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    Nurses are the health care professionals that collect and prepare medications for patients. They examine the doctor’s orders to see what medications patients are prescribed. Errors can occur in the distribution of these medications. As a result‚ the nursing ethic of do no harm may not occur. According to McIntyre‚ Thomlinson‚ & McDonald‚ “nurses are held in high regard” (2006‚ p.360). As such‚ nurses must keep this positive concept‚ as we are the health professionals that care for people when they

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    Reducing Medication Errors

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    people are injured annually in the United States from medication errors. It is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. According to the National Counsel for medication error Reporting and prevention defines medication error as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medications in the control of the health professional‚ patient or consumers. Medication errors are surprising common and costly in all nation. Medications administration

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    to a singular knowledge base. The concepts of perspective and horizon will be expanded upon to lead to the conclusion that knowledge is solely an individual endeavor that exists differently in every human being past‚ present‚ or future. Bias is inevitable in every human interaction be it literary‚ artistic‚ experiential‚ or linguistic. The perspective of no two individuals will be the same leading to a different understanding of even the most basic principle. The following definitions from Webster’s

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    Process This was an interesting study to read and examine. Medication errors are a significant problem‚ but not a problem that cannot be solved. There are precautions that can be taken to minimize the errors. The three specific areas the study focused on were prescription‚ transcription‚ and administration phase. Many errors occurred during all three phases‚ however‚ not all of the errors made it to the patients. Most of the errors that reached patients did not cause harm. Ethical considerations

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    Hospital Management

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    PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT PROJECT 754 “HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” BY:- SAURABH SRIVASTAVA B.Tech final year Computer science & Engineering 0725710049 PROJECT TITLE “HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” INTRODUCTION “HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM’’ is a computerized management system. This management system has been developed to form whole management system including Employees‚ Doctors‚ Nurses‚ Patients‚ Bills‚ and Complains etc. The proposed system will keep a track of Employees‚ Doctors

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    Healing Hospital

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    Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Introduction At a conference in 2012‚ Health Affairs Editor-in Chief Susan Dentzer affirmed‚ “It is well established now that one can in fact improve the quality of health care and reduce the costs at the same time” (Rickert‚ 2012). This is the principal concept of “patient centered care”. Health-care providers practicing patient centered care enhance not only patients’ medical outcomes‚ but increase patient satisfaction rates and improve the quality of the

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    Medication administration errors‚ though preventable‚ are a common problem. “One-third of all medication errors that cause harm to patients arise during medication administration (Bates et al.‚ 1995). Many nurses identify interruptions as a key factor contributing medication administration errors (Tang‚ Sheu‚ Yu‚ Wei‚ and Chen‚ 2007; Fry & Dacey‚ 2007). To enhance patient safety‚ effects of interruptions during medication administration must be evaluated. The purpose of this study is to evaluate

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    Specialty Hospitals

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    Specialty Hospitals: A Problem or a Symptom? Specialty hospitals are not a new thing. However‚ as the number of specialty hospitals increases there is a question about their financial influence on the community hospitals. This paper discusses the results of two congressionally mandated reports on specialty hospitals. Main Concerns about Specialty Hospitals: 1. Clinical decisions made by physician-owners might be distorted by financial incentives 2. Specialty hospitals treat less

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    Memory and Human Error

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    Memory and Human Error Abstract The concept of human memory is yet to be completely understood with scientists still disputing the many theories and models. Undoubtedly‚ it is impossible to rule out human error completely; however‚ by adopting appropriate procedures the probability of errors can be minimized. This essay investigates the scientific studies of human memory and how empirical findings can be implemented to reduce human error at work. This paper arrives at the conclusion that four

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    Error Analysis Efl

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    Education Review‚ ISSN1548-6613‚ USA Error analysis and the EFL classroom teaching XIE Fang‚ JIANG Xue-mei (College of Foreign Languages‚ Liaoning Normal University‚ Dalian Liaoning 116029‚ China) Abstract: This paper makes a study of error analysis and its implementation in the EFL (English as Foreign Language) classroom teaching. It starts by giving a systematic review of the concepts and theories concerning EA (Error Analysis)‚ the various reasons causing errors are comprehensively explored. The

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