Medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (FDA‚ 2009). Being one of the most common medical errors‚ medication errors are not a subject to take without due consideration. In 2006‚ the National Academies stated “Studies indicate that 400‚000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals. Another 800‚000 occur in long-term care settings‚ and roughly 530‚000 occur just among Medicare recipients in outpatient
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that we cannot know all of the alternatives. (False; difficult; p. 162) 10. Managers tend to operate under assumptions of bounded rationality. (True; moderate; p. 163) 11. Studies of the events leading up to the Challenger space shuttle disaster point to an escalation of commitment by decision makers. (True; moderate; p. 163) 12. Managers regularly use their intuition in decision making. (True; easy; p. 164) 13. Rational analysis and intuitive decision making are complementary. (True; moderate;
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___________________________________________________________________ Transition-A super power that everyone has but almost nobody uses is common sense and these are the facts…_____________________________________________________________________ Body I. 1st main point-Information about common sense. _______________________________________________________________ A. Support-Common sense is good sound judgment based on experience rather than study and people with common sense are seen as reasonable‚ reliable‚
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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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Trends and Data Management Medication Errors Kim Orta University of Phoenix Health Care Informatics HCS 482 Mary Trevino October 24‚ 2013 Data Collection Tools EMR (Electronic Medical Record) EHR (Electronic Health Record) CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry) UOR (Unusual Occurrence Report) Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Provide complete‚ reliable access to health information Improves safety and outcomes Reduces and prevents medication errors “EHRs don’t just contain and transmit
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MICROWAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM GAIN (c22 Tomasi) CHAPTER 24 MICROWAVE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM GAIN 1)Electromagnetic waves with frequencies that range from approximately 500 MHz to 300 GHz or more. Microwaves 2)The wavelengths for microwave frequencies‚ which is than infrared energy. 1 cm and 60 cm slightly longer 3)The name given to microwave signals‚ because of their inherently high frequencies‚ have short wavelengths. “Microwave” waves 4)Each frequency is divided
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Ontario regulation 455/07 and the demerit point system The Ontario regulation 455/07 and the demerit system work together in order to promote safe driving on roads and to discourage dangerous activities on roads. Regulation 455/07 is a very detailed article containing rules against extreme drivers. It contains rules prohibiting stunts and racing on roads. Withing the article‚ stunts are defined as drivers attempting to lift one or all of the vehicle’s wheels off of the road‚ to lose traction
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Point mutation is an error at a particular point on the DNA molecule. Since the changes occur in DNA‚ in order to fix the mutation‚ scientists have to find out where something went wrong in the DNA structure and how to fix it. Technology improved and in recent years‚ we got new skills and we are able to change natural changes of DNA for our profit. It is still being worked on‚ but scientists can do a lot of impressing things with DNA structure now. Point mutations might initiate very dangerous changes
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Error Identification (10 marks) The following text has 10 errors (excluding the example). In the space provided‚ write down the line number against each error and give the correct answer. Do not copy the text. Example: Line Error Correction 1 are is 1 General Steel is one of the most recognized name in the international steel building industry. In addition to being able to supply quality steel buildings anywhere in the United States‚ General Steel have provided customers
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MIMO-OFDM VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH LOW COMPLEXITY SUBJECT: MODERN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SUBJECT CODE: EEE 637 SUBMITTED BY‚ M.TECH COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING (2nd SEMESTER) SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (SENSE) VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY VELLORE‚ TAMIL NADU - 632014 ABSTRACT Visible Light Communication (VLC) systems are being developed with the ultimate aim to create ultra-high-speed‚ high security‚ biologically friendly communications networks that allow
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