Medication errors are all too common‚ jeopardizing the safety of patients; it may be a misinterpretation of a prescription‚ not having a complete history of a patient and dispensing drugs that could interact with other drugs adversely‚ or a patient administering the medication incorrectly‚ which are all preventable. There are numerous ways of preventing medication errors; therefore‚ the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has recognized ten important factors that lead to errors. Anderson
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According to the self-medication hypothesis (SMH; Khantzian‚1985). The individuals’ choice of a particular drug is not accidental or coincidental‚ but instead‚ a result of the individual’s psychological condition‚ as the drug of choice provides relief to the user specific to his or her condition. Specifically‚ addiction is hypothesized to function as a compensatory means to modulate effects and treat distressful psychological states‚ whereby individuals choose the drug that will most appropriately
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Student Number Mark / 100 2011 TRIAL HSC EXAMINATION Chemistry General Instructions • • • • • • • Reading time – 5 minutes Working time – 3 hours Write using black or blue pen Draw diagrams using pencil Board-approved calculators may be used A data sheet and a Periodic Table are provided. Write your Student Number at the top of this page and those of pages 10 and 11. Total Marks – 100 Section I Pages 2 – 24 Confidential Keep Secure 75 marks This section has two parts‚ Part
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care (HSC 24) Section 1 How to recognise sign of abuse Physical abuse happen when is involved contact planned to cause bodily harm‚ feelings of intimidation. The signs are physical suffering or injury‚ injuries that are the shape of objects‚ injuries in a variety of stages or injuries that have not received medical attention. A person is being taken too many times or different places to receive medical attention‚ skin infections‚ dehydration or unexplained weight changes or medication being
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Evaluating the Research Process This was an interesting study to read and examine. Medication errors are a significant problem‚ but not a problem that cannot be solved. There are precautions that can be taken to minimize the errors. The three specific areas the study focused on were prescription‚ transcription‚ and administration phase. Many errors occurred during all three phases‚ however‚ not all of the errors made it to the patients. Most of the errors that reached patients did not cause
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In today’s nursing world‚ more is expected from a nurse than following doctor’s orders‚ administering medications and starting IVs. The nurse must be able to make critical decisions about a patient’s care‚ to question the doctor if orders seem inappropriate and educate a patient and a family. These skills take an education that is broad based‚ one that includes critical thinking and exposure to many different people‚ thought processes‚ and culture and societal norms. Nurses are prepared in two different
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UNIT HSC 2028 Move and position individuals in accordance with their care plan. 1.1 Anatomy: The physical structure of the body. Physiology: The normal functions of the body. When moving and positioning an individual it is important to ensure they are not moved more than their body is capable of‚ as muscles can only move bones at the joint as far as the joint allows. It is also important to move and handle correctly to ensure nerve fibres are not damaged as they are delicate structures and also
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acquired it as a younger person. Younger people with dementia may have different needs to people aged over 65 requiring a different type of service or a response appropriate to their age. In general‚ younger people with dementia are more likely to: Be in work at the time of diagnosis‚ have dependent children‚ have heavy financial commitments such as paying a mortgage‚ have a rarer form of dementia with which professionals are less familiar‚ find it difficult to rationalise losing skills at such a young
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lead to these occurrences. Medication Chart Audit Errors in the medication chart Actions and strategies to ensure ongoing safe administration 1. Incompleteness of the medication chart. The printed name of the prescriber and indication were not written. Ask the physician to tell you the name of the drug‚ the correct dosage‚ and what the drug is used for. 2. The patient’s medication allergies were incorrectly transcribed in the medications chart. If there was medication that was given to the patient
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Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 Ericka L. Grimaldi BSA/375 14 March 2014 Mr. Darrel Erickson Service Request SR-rm-022 - Part 1 This paper will define each of the key stakeholders or stakeholder groups in Riordan Manufacturing who provide requirements for the service request; explain two information gathering methods used in future projects‚ identify two elements required to guarantee that the information required for the project is gathered effectively‚ define the scope of the project
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