Administering Medication reflective account The legislation which governs how medication is administered‚ stored and recorded include the following: The Health and Social Care Act 2008 The Medicines Act 1968 The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 COSHH Regulations 1999 Access to Health Records Act 1990 Data Protection Act 1998 Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005 Common types of medication which I deal with and support my clients with are: Paracetamol- usually prescribed as 500mg
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example is when a staff nurse makes multiple medication errors in a short period of time. Medication errors are preventable events that may cause or lead to improper medication use or client harm while under the care of a healthcare professional (Vaismoradi‚ Griffiths‚ Turunen‚ & Jordan‚ 2016). According to Vaismoradi and colleagues‚ hospital medical errors have killed more people than HIV/AIDS‚ breast cancer‚ or motor vehicle accidents. Furthermore‚ medication adverse effects lead to 100‚000 emergency
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administering medications are one of the most common patient safety‚ health care errors reported. It is estimated that 7‚000 hospitals deaths yearly are attributed to medication administration errors‚ and each error can cost a health care organization over $8000 per occurrence. (Anderson & Townsend‚ 2015. p.18). Nurses spend a significant amount of time managing‚ preparing‚ and administering medications. Nurses can spend up to forty percent of their day‚ involved in tasks that center around medication administration
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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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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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Chapter 11. Automated Medication Dispensing Devices Michael D. Murray‚ PharmD‚ MPH Purdue University School of Pharmacy Background In the 1980s‚ automated dispensing devices appeared on the scene‚ a generation after the advent of unit-dose dispensing (Chapter 11). The invention and production of these devices brought hopes of reduced rates of medication errors‚ increased efficiency for pharmacy and nursing staff‚ ready availability of medications where they are most often used (the nursing unit
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Challenges in managing medication adherence in the community Assignment Pierre Galea MSc Mental Health Nursing NUR 5116 Professional Issues In Mental Health Nursing Introduction In mental health‚ from the discovery of the drug Chlorpromazine in the 1950’s‚ which was a major breakthrough in the treatment of mental illness‚ medication played an important role in the move from the big psychiatric asylums to care in the community (Howland 2007). Several studies continue to demonstrate
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The concept of medication safety has become a highly significant concept in the field of health. According to the CDC‚ about 82% of the United States population takes at least one medication daily. Due to this rather high percentage‚ over 700‚000 emergency room visits are related to adverse drug reactions. Drug interactions happen when different medications interrelate with each other‚ leading to either increase or reduced drug effects. These effects can be dangerous and in some scenarios‚ deadly
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A. Describe the complete process of medication reconciliation at your practice site including who is involved‚ what patient data is collected‚ how the data is collected and documented‚ and any other key steps in the process. Upon admission‚ a medication history is obtained by an RN. If the patient is unable to provide the history at that time it can be done a number of ways: family interview‚ written patient med list‚ rx vials‚ recent H&P‚ transfer records‚ recent discharge med list‚ and/or retail
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Case Study #2- Medication Error 1. Define “overdose.” What are some symptoms of overdose and statistics? Contrast accidental and intentional overdoses. An overdose is when a dangerous dosage of a drug is ingested. Fluctuation vital signs‚ exhaustion‚ dizziness‚ and chest‚ hear‚ and lung pain are all symptoms of overdose. Prescription drugs are the largest cause of deaths from overdose. In 2005‚ out of the 22‚400 overdoses‚ 38.2% were the result of pain killers. Intentional overdose is the misuse
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