After this experience‚ the rest of the clinical shift went astonishingly well. With that great self-confidence and the motivation to efficiently accomplish all the other tasks‚ I realized that the coordination with my partners was the primary influence towards my self-esteem today. My partners and I communicated with each other on every aspect to clarify and divide responsibilities. We started the shift by splitting up and individually going into the patient’s room to wake them up and ask if they
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A. Describe the complete process of medication reconciliation at your practice site including who is involved‚ what patient data is collected‚ how the data is collected and documented‚ and any other key steps in the process. Upon admission‚ a medication history is obtained by an RN. If the patient is unable to provide the history at that time it can be done a number of ways: family interview‚ written patient med list‚ rx vials‚ recent H&P‚ transfer records‚ recent discharge med list‚ and/or retail
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The concept of medication safety has become a highly significant concept in the field of health. According to the CDC‚ about 82% of the United States population takes at least one medication daily. Due to this rather high percentage‚ over 700‚000 emergency room visits are related to adverse drug reactions. Drug interactions happen when different medications interrelate with each other‚ leading to either increase or reduced drug effects. These effects can be dangerous and in some scenarios‚ deadly
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Clinical Experience Reflection Journal Name: Date: Week 1. Choose one patient (new mother‚ newborn‚ or pregnant/laboring woman) and identify the priority problem. What did you contribute toward resolving or easing the problem? N/A for this week 2. Provide an example of an incident during clinical that reinforced the theory you have learned in OB lectures. An incident that reinforced what I have learned in lecture was the postpartum hemorrhage simulation. I learned how chaotic
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ENG105 July 29‚ 2014 Elissa Abbott Hidden Dangers of ADHD Medication Medication for ADHD can cause a great deal of overdose for children that have ADHD. Their bodies will get addicted to the medication when they cannot do without them. If a patient stop taking it‚ their bodies will shut –down and start reacting in a strange way. These hidden symptoms can cause behavioral analysis that can evaluate the effect in medication that has form in the children body. It all starts from genetics
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The Importance of Medication Safety It is evident that medication errors are very common in the health care setting. It can cause complications to the patient that may be detrimental and life-threatening to his/her health. In fact‚ this illustrates incompetence and an inadequate amount of focus‚ which are imperative to have in all aspects of health care involved. Unfortunately‚ there are various reasons as to why these problems occur. The responsibilities
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PICO Clinical Question: Does change of shift nursing reports at the bedside with patient participation improve the safety and quality of their care than those reports done at the nurse’s station without their involvement? Parts of the PICO question: P: Patients that participate in the change of shift nursing report. I: Change of shift nursing reports at the bedside. C: Patients that are not involved with change of shift reports. O: Improvement of the safety and quality of patient care. What
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Assignment: Clinical Assessment Mr. and Mrs. Lawson brought their 4-year-old adopted daughter‚ Clara‚ to see Dr. Mason‚ a psychiatrist. Clara was polite in greeting Dr. Mason‚ but did not smile and kept her gaze down as she took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson sat next to Clara and began explaining their concerns. They described Clara as a quiet child who has recently begun throwing temper tantrums‚ during which she is inconsolable. Her sleep and eating patterns have changed‚ and she no longer wants
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Medication is very important part of treatment‚ recovery and management of variety diseases. It has a long journey and many stages while it reaches the patient and at any of these stages an error can occur. This assignment explores types of medication errors‚ statistics‚ factors contributing to medication errors‚ failures to report and prevention. National Patients Safety Agency medication error defines as ‘The process of prescribing‚ dispensing‚ preparing‚ administering‚ monitoring or providing
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review of the final report from the LA‚ that I will present in the next team meeting. In the discussion I will refer mostly at the National Standards regarding the administration of medication (current UK standards and current legislation‚ national enquiries). To produce a good report‚ I need to include the risks of medication to service users‚ staff and organisation using examples from our context. In order to achieve the best results for my promotion‚ I need to structure clearly my report in such a
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