Clinical Research of Medications Reference: Mosby’s 2013 Nursing Drug reference Drug Name Generic and Trade Classification and Indication for Use Route‚ Dose Frequency Both ordered and recommended Drug Action Side Effects Nursing Implications Assessment to be done Morphine Page 822-824 Opioid analgesic Recommended Subcut/IM- 5-10mg q4hr PO- 10-30mg q4hr prn Depresses pain impulse transmission at the spinal cord level by interacting with opioid receptors Drowsiness Dizziness Confusion Head
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Clinical Laboratory Scientist What They Are and What They Do A clinical laboratory scientist can have a few different names such as “Medical Laboratory Scientist” or “Medical Laboratory Technician/Technologist”. A clinical laboratory scientist‚ or CLS‚ works in a laboratory testing different samples—bodily fluids‚ tissue samples‚ and cultures‚ to name some—to identify diseases and treatments for said diseases. What it Takes and Training To become a CLS‚ one must have a background of high school
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After a long day at the office you walk in door‚ change into something comfortable‚ heat up some leftover pizza‚ and finally sit down to catch up on your favorite show when you see commercial after commercial of prescription or over the counter medications flooding the market. There is definitely not a shortage of ailment curing products that range from helping with depression to erectile dysfunction‚ but have you ever wondered if we have become a society that is so reliant on our technological advances
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Medication and Therapy to Treat ADHD: Is This the Best Option? According to the Center for Disease Control’s website “approximately 9.5% or 5.4 million children 4-17 years of age have ever been diagnosed with ADHD‚ as of 2007.” (Division of Human Development‚ N.C.‚ 2011) Most of society has heard of ADHD but may not know what that acronym stands for. ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and it is a disorder that causes depression‚ stress‚ familial problems‚ and many other
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Electronic Clinical Documentation Electronic Clinical Documentation‚ best known as computer based documentation‚ is an electric computer system that stores medical information of patients and patient care. It includes patient care notes and data that is shared throughout the patient hospital stay or doctor visit. Lab results‚ past and present medical history as well as personal data is stored in the electronic medical record. As the demand for Electronic Clinical Documentation increases
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Examination of Clinical Psychology PSY/480 September 23‚ 2013 Amy McCall Examination of Clinical Psychology History of Clinical Psychology Early conceptions of psychology derived from the Greeks. The ancient Greek way of understanding disease transported thought outside the control of the Gods and toward social‚ biological and psychological effects exchanged between the mind and body (Plante‚ 2011‚ p. 33). Aristotle‚ Hippocrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle each believed that the "spirit or
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An instance‚ in which I used the nursing process‚ stood as my clinical experience of caring for a 72-year-old female diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. This patient regularly acquired pneumonia‚ and with her body becoming more frail and susceptible to disease‚ she found herself in the hospital. Upon entering the patient’s room‚ I encountered an older woman slumping in her bed‚ looking restless‚ and using her accessory muscles to try to get appropriate respirations. Recognizing that the patient was
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During my placement setting while working with my buddy nurse and the continual direction from my clinical instructor‚ I have been assigned to care for a 85 year old female patient that was admitted with Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and Failure to Cope (FTC). On the clinical day before I was told that she would be discharged on the following day. I also review her chart and saw the discharged order from the doctor and a keep component that I read is that she would be leaving the following morning
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Application of Clinical Psychology Jennifer Simpson Psy-480 March 4‚ 2013 Application of Clinical Psychology Introduction Winona Ryder is famous for more than the movies that she starred in over the years. News reporters gathered to gain more information in regards to this famous actress gone astray. In 2001 Ryder made the news for something that was not entertaining but gained quite a bit of public knowledge. The actual incident was only part of the information that the public was curious
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The clinical information system application that I feel I would recommend that the accountable care organization start with to maximize its potential to improve quality and exceed CMS’ performance criteria is electronic medical record because it is better upgraded for the safety of a patient and intensify health quality and it also lower cost. An electronic health record is also a digital documentation of an individual’s medical history that is maintained by health professionals and official agencies
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