Program Proposal: A seminar and workshop entitled “The danger of Medication error due to understaffed nurses.” BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM The nursing profession has traditionally accepted responsibility to assure that safe and accessible health care is available to the public at all times‚ including times when nurses are in short supply. The profession continues to accept such responsibility and also recognizes the need to identify strategies to promote the availability
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I agree that medication administration is a task that requires much skill and caution. Refusing to administer a medication that one is not familiar with is a worrisome adventure. Nurses have the obligation to ensure safety for their patients‚ and also have an obligation to provide care that the physician has ordered. It seems that nurses are caught in the middle of many tough situations. With the rise in medication errors‚ prudent nurses are increasing patient safety by questioning unclear or unsafe
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“Role & Responsibility of Youth in building Modern India” Youth is the backbone of a country. They have a very important role in building a nation. The article narrates the role and responsibility of youth in developing modern India. The bud of nation’s future finds a fragrant blooming in the hands of its youth. It’s the time of culmination when the youth must realize and individually shoulder the responsibility of resuscitation of India in every aspect viz. social‚ economical‚ political‚ administrative
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Danny Bostock Roles and responsibilties in lifelong learning. Case study of a teacher/tutor/trainer in the lifelong learning sector. This role may be drawn from from a part of the sector in which you work‚ or where you wish to work. Where appropriate‚ it will be acceptable for some of your information to be summarised in tables‚ charts or diagrams. You must include: Clear evidence of relevant reading Inportant principles Professional values Atleast 3 references to
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Preliminary Literature Review Description of Problem Medication errors are common in hospitals. The area with larger patient demand and patient with more complex cases are at higher risk for medication errors. The classification of medication errors is by prescription‚ omission‚ time‚ dose‚ inappropriate drugs‚ and disposal. Medication errors also cause emotional and financial losses to the hospitals‚ patients‚ teams‚ families‚ and societies. As the result
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Outcome 1 Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings The learner can: 1. identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (and later amendments) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 (and later amendments) The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)‚ COSHH The Mental Capacity Act (2005) The Access to health records Act (1990)‚ The Data Protection Act (1998) plus equality legislation
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3 Theory Assessment Task 1 Roles Responsibilities and Behaviour My new role as an Instructor at College will present me with some unique challenges‚ although the majority of courses will be bricklaying the challenge will be delivering to youths‚ adults and a mixture of both age groups. The course material is pre-prepared with session plans setting out what needs to be achieved‚ if circumstances changed and I was required to prepare course notes‚ the responsibility would be mine to ensure the
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3 MO250 Medical Records Management EHR’s and E-prescribing An electronic health record‚ or EHR makes creating‚ updating‚ and maintaining medication information more efficient. Using EHR’s can update medication information immediately‚ so that a provider knows not to prescribe a conflicting medication. EHR’s also give all providers access to any medication allergies a patient might have‚ preventing any medication conflictions. EHR’s transmit prescription information electronically
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Medication Errors: A Literature Review your name here Pharmacology 2 teachers name here September 17 2008 The American Society of Hospital Pharmacists define a medication error as “episodes of drug misadventure that should be preventable through effective systems controls involving pharmacists‚ physicians and other prescribers‚ nurses‚ risk management personnel‚ legal counsel‚ administrators‚ patients and others in the organizational setting‚ as well as regulatory agencies and the
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Journal of Social and Administrali•e Pharmacy Vol. 7‚ No. 4‚ 1990 Self-Medication in Developing Countries SJAA.K VAN DER GEEST*‚ Ph.o ANITA HARDON‚ Ph.o Department of Cultural Anthropology‚ Uninmrtyof Amsterdam‚ OuddjdsAchterourgu."/185‚ NL-1012 OK Amsterdam. The Netherlands ABSTRACT This paper sketches the self-medication situation in the developing countries. From a biomedical view-point the risks that are involved in developing countries are reportedly higher than in industrialized
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