With the growing reliance on medication as the primary intervention for most illnesses‚ patients receiving medication interventions may gain high benefits‚ at the cost of increased exposer to potential harm. This discussion post will focus on reviewing; concepts of safe medication administration‚ The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals related to safe medication administration and finally describe how the interdisciplinary teams can participate in safe medication administration. Common
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Fluid and Electrolytes Homeostasis t State of equilibrium in internal environment of body‚ naturally maintained by adaptive responses that promote healthy survival t Body fluids and electrolytes play an important role Water Content of the Body t Accounts for 60% of body weight in adult t 70-80% of body weight in infant t Varies with gender‚ body mass‚ and age Compartments t Intracellular fluid (ICF) t Extracellular fluid (ECF) l Intravascular (plasma) l Interstitial t Transcellular
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Toxic Responses of The Ocular and Visual System Desiree S. Dawson Southern University and A&M College November 30‚ 2015 Abstract The Ocular and Visual System is part of the Central Nervous System. It allows an organism to see visual detail. It can interpret visual light‚ binocular representation and perception. The Visual System consists of the retina‚ optic chiasm‚ optic nerve‚ visual cortex‚ optic tract‚ lateral geniculate body and visual association
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Experimentation on animals was meant to provide innovative advancements to the development of drugs and safety of products. However‚ the use of animals in laboratory tests no longer fulfills its original purpose. While it is difficult to deny the medical advances that have been made possible due to animal testing‚ there are alternatives that are more cost-effective‚ reliable‚ and do not contribute toward the suffering of animals. Methods such as microdosing‚ in-vitro models‚ and in-silica computer
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You are a third-year medical student on the first day of your cardiology rotation. Obviously‚ you are nervous and want to impress the attending physician‚ Dr‚ Jackson‚ who has made it clear that he is a very important man who doesn’t really have time to mess around with lowly medical students. “OK‚” he says‚ “let’s see if you already know anything. Take a minute to look at Mrs. Svoboda’s chart‚ she’s a textbook case of what we see around here‚ and then let’s talk about it.” Mrs. Svoboda is an 81-year-old
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Chapter 3 – Medical Record | History of Present Illness | Patient is a 35 year old male complaining of nausea‚ pyrosis‚ indigestion‚ and melena stool. Patient stated that he has been experiencing abdominal pain that wakes him in the middle of night for over a month. He stated that he normally can drink a glass of milk or baking soda water to relive the pain‚ but this has no longer been effective. | Past Medical History | Patient is a smoker who drinks daily and suffering from obesity.
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negotiating with the U.S. government since the late 1990s to reduce toxicity testing on animals‚ which it says “could easily be replaced with more sophisticated‚ more accurate and less expensive non-animal alternatives.” * Virto studies and population health studies‚ human skin patches‚ computer and mathematical models‚ cloned human skin cells are some of the alternatives that can help cosmetics scientists predict individual reactions or toxicity. * Gordon Baxter‚ cofounder of Pharmagene Laboratories
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Animal Testing is the process of using products on non human animals for experimentation to record the reaction the animal has in order to see the effects of a product. Each year over 100 million innocent animals are killed for animal testing. Usually products used on animals will have negative effects regarding the animals that will result in painful effects for the animals. Animal testing is a great advance in medical technology‚ but hurts the animals that are being tested on. Products that animals
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Many Americans have raised interest about gluten as the label “gluten free” has been seen more frequently. In fact‚ about 30% of Americans have recently made the switch over to a gluten-free diet. Gluten free diets have mainly been designed to treat celiac disease. About 1% of the population has been diagnosed with celiac disease‚ meaning they have trouble digesting gluten‚ a protein in grains such as wheat‚ rye‚ and barley. These components are often found in beer‚ pasta‚ and bread. If only 1% of
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RCRA exempted many forms of treatment by generators when enacted. * California law authorized adoption of a list of hazardous wastes (22 CCR § 66261‚ Appendix X) more than 10 years prior to RCRA listed hazardous wastes (40 CFR § 261)‚ and a toxicity characteristic more than 10 years before the RCRA counterpart. * RCRA has“sewer exclusion” for wastes subject to Clean Water Act regulation. There is no sewer exclusion in state law‚ as confirmed by state courts (Peo. v. Sangani). * Excluded
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