ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICATION BY TRAINED‚ UNLICENSED PERSONNEL. Florida law permits a Nurse Registry to administer medications to patients‚ by a licensed nurse on staff‚ or to assist with self-administered medication by trained‚ or unlicensed staff under Section 400.488 F.S.‚ 59A-18.0081(12) 400.488 Assistance with self-administration of medication: An unlicensed person may‚ consistent with a dispensed prescription’s label or the package directions of an over-the-counter medication‚ assist a patient
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Describe how igneous activity can affect the landscape Igneous intrusions form when cooling‚ crystallization and loss of gases cause a once fluid magma to solidify. Most rocks that form intrusions originate as either granitic or basaltic magma. Granitic magmas are low density and small quantities‚ just a few kilometers wide‚ rise slowly through the earth’s upper crust‚ pushing existing country rock aside. However‚ very large granite masses‚ which can be up to 1‚000 times larger‚ are formed when magma
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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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cases‚ children need medication in order to survive. My best friend’s niece‚ Jessica‚ had a condition where she was very hyper and she could never stay still. Jessica’s doctor had prescribed her some medication in order for her to be able to be more calm. Jessica had been taking this medication for about six months. The results of the medication were great. Jessica was more calm and she obeyed her bedtime. She listened when her parents told her to sit quietly. The medication was actually working
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Identify the different substances which individuals might use‚ how they are used and their likely effects. Abused substances produce some form of intoxication that alters judgment‚ attention‚ perception‚ or physical control. Psychoactive drugs can be categorised into three broad groups: 1 Stimulants: Amphetamines‚ Cocaine‚ Crack‚ Ecstasy‚ Anabolic steroids 2 Depressants: Cannabis‚ Alcohol‚ Benzodiazepines GHB etc. 3 Hallucinogens: LSD‚ Magic Mushrooms (Psilocybin)‚ Skunk. Drugs also have street
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William Truman March 5th 2014 Timeline Part I Major Event/Epoch in American History Time Period/Date(s) Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History 1) Describe three different American Indian cultures prior to colonization. 1421-1521 1492-1504 1541- 1937 Aztec Indians: They were located in central Mexico and they spoke Nahuati language. In 1520-1521 Small pox hit‚ between 10% and 5o% of population was affected. The government was a system of
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dispensing medication to patients comprises a critical juncture in patient care. The process involves a number of risk points during which errors can occur. The NPSGS establish procedural safeguards in order to protect patients from medication administration errors. The standards also serve to protect health care personnel from the personal and professional consequences of making such errors. The NPSGS for medication administration involve recommendations for the following risk points: medication reconciliation
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performance and has a distinguished role in patient safety. Medication errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare and has become one of the biggest issues devoted encountered in today’s healthcare setting. According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2016)‚ “a medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient
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Medication errors are all too common‚ jeopardizing the safety of patients; it may be a misinterpretation of a prescription‚ not having a complete history of a patient and dispensing drugs that could interact with other drugs adversely‚ or a patient administering the medication incorrectly‚ which are all preventable. There are numerous ways of preventing medication errors; therefore‚ the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has recognized ten important factors that lead to errors. Anderson
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but now it has a new adversary. It can be found in almost every home‚ sitting on a counter‚ or tucked away in a medicine cabinet. It can help a student focus better‚ help a person ease chronic pain‚ or help a person cope with daily stress or anxiety. This new adversary is prescription medication. With this being said‚ is America’s growing addiction to prescription medications reaching an epidemic status? The statistics will show that prescription medications are in high demand‚ the addiction to
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