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    Hillcrest Medical Case 2

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    RADIOLOGY REPORT Patient Name: Benjamin Engelhart Patient ID: 112592 DOB: 10/05/ Age: 46 Sex: M CT Scan No: 10-790031 Ordering Physician: Alex McClure‚ MD Procedure: CT scan of abdomen and pelvis without contrast. Date of Procedure: 11/14/2012 HISTORY: RLQ pain‚ no previous studies. ABDOMEN: The lung basis appeared unremarkable. The liver‚ spleen‚ gallbladder‚ adrenals‚ kidneys and pancreas and abdominal aorta appeared unremarkable. The bowels seen on the study appeared thickened

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    Medication errors occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a

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    records from her other providers sent here. She is on no other medications at this time. Denies any known medication allergies. She is currently a nonsmoker‚ quit five years ago. No ETOH and no elicit drug exposure. Denies significant chronic medical problems. Patient does have an aura on her left arm that she would like looked at by a dermatologist‚ and she would like a referral to be evaluated by Dermatology here. She describes a small mold that has been present for quite some time and may

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    Article on Medication Errors

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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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    Hillcrest Medical Case 1

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    chance of pregnancy; although she states that she is sexually active and using no birth control. Gynecologic History: Patient is gravida 2‚ para1‚ abortus 1. Her only child is a 15 year-old daughter who lives in Texas with her grandmother. Past Medical History: Positive for Hepatitis B Past Surgical History: Pilodinal cyst removed in the remote past. Had plastic surgery on her ears as a child. Social History: Married‚ has one daughter. Patient works as a substitute teacher. Smokes one-pack

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    Rosa Parks is widely known as the African-American woman who refused to get off her seat on a bus. She did not want to forfeit her seat in order for a white individual to replace her. She was arrested and taken into custody against her will‚ just because she felt the need to stay on the seat she felt she rightfully deserved. On December 1st‚ 1955‚ according to history‚ Rosa Parks was tired and exhausted from a long day of work. In fact‚ under different circumstances‚ she would have probably given

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    Qixin Liang law1 1 period 1.FDA-The U.S. Food and Drug Administration‚ an agency of the of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. 2.FBI-The Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ a governmental agency belonging to the united states department of justice that servers as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence). 3.CTA-The Central Intelligence Agency‚ an independent

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    Famous Quotes

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    Don’t cry because it’s over‚ smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss I’m selfish‚ impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes‚ I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst‚ then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe Be who you are and say what you feel‚ because those who mind don’t matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” ― Bernard M. Baruch You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching‚ Love like you’ll never

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    Dangers Of Medication Errors

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    Program Proposal: A seminar and workshop entitled “The danger of Medication error due to understaffed nurses.” BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM The nursing profession has traditionally accepted responsibility to assure that safe and accessible health care is available to the public at all times‚ including times when nurses are in short supply. The profession continues to accept such responsibility and also recognizes the need to identify strategies to promote the availability

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