After specifying the inclusion criteria of “clinical documentation‚” “documentation errors‚” and “physicians” as well as the exclusion criteria of “nursing‚” the final number of articles included were 15. The articles reviewed clinical documentation process and strategies along with the impact of documentation errors made by physicians. A summary of the articles can be seen below in Table 1. Documentation Errors and Financial Correlations: Zhang et al. (2013)‚ copy and pasting within electronic
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HUMAN ERROR IN AVIATION MOST COMMON ERORS YOSI ASSAF SFTY-345 / MITTEN SWARTZWELDER 12/5/10 Introduction: Since the first aircraft flight made by the Wright brothers in 1903‚ the aviation industry has grown into billions of dollars of annual business throughout the world. By information from the international air transport association (IATA)‚ over 1.6 billion passengers use the world airlines for business and leisure travel each year‚ also 40% of the world trade goods are transported by
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Near misses and errors in medication administration is a trend that may occur more frequently than perceived‚ mainly due to the fear of reporting. Medication administration errors occur due to a plethora of factors including staffing limitations‚ knowledge of pharmacology‚ miscommunication‚ and the inevitable ’human’ factor (Durham‚ 2015). Nurses may fear the repercussions of reporting or not be clear on what events need to be reported. To improve incident reporting‚ clarification is needed of which
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Medication errors According to The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2015)‚ 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‚ or consumer. Medication can be harmless but with mistakes in prescribing‚ dispensing and administering medications‚ it can cause injury to all population groups while impacting our public
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Medication errors are preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient‚ according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA‚ 2015). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that there are over 700‚000 visits to hospital emergency as an injury result from the use of a medication (CDC‚ 2015). The CDC goes on to say that the number of adverse drug events is likely to increase due to the development of new medications‚ aging population‚ increase
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Madeline Anderson General Psychology 300 October 22‚ 2012 Erika Redmond Abstract This paper discusses the major schools of thought in psychology and examines the major underlying assumptions. This includes the two major schools of thought that are very important in psychology‚ being structuralism functionalism. I also discuss and identify the primary biological foundations of psychology linked to behavior. Throughout the paper psychological research is explored. The goal of this paper is to
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The Meal A Mile Long By Frieda Hughes 1. Fictional picture book. 2. The Meal A Mile Long‚ written and illustrated by Frieda Hughes‚ Simon & Schuster Limited‚ Great Britain‚ 1989. 3. Walter The King Guards Rats 4. In the text‚ Walter who was once a sailor lands in a strange and foreign land. When Walter gets off of the ship he was on‚ he sees beautiful flowers and decides to pick one. However‚ the garden belonged to a cruel King who sentenced Walter to death for picking flowers from his
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INTENTION We would first need to establish if there is a valid and legally binding contract formation between Iris (“the offeror”) before deciding on the likely outcomes for the parties. A proper contract constitutes an offer‚ an acceptance‚ the provision of a consideration of value and parties’ intention to legal relations. There was no depute as to the presence of a valid offer because Iris did indeed make an offer to sell the piano for a specific price and its terms i.e. keeping the offer open
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Exam 1 Highlights * The leading cause of death in children younger than 19 is unintentional injuries. * 6 elements included in the process of developing cultural competence are: * Working on changing one’s own world view through examining one’s own values and behaviors and striving to reject racism and institutions that support it * Becoming familiar with core cultural issues by recognizing these issues and exploring them with patients * Becoming knowledgeable about
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and Errors JEFFERY MCCOMAS‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNS MICHELLE RIINGEN‚ DNP‚ RN‚ CNS-BC SON CHAE KIM‚ PhD‚ RN Congress authorized an initiative in 2004 to create a national health information technology infrastructure to improve patient outcomes through increased efficiency.1 The stated goal was to have electronic health records (EHRs) implemented for all Americans by 2014.2‚3 The current literature supports the use of EHR because of the potential for higher quality of care‚ reduction in medication errors‚ ease
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