Legal and Ethical Issues in Medication AdministrationKarla ShircliffClinical Pharmacology NR120November 13‚ 2012 Theresa Wischmann‚ RN‚ MSN AbstractThis paper is about an article I found online‚ published by The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. I found it to be very interesting and relevant in regards to the treatment of non-compliant psychiatric patients. It is about the covert administration of medications to patients‚ or administering medication without the patient’s knowledge
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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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NUR 112 - MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION WORKSHEET Home Med? Medication (Include dose‚ route‚ frequency) Why Taking Med? (Per patient history‚ progress notes‚ or consults) Date/Time of Prescribed Order Safe Dose Client Dose Usual Dose Nursing Implications (VS‚ labs‚ drug-drug/drug-food/drug-herb interactions) No Docusate 100 mg PO BID Hold for loose stool Opioid constipation prophylactic 11/13/13 Safe: PO: 50-500 mg/day in single daily dose or divided q6hr Client:100 mg Usual:
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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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A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data‚ which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally‚ barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines‚ and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional (1D). Later they evolved into rectangles‚ dots‚ hexagons and other geometric patterns in 2 dimensions (2D). Although 2D systems use a variety of symbols‚ they are generally referred to as barcodes as well. Barcodes originally were scanned
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The six rights of medication administration are the right medication‚ the right dose‚ the right patient‚ the right route‚ the right time and the right documentation. I plan to implement all of these patient medication administration rights when I progress to working in the field. There are several parts of the medication administration process where errors can occur. Most commonly errors occur in prescribing‚ transcribing‚ dispensing‚ administering and monitoring medications. The nurse is the
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Quality‚ Medication Administration Safety ii. Double-checking medication administration Research design Limitations of the Research References Appendices i. Letter to the director of nursing ii. Letter to the Ethics committee iii. Letter to the Respondent iv. Research Consent Form v. Research time frame vi. Proposed budget vii. Survey questionnaire Research proposal: Do Nurses follow the 8 rights of medication administration to reduce medication error? Introduction Medication error defined
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Barcode From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For the taxonomic method‚ see DNA barcoding. [hide] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs attention from an expert on the subject. (January 2011) This article needs additional citations for verification. (January 2011) A UPC-A barcode symbol A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data relating to the
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Barcode Technology and its Application in Libraries and Information Control Barcode Technology and its Application in Libraries and Information Control Sarjiwan Dass1‚ Dr. Ajay Singh2 1Librarian‚ (DITMR) Delhi Institute of Technology‚ Management & Research Vill. Fiorjpur Kalan‚ Sohna Road‚ Faridabad (Haryana). 2Assit. Professor Department of Management‚ Dronacharya College of Engineering‚ Greater Noida (UP) ABSRRACT The application of barcode technology in circulation system
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PRESENTATION ON BARCODE BY ASELEBE MICHAEL OLUWASEGUN HND/11/COM/202 ARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE‚ INSTITUTE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCE KWARA STATE POLYTECNIC‚ ILORIN. IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER SICENCE ABSTRACT This study focuses on barcode recognition from images of barcode stamped products‚ acquired by different cameras. First step in recognition of barcode data is
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