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
Premium Patient Health care Health care provider
Memory of my grandmother I remember back when I was 7 or 8 yrs old. My grandmother would always tell me stories a her childhood years. She would speak Japanese and our language which is micronesian at the the same time. She likes to talk a lot that sometimes my grandfather would get mad. I remember laughing so hard that my cheeks would hurt. She would ignore my grandfather when he’s comp laining. I remember because I would always be smiling. I think its cute and funny because
Premium Family Grandparent Baking
University of San Jose Recoletos Magallanes Street‚ Cebu City English 3e MWF 8:00 am – 9:00 am Automated Monitoring Attendance System Submitted To: Mr. Leo H. Aberion Submitted By: Krystine Ann Marie Monterde Dexter Yap Chapter One 1.1 The problem and its scope In this paper we propose a system that automates the whole process of taking attendance and maintaining its records in an academic institute. Managing people is a difficult task for most of the organizations‚ and
Premium Biometrics Fingerprint
INPUT DEVICES 1. Where does the name QWERTY keyboard come from ? The name QWERTY comes from the first six letters on the top row of the alphabet keys. 2. Why do think the QWERTY keyboard is the most popular method of data entry? The QWERTY keyboard is the most popular method of entering data because an easy way of usage and when you get used to it you start typing faster 3. Who might make use of a concept keyboard? A concept keyboard might be used by a fast food restaurant
Premium Input device Credit card Video game
1. List three characteristics of a good software metric. The characteristics of a good software metric are: Simple and computable: It should be easy to learn how to derive the metric. Empirically and intuitively persuasive: The metric should reach the standards under any considerations to satisfy the engineers. consistent and objective: The metric results should always be distinct consistent in its use of units and dimensions : The mathematical computational of the metric should use measures
Premium Object-oriented programming Computer Computer program
Introduction Our world of today’s time is surrounded by modern technologies which are continuously developing as time goes by. Many inventions are developed to make people’s life easier and more productive with the use of these technologies. One of the most useful products of modern inventions is the computer‚ and we can’t deny the fact that it really changed people’s life and lifestyle into an easier and exciting one. Almost all people of different walks of life‚ public and private companies
Premium Employment Invention
Instructor March 2013 Table of Contents Title Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of appendices Chapter I Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Statement of the Objectives 1.2.1 General Objective 1.2.2 Specific objective 1.3 Significance of the study 1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study Chapter II Methodology of the Study Chapter III Data Gathering Procedures and Output Chapter IV The existing System 4.1 Company Background 4.2 Description of
Premium Data flow diagram Inventory control system Functional flow block diagram
The Denver International Airport Automated Baggage Handling System MIS 611 Group Project Winter 2005 Justin Bainum‚ Hong Ji and Priyanka Kheny Executive Summary Baggage handling is at the heart of an airport. The automated baggage handling system at the Denver International Airport (DIA) was a huge undertaking. Not only would it be the largest system of its kind in the world but also the most expensive. Originally designed for only one airline‚ United Airlines‚ it grew to encompass
Premium Denver International Airport Project management Southwest Airlines
Medication Safety Introduction When an individual is sick or injured and visits a hospital‚ medication plays an important role in their recovery. Nurses play a vital role in the administration of medication in the clinical setting and surprisingly there are many errors that occur that could result in more complications or even death. On average hospitalized patients experience one medication error per day (Xu‚ et al‚ 2014‚ p. 286). There are many reasons as to why errors occur but there are also
Premium Medicine Illness Patient
Medication errors are made time and time again by health care professionals all around the world. Although these errors are accidental they can be life-threatening. There are several types of medication errors that can occur‚ such as prescribing errors‚ transcription errors‚ dispensing errors‚ administration errors‚ and monitoring errors (Clayton and Willihnganz‚ p. 73). In this reading‚ it will specifically talk about an administration error and how it ended the life of a mother-of-four. Arsula
Premium Medicine Illness Health care provider