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
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Running head: Medication Errors January 2012 When patients enter a hospital or doctor’s office they do so with the expectation that their safety is of great importance. In addition‚ when medication is prescribed and given to patients‚ the safety of the patient is at the hands of the doctor. The patient is under the impression that the medication is being given correctly and will not harm them. Unfortunately‚ medication errors do occur and when they do‚ the patient can experience potential
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Decision Making Process The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of the decision-making process used when I made a life changing employment decision. Making a decision to do something new usually involves giving up something else. Important decisions are even more difficult because of the conflict and emotion faced regarding the possible outcomes of the final decision. “The ideal decision making process includes six stages. (1) Identify and diagnose the problem‚ (2) generate alternative
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What is clinical psychology? What do clinical psychologists do? How much do they make a year? What stress is put on them daily? Clinical psychology is a professional specialty concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain‚ emotional disturbance‚ and behavior problems. Basically‚ what clinical psychologists do is hold sessions‚ usually weekly‚ with patients‚ or clients to diagnose and treat their emotional or mental illness via interviews and tests. On a daily basis‚ they take part
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Using Informatics in the Clinical Setting NURS-6015‚ Section 3‚ Information and Healthcare Technologies Applied to Nursing Practice June 12‚ 2011 Using Informatics in the Clinical Setting Information technology‚ the interpretation and management of information using computers to analyze data‚ is not a new concept. Computers assist people day-to-day‚ from simple budgeting using a home computer‚ to larger management of government budgets and programs. The healthcare industry‚ especially nursing
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Running head: Clinical Psychology Paper Clinical Psychology Paper Launita D. Joseph University of Phoenix Clinical Psychology Paper When psychology is mentioned one will think about the study of the mind. Several topics may be discussed under psychology. Psychology is a discipline that involves the scientific study of human or animal mental functions and behaviors. However‚ clinical psychology is integrated with theory‚ science‚ and practice to understand‚ predict‚ and remove maladjustment
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Examination of Clinical Psychology Kristina England PSY/480 Tara Thompson University of Phoenix Clinical psychology focuses on the “assessment‚ treatment‚ and understanding of psychological and behavioral problems and disorders; in fact‚ clinical psychology focuses its efforts on the ways in which the human psyche interacts with physical‚ emotional‚ and social aspects of health and dysfunction” (Plante‚ 2011‚ P. 5). This paper will examine the field of clinical psychology. This paper will
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Cultural and Clinical Psychology Between Cultural and Clinical Psychology there is an intersection of two academic traditional methods of study and thought. The scientific field of cultural psychology represents an ongoing evolution of decades upon decades of research and effort by psychologist in an effort to understand the ways in which ones culture shapes the individuals mental health and physical health (American Psychological Association‚ 2012). Cultural psychology moves beyond the confines
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others o Can retraining be useful? o Explaining to client diagnosis‚ alterations in behavior and abilities‚ and treatment plan o Help set realistic goals -‐ Provision of rehabilitation: assess and provide! o Individualized! o Retraining? Medications‚ inc side effects? Surgery? o Repeat testing to examine improvements … o Evaluate effectiveness of treatment? Cost worth it? -‐ Research o Typical manifestations and symptoms of neurological conditions‚ disorders‚ diseases o Efficacy of treatment
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1SA1a. During my clinical rotation a significant change I noticed in a patient was a decrease in blood pressure while exercising. Prior to exercise my patient had a blood pressure of 115/60mmhg. While running on the treadmill his blood pressure had dropped to 82/55mmhg. I alerted the nurse of his blood pressure immediately after taking the blood pressure. The nurse was aware and said it has been ongoing. We assessed the patient who was lightheaded‚ gave him some water and told him to stop exercise
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