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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healthy lifestyle Hi guys. For this topic‚ I want to start my entry with one question ? Do you want healthy lifestyle? I’m very sure that all of us want to live a healthy lifestyle. Same with me. There are so many ways that we can do to make sure we manage to have a healthy lifestyle. You can start with make sure that you drink at least 8 glass of plain water throughout the whole day. This is very important because water will help to boosting your energy and help to clean the whole system in our
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Preliminary Literature Review Description of Problem Medication errors are common in hospitals. The area with larger patient demand and patient with more complex cases are at higher risk for medication errors. The classification of medication errors is by prescription‚ omission‚ time‚ dose‚ inappropriate drugs‚ and disposal. Medication errors also cause emotional and financial losses to the hospitals‚ patients‚ teams‚ families‚ and societies. As the result
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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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Market. The domestic market worth Euro 13.64 billion can further be segmented into: –Men’s wear segment –Women’s wear segment –Kid’s wear segment Over the last TEN years‚ ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business Division has established a nationwide retailing presence through its Wills Lifestyle chain of exclusive specialty stores. It has been providing the Indian consumer a truly ’International Shopping Experience’ through world-class ambience‚ customer facilitation and clearly differentiated
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Valerie J. Gooder Ph.D.‚ RN reports that the Institute of Medicine in 1999 reported that “nearly a million patients each year are injured in hospitals in the United States due to error. Medication errors occur more often than other categories of preventable errors (19%)‚ and most medication errors occurred during medication administration (34%) where they were more likely to directly impact the patient and cause harm.” (Gooder‚ 2011). Not long after looking at these percentages was the BCMA (Barcode
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nurse with 2 nursing assistants. The late shift decided to administer the 10pm medications as a way of helping me. This however was key in me making the error that I did. If I had been left to do the 10pm medications by myself‚ this error would not have occurred. Patient PF was given her medication by the late staff‚ however she had spat them out. On going to give her these again‚ I also repeated her liquid medication which she had actually taken with the late shift before she spat out her tablets
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Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/14/opinion/oe-meyerhoff14 Melvin‚ S. P. (2011). The legal environment of business: A managerial approach: Theory to practice. New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Changes in regulation often are more of a benefit to corporations than they are to customers and it has been that way for many years. Corporate deregulation has changed over and over because different Presidents in office. Because of this‚ some laws have
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the company have the appropriate level of income to absorb the cost associated with the issuance of the debt? 4. Does the company have the appropriate level of income to absorb the cost associated with the future fixed expense of interest payments? 5. What effect will raising debt have on consumer outlook? C. Before deciding whether the target ranges are really appropriate for Bixton in its current financial situation‚ what key issues specific to Bixton must the chief financial officer resolve?
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This paperwork of IT 240 Latest Version Set (A) Week 7 Discussion Question 1 consists of: Post your response to the following by clicking on Reply: What are some current computer threats? Describe the nature of the threat and the potential repercussions it could have for a network. Review your classmates Computer Science - General Computer Science DQ1 Week 1 What are the three fundamental tenets of a code of ethics? What ethical issues might arise with the widespread use
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