lead to these occurrences. Medication Chart Audit Errors in the medication chart Actions and strategies to ensure ongoing safe administration 1. Incompleteness of the medication chart. The printed name of the prescriber and indication were not written. Ask the physician to tell you the name of the drug‚ the correct dosage‚ and what the drug is used for. 2. The patient’s medication allergies were incorrectly transcribed in the medications chart. If there was medication that was given to the patient
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behavior‚ it has become a vital role within the judicial system. However‚ the debate concerning the use of clinical psychologists in the courtroom has become a growing epidemic. While many argue that the treating therapist can play both a therapeutic and forensic role‚ what they fail to realize is that the vast differences within the two fields will create more turmoil than good. In clinical psychology‚ for instance‚ the general goal is to identify and attend to mental deficiencies whose focus
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Clinical Trials ‘All patients should receive the best possible therapy AND the well-being of the individual research subject must take precedence over all other interests.’ Says article 11.3 of the ‘Declaration of Helsinki’‚ the Holy Grail for biomedical research on humans. With more and more clinical trials being conducted in developing countries‚ the question naturally arises…while outsourcing these trials‚ are the pharmaceutical companies growing to disregard this declaration? To be able
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Clinical Session 1 Critique of Clinical Session The clinician begins the clinical session by welcoming Terri and thanking him for coming to the session. Throughout the clinical session the clinician positioned herself so that she was facing the client but still kept her body at a slight angle so that she was not directly across from him. I noticed that their bodies were in close proximity and that their knees were almost touching. The helper made sure to keep eye contact throughout the session
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CLINICAL CHEMISTRY – defined as the study of biochemical processes associated with health & dse & the measurement of constituents in body fluids or tissues to facilitate dx of dse - dual nature since it’s both a basic and applied science thus clin chem. technologists & technicians should have an understanding of the physiologic & biochemical processes occurring in the body‚ as well as technical skills to perform the various tests - chemistry in connection with the management
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Clinical Reflection: This week in clinical I had my first real labor and delivery experience. My patient‚ RW‚ was admitted for pre-Eclampsia and headache. She was my first patient to be married and older than me‚ so my experience was a little different. One of the most striking complications of her pregnancy was her obesity. She had a BMI of 49.89‚ which complicated her FHR monitoring‚ mobility‚ and labor progression. RW had also had back surgery which was complicated by osteomyelitis
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CLINICAL ASSESSMENT 04/02/2015 PSY/270 CATHY MATRESSE Other information I would require in the assessment of Clara’s diagnosis‚ and question’s I would ask of the parents‚ would be for instance: “How long has Clara been in their personal care? When they adopted her‚ was their anything
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performance and has a distinguished role in patient safety. Medication errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare and has become one of the biggest issues devoted encountered in today’s healthcare setting. According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2016)‚ “a medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient
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Children with ADHD are being prescribed strong medications such as Adderall‚ Vyvanse‚ Ritalin‚ and many others. “An estimated 5% of children have a form of ADHD. More boys are diagnosed than girls; it is the leading cause of referrals to mental health professionals‚ SPED and juvenile justice programs. (Children’s Mental Health Disorder Fact Sheet for the Classroom...)” Many times‚ parents are faced with the decision of choosing prescription medications as an alternative to trying different routes
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CLINICAL ASSESSMENT Clinical Assessment Psychology 270 April 20‚ 2013 Information that I would like to learn is about Clara’s history. I would like to learn more about her biological parents if the information is available. What was she like before she was adopted‚ what type of lifestyle her biological parents had and whether there were factors involved such as: drugs‚ alcohol‚ etc? Some questions that I would ask would be: Does she have friends or siblings‚ and if so how does she interact
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