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    Nurses are the health care professionals that collect and prepare medications for patients. They examine the doctor’s orders to see what medications patients are prescribed. Errors can occur in the distribution of these medications. As a result‚ the nursing ethic of do no harm may not occur. According to McIntyre‚ Thomlinson‚ & McDonald‚ “nurses are held in high regard” (2006‚ p.360). As such‚ nurses must keep this positive concept‚ as we are the health professionals that care for people when they

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    Sacrificing One’s Self to a Murderous Crime “He knew he was an intruder. He held tight his position until his first attack.” Who is he? How many he’s are introduced in this statement? “All about Suicide” by Luisa Valenzuela challenges its readers to abandon the idea that he refers to only one person in any one sentence. This then presents the opportunity for the reader to take a deeper close reading of the short story to determine the author’s intent. The title of the short story is “All about

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    dispensing medication to patients comprises a critical juncture in patient care. The process involves a number of risk points during which errors can occur. The NPSGS establish procedural safeguards in order to protect patients from medication administration errors. The standards also serve to protect health care personnel from the personal and professional consequences of making such errors. The NPSGS for medication administration involve recommendations for the following risk points: medication reconciliation

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    The excessive use of prescription medications has become a major pandemic around the world. It seems that teenagers are familiar as to what prescription medication abuse is‚ and are not aware of how easy it is to become addicted. Statistics say that it is quite normal to overtake prescription medications at very adolescent ages. “In fact‚ use of prescription painkillers by teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen has jumped 10-fold since the 1960s” (Teens Increasingly Abuse Painkillers Science

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    setting has evolved to a number one priority. Medication errors account for a great deal of incidents in hospitals. Practicing healthcare professionals must be competent when administering medications; therefore‚ The Joint Commission has implemented National Patient Safety Goals to prevent patients from being administered the wrong medication. Also‚ the National Patient Safety Goals holds the practicing healthcare professional accountable for the medications that are given to patients. We intend to explore

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    "A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer” (NCCMERP‚ 2016). According to the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (2010)‚ medication errors are among the most common medical errors‚ harming at least 1.5 million people every year. Someone who has experience working with medications and the errors of them would be Laurie Dworkin. Laurie

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    Medication administration errors‚ though preventable‚ are a common problem. “One-third of all medication errors that cause harm to patients arise during medication administration (Bates et al.‚ 1995). Many nurses identify interruptions as a key factor contributing medication administration errors (Tang‚ Sheu‚ Yu‚ Wei‚ and Chen‚ 2007; Fry & Dacey‚ 2007). To enhance patient safety‚ effects of interruptions during medication administration must be evaluated. The purpose of this study is to evaluate

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    severe epidemic. Lately‚ patients have not followed the directions given to take prescription medications that were provided by their healthcare provider. This is known as medication nonadherence. Only twenty-five percent of prescriptions are appropriately taken in the United States. Not only does this threaten the patient‚ but it also endangers the entire healthcare field as well. The effects of medication nonadherence are the unnecessary attention brought to the epidemic‚ fees in the

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    Medication errors According to The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2015)‚ medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer. Medication can be harmless but with mistakes in prescribing‚ dispensing and administering medications‚ it can cause injury to all population groups while impacting our public

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    After a long day at the office you walk in door‚ change into something comfortable‚ heat up some leftover pizza‚ and finally sit down to catch up on your favorite show when you see commercial after commercial of prescription or over the counter medications flooding the market. There is definitely not a shortage of ailment curing products that range from helping with depression to erectile dysfunction‚ but have you ever wondered if we have become a society that is so reliant on our technological advances

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