.org: http://pdfcast.org/pdf/the-effects-of-violent-video-game-habits-on-adolescent-hostility-aggressive-behaviors-and-school-performance Dr Douglas A. Gentile is a researcher who studies the effects of media on children and adults‚ may it be positive or negative
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