“Oligopolistic interdependence creates uncertainty‚ which in turn may promote collusive action” Oligopoly is a specific type of market within business. The markets within an oligopoly are controlled by a small number of large and powerful companies; contrast to a monopoly (where the market is controlled by a single company‚ allowing it full control of the market and its respective conditions – e.g. price & availability) and perfect competition (where numerous businesses of parallel aptitude
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spectrum of ideas‚ I agree with the following belief: “The folk are compatibilists about free will.” While there are‚ of course‚ incompatibilists and indeterminists‚ for the most part‚ the general population consists of compatibilists. Now‚ I know experimental philosophy has a problem with the use of generalizations without actual statistics‚ but throughout this paper‚ I will explain exactly why the world revolves in a generally compatibilist manner. Firstly‚ to speak of compatibilism‚ you’d have
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for correcting errors in this prescription process is data that outlines where the majority of the errors occur. There are a wide variety of possibilities and errors that can occur in the prescription process‚ therefore having data that helps to pinpoint where most issues occur would be very helpful. Once it is understood where the majority of the errors occur‚ analysis can be done and solutions can be analyzed to fix the problem area(s). As seen on the Medication Errors – Error Reporting pie chart
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Healthcare Research and Quality (2000)‚ “medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48‚000-98‚000 patients die from medical errors each year. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital‚ and preventable health care-related errors cost the economy from $17 to $29 billion each year”. In addition to the monetary cost of errors‚ the physical and psychological costs such as pain
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studies deal in numbers‚ logic and objective stance. Quantitative research usually utilizes descriptive or experimental methods (Rakap‚ Snyder & Pasia‚ 2014). The descriptive method determines association between variables and the experimental method determines connectedness. Descriptive research is thought to be easier to do and is less suited to explain a connection between two variables; experimental research is usually seen as more import but more difficult to conduct (Sloman‚ 2010). The purpose of
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Medication Errors By: Rebecca Abell When doing the job of nursing one of the most important aspects is patient safety. The biggest danger to patients is medication. A medication error is when the nurse gives a patient the wrong medication or the dose of medication could be wrong. The danger of the medication error is that it can lead to an over dose‚ a reaction‚ or even death to a patient. There are several things to know when dealing with medication errors like who should fill it out‚ who should
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Abstract Medical errors and the quality problems to which they lead harm millions of Americans each year. If we are to reduce errors and improve quality substantially‚ we must create systems and care processes that anticipate inevitable human errors and either prevent them or compensate for them before they cause harm. Formidable barriers now stand in the way of progress. Success will require a multifaceted strategy‚ including public education‚ government investment and regulation‚ payment system
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Medical Error: What the Public Should Know “For all of its strengths‚ our health care system still is plagued by avoidable errors.” -President Bill Clinton The issue of medical error is recognized as a very serious U.S. healthcare concern in terms of avoidable patient death and injury‚ achieving efficacious treatment‚ and in controlling the costs. The prevention of medical errors may seem to be a relatively simple task and with recent awareness‚ some improvements have been accomplished.
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Berman‚ A. (2004). Reducing medication errors through naming‚ labeling‚ and packaging. Journal of Medical Systems‚ 28(1)‚ 9-29. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOMS.0000021518.60670.10 This article talks about the different names of drugs that are similar and may cause medication errors in the healthcare field. Also‚ the article talks about many different ways to label and manufacture the medications so errors will be less. There are many different ways the pills look and are
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A Decision of Uncertainty Paper Cynthia Anderson QNT/561 November 14‚ 2012 University of Phoenix A Decision of Uncertainty Paper Decision: To buy or not to by the new Apple iPhone 5. Just recently‚ this past spring my cell phone contract recently expired after a continuous extension of over lapping contracts for over ten years. I have decided to finally upgrade my cell phone. The saturated cellular device industry can meet various consumer needs just depending on how sophisticated of a device
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