Running Head: Enhancing Medication Compliance in Elderly Individuals Research Utilization Paper An Intervention Study to Enhance Medication Compliance in Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals Chris Elmer HSCI 401 Fall 2001 My research study was to determine whether daily videotelephone or regular telephone reminders would increase the quantity of prescribed cardiac medication taken in a sample of elderly individuals who have congestive heart failure (CHF) (Peteva‚ 2001). Within
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available in the form of stimulant and non-stimulant medications. Stimulants are available in the form of pills‚ capsules‚ liquids or skin patches. Medications consists of varieties such as short-acting‚ long- acting or extended release. One of the many benefits that long-acting or extended release medications may have for children are it only has to be taken once a day which would prevent daily trips to the school nurse for additional dosage. Medication helps to reduce hyperactivity‚ impulsivity and improve
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Ian Bowers Roger Hock Psy 205 April 19 2012 Anti-Anxiety Medications Anxiety is an issue that everyone deals with‚ whether it be the anxiety of the first day of school‚ meeting a new client‚ or a first date‚ it’s a pertinent issue in everyone’s life. The topic my research paper was given was one on anti-anxiety medications and their effects‚ I chose an article written by Moira Rynn‚ M.D.‚ Anthony Puliafico‚ Ph.D.‚ Charlotte Heleniak‚ B.A.‚ Pranav Rikhi‚ Kareem Ghalib‚ M.D.‚ and Hilary
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Entering the medical field requires a vast amount of knowledge‚ but one of the most vital pieces of knowledge is knowing how to administer medications via injection. Medications can be administered in a variety of ways‚ but one of the most effective and quickest ways is through injection. There are many types of injections‚ and they can involve many different injection sites‚ but the most common is given through the muscle. The most imperative thing before giving an injection is identifying your
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discussion is about what nursing informatics vs clinical informatics. Two ways that I use clinical informatics at university hospital are the Alaris pumps and computerized library for patient education material. Two ways that nurse managers can use data to improve patient care would be HCAPS and surveys on how well we do to prevent urinary tract infections. President Bush made the mandate in 2014 to help improve quality care to low income patients. Clinical Informatics is a broader scope of nursing
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Medication errors occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a
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Lifestyle or Medication Paper 1 Lifestyle or Medication Paper Amanda Bonnett HCA/240 7/14/2013 Nicole Vick Lifestyle or Medication Paper
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Medication Errors are the leading issues debated in the health care setting in America. Whenever medications were administered‚ nurses must follow the five basic rights: Right patient‚ Right medication‚ Right route‚ Right dose‚ and Right time. Believed it or not medication errors still seek to exist. However‚ most common errors are occurring related to poor transcriptions‚ drug interactions‚ drug name confuses‚ and poor documentation. One of the greatest concerns with medication errors is order transcription
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Tokoh – tokoh Klinis 1952‚ Shaffer & Lazarus : Psikologi klinis diawali oleh tokoh tokoh filsuf yunani. Abad 19‚ Phillipe Pinel (France)‚ William Tuke (Eng)‚ Elli Tod & Dorothea Dix (As) : Akar psikologis Klinis Modern merupakan gerakan reformasi yang muncul tentang perawatan terhadap penderita gangguan mental di RS dengan lebih beradab dan manusiawi. Garfield dan Kurtz (1976) memeriksa lebih dari 800 kuesioneryang dikumpulkan pada tahun 1973 Nocross dan Prochaska (1982) mempelajari kembali 500
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The first six weeks of the nursing program has forced me to turn myself inside out and examine/analyze a lot about my way of life. It has forced me to look deeply into my communication and listening skills. I have learned many different ways to deal with situations and problems that may arise with my impersonal and Intrapersonal relationships. I’ve been trying out different skills with my roommate and trying to really understand what we do in class by actually doing it. I have always found it hard
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