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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EXPERIMENT #1: SCIENTIFIC MEASUREMENT AND ERROR By: Date: 8/26/13 Objectives: The goals of the experiment are to learn how to use different types of scientific glassware and to understand the significance of precision and accuracy in scientific measurement. Procedure: No modifications were made during the experiment. Data: Data tables for the experiment are provided on attached sheet. Calculations: Table I - Table III – Table IV –
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The healthcare field is growing rapidly. Most of our healthcare programs issues come from our facilities and patients. We must continue to educate our managers on how to best manage these programs. As the years have gone by‚ organizations have been pushed to produce a better system that’s more productive and effective. There have been theories called complexity science and Postmodern. Complexity science is the “ study of complex systems and the phenomena of complexity and emergence to which they
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Electronic Medical Records- Reduce Errors and Increase Efficiency with EMR Software Errors in the healthcare industry can literally cost someone his or her life‚ not to mention open the door for an unending mountain of lawsuits. In order to reduce the chances of this happening‚ your healthcare organization must be proactive about increasing efficiency‚ and reducing errors. These are two common problems that plague the healthcare industry. With electronic medical records you can significantly reduce
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How are data being represented in computers? Computers work with a binary number system that consists of only two digits - zero and one. Inside the computer binary number is represented by an electrical pulse. One means a pulse of electricity and zero means no pulse. All the data entered into computers is first converted into the binary number system. One digit in binary number system is called bit and combination of eight bits is called byte. A byte is the basic unit that is used to represent the
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Measurements and Error Analysis‚ #1‚ Chris Baca Discussion of differences The purpose of this experiment is to understand why we have variances in measurements and how to reduce the variances. When taking a measurement there are multiple factors that affect its value. The more the measurement is taken the measurements average is closer to the actual value. Other factors include the instruments calibration‚ cleanliness of the inside of the measuring arms and human error in reading the measurements
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anything wrong with the baths so refuses to make a change. He believes that it will ruin the stability of the economy. Dr. Stockman decides he will try and approach the people with his findings on the bath‚ but Peter interferes and tells the people how much more money they will need to spend in order to repair the baths. The two brothers decided to host a community meeting where they would discuss the current state of the baths. During the meeting‚ Dr. Stockman is accused of being an enemy of the
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The Woodspurge The poem woodspurge uses different tools of poetry that are common in very good ways which makes a poem what is it gives it a back bone‚ a structure some might say its format or foundation but to me it is to enhance and to impasses a poem and to make it as relatable and as descriptive as possible. One of the tools used was a meter In poetry‚ meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre‚ or a certain
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research because they allow the researchers to analyze empirical data needed to interpret the findings and draw conclusions based on the results of the research. According to Portney and Watkins (2009)‚ all studies require a description of subjects and responses that are obtained through measuring central tendency‚ so all studies use descriptive statistics to present an appropriate use of statistical tests and the validity of data interpretation. Although descriptive statistics do not allow general
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than 7000 inpatient deaths have occurred annually as a result of medication errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced by its caring attitude toward the patient‚ safety should be our number one priority. This research article is very important to the nursing profession‚ in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article‚ Flynn‚ Liang
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