responsibility. When a medication error occurs‚ ethical issues such as a loss of human dignity‚ fidelity and beneficence also occur‚ which leads to patient dissatisfaction and mistrust. Social issues often interplay with any sort of medical error as well. Medication errors often result in damaged social relations such as the nurse-patient relationship and the healthcare system’s image. When nurses make a medication error they are obligated to report their mistake to the charge nurse‚ the patient
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Childhood Obesity Diana Hardesty Abstract Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2012). In 2008 more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012). Childhood obesity is not only a family problem; childhood obesity is a nation ’s problem with severe health risk. Childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term effects on health and
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Fast Food‚ Fast Calories‚ and Fast After life Society should consider the physical and emotional problems of obesity in our nation. Obesity is defined as an excess proportion of total body fat. American society has become increasingly obese‚ characterized by environments that promote increased food intake‚ unhealthy foods‚ and physical inactivity. Our nation increasingly has become consumers of a fast food diet. It is so simple to just pick up food on the go and not deal with the hassle
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Karnik‚ Sameera. "Childhood Obesity: A Global Public Health Crisis." EBSCOhost. Web. 13 May 2012 I think this source can help me because it talks about several different factors that help to contribute to the obesity problem. It refers to the intake of higher calories. It also suggests that genetics can be a problem too. This article suggests interventions to help stop childhood obesity is a good step forward. The top intervention programs usually take place at school and works on having a lot
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of all medication. It includes benefits and reasons why certain medication should be prescribed. It also includes certain side effects of medications and what medical staff and patients need to be aware of when taking and administrating certain drugs. Pharmacists learn a great deal about this when in pharmacy school. It is very important to know about all aspects of medications especially in a hospital setting. Pharmacists are the double check system to make sure that the right medication is given
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and Economics: Obesity in Children Obesity represents a critical health care issue in the U.S. today. Scientists and researchers of the field of reproductive medicine are well aware of the danger that excess body fat hence body weight has to patients. Obese patients have greater occurrences of infertility than their leaner counterparts do. The obese individuals have been noticed to be at a higher risk in case of pregnancy and additional prenatal complications. Obesity is defined as an
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Obesity Obesity is a major health problem and it is becoming an epidemic in both developed and developing countries. it is listed on the National Health Priority area; this lifestyle problem is affecting the Australian Society which includes more and more adults and young children are being affected or have been affected. Moreover‚ this disease can substantially increase the risk of other lifestyle diseases which may require an extended period to treat. Obesity can be defined has extreme fat gathering
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Prevention is Better than Cure Document Transcript • 1. Prevention is Better than CureWhen it comes to fires in the home‚ most of us are of the opinion that it will never happen in ourhomes – if this is your way of thinking‚ you couldn’t be more wrong. Imagine getting home fromwork one day and finding a fire engine in your driveway – this happened to me once and‚ believeme‚ it is not a good feeling.Using a Smoke DetectorStudies have shown that the majority of serious household fires could have
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Are we taking it too far by blaming fast food restaurants for obesity? When is it individual responsibility? And when is it appropriate to place blame? The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity throughout the United States has led policy makers to rank it as a critical public health threat (J Koplan‚ CT Liverman‚ VI Kraak P.3). Children in particular‚ are gaining weight to a dangerous degree and at an alarming rate. Young people are also at risk of developing serious psychosocial burdens related
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Rysheka Hayward September 9‚ 2014 Blended 57 Should obese be denied treatment on NHS? Obesity shouldn’t be denied treatment in health care facilities. Obesity is considered an illness. It’s the state of being grossly overweight. Sometimes it is not a choice to be overweight; many children are considered obese and need treatment. Obesity can also come with serious health issues such as diabetes‚ heart attacks‚ disabilities and even death. There are medical and health options to help lose
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