Chapter 4 Learning Objectives 1. Define clinical assessment and discuss the roles of the clinical interview‚ tests‚ and observations. Clinical assessment is an evaluation of a patient’s physical condition and prognosis based on information gathered from physical and laboratory examinations and the patient’s medical history. Clinical interview is a face to face encounter meeting. Tests are devices for gathering information about a few aspects of a person’s psychological
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common breach of medication administration is medication errors. This is why it is important to have a culture and environment of safety. Administration of medications is a basic activity in nursing practice. Nurses therefore must be knowledgeable about specific drugs and their administration‚ patient response‚ drug interactions‚ patient allergies‚ and related resources. Safety and prevention of medication errors are essential” (Kee 2015). A culture and environment of safety for medication administration
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616 Administer medication to individuals‚ and monitor the effects 1.1 The current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication are: the Health and Safety at Work Act‚ Control of Substances Hazard to Health‚ the Medicines Act‚ the Misuse of Drugs Act‚ the Health and Social Care Act and Essential Standards‚ the RPS Handling Medicines in Social Care Guidelines‚ Health Act 2006. 2.1 The most common type of medication would be: Analgesics: analgesics
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Final Clinical Reflection Please answer all questions clearly. Classroom Management What classroom management and lesson ideas have you observed that made an impression? The classroom management technique that was the most effective in my classroom was “class‚ class..yes‚ yes.” The teacher would simply say “class‚ class” in whatever pitch she chose and the students had to match saying “yes‚ yes.” She would even jazz it up and say “classity‚ class” and the students respond by saying “yessity‚ yes
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example is when a staff nurse makes multiple medication errors in a short period of time. Medication errors are preventable events that may cause or lead to improper medication use or client harm while under the care of a healthcare professional (Vaismoradi‚ Griffiths‚ Turunen‚ & Jordan‚ 2016). According to Vaismoradi and colleagues‚ hospital medical errors have killed more people than HIV/AIDS‚ breast cancer‚ or motor vehicle accidents. Furthermore‚ medication adverse effects lead to 100‚000 emergency
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administering medications are one of the most common patient safety‚ health care errors reported. It is estimated that 7‚000 hospitals deaths yearly are attributed to medication administration errors‚ and each error can cost a health care organization over $8000 per occurrence. (Anderson & Townsend‚ 2015. p.18). Nurses spend a significant amount of time managing‚ preparing‚ and administering medications. Nurses can spend up to forty percent of their day‚ involved in tasks that center around medication administration
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Throughout my high school years I dealt with depression. At the start of my sophomore year‚ I was diagnosed with clinical depression‚ a type of depression that is linked with fatigue. While in social settings‚ internally there was an urge to lay down and rest‚ while on the outside I was perky and all smiles! I was without goals and always off with friends to distract myself; feelings did not phase me because I was used to shutting them out. My mother decided after a while that I needed help to get
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Lab 1: Decision Trees and Decision Rules Evgueni N. Smirnov smirnov@cs.unimaas.nl August 21‚ 2010 1. Introduction Given a data-mining problem‚ you need to have data that represent the problem‚ models that are suitable for the data‚ and of course a data-mining environment that contains the algorithms capable of learning these models. In this lab you will study two well-known classification problems. You will try to find classification models for these problems using decision
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Prevention of Medication Errors Medication administration is one of the highest risks in health care‚ and the errors can occur in many ways. Medication errors occur at points of transition in care: admission to the hospital‚ transfer from department to another‚ and at discharge home or to another facility (Taylor‚ Lillis‚ & LeMone‚ 2015). It is at these times we see the greatest room for errors from communication between other departments and facilities. In 1999‚ medication errors were the 8th leading
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Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) are leaders in nursing‚ and their skills and expertise are crucial to improving care delivery and safety. There are more than 72‚000 CNSs across the United States alone utilizing this important nursing role. It is principal we acknowledge and utilize CNSs significance‚ they alone can make a bigger difference in improving health care if more people understand the value‚ and expertise and skills clinical nurse specialists bring to health care practice. When researching
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