Case Study #2- Medication Error 1. Define “overdose.” What are some symptoms of overdose and statistics? Contrast accidental and intentional overdoses. An overdose is when a dangerous dosage of a drug is ingested. Fluctuation vital signs‚ exhaustion‚ dizziness‚ and chest‚ hear‚ and lung pain are all symptoms of overdose. Prescription drugs are the largest cause of deaths from overdose. In 2005‚ out of the 22‚400 overdoses‚ 38.2% were the result of pain killers. Intentional overdose is the misuse
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ENG105 July 29‚ 2014 Elissa Abbott Hidden Dangers of ADHD Medication Medication for ADHD can cause a great deal of overdose for children that have ADHD. Their bodies will get addicted to the medication when they cannot do without them. If a patient stop taking it‚ their bodies will shut –down and start reacting in a strange way. These hidden symptoms can cause behavioral analysis that can evaluate the effect in medication that has form in the children body. It all starts from genetics
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The Importance of Medication Safety It is evident that medication errors are very common in the health care setting. It can cause complications to the patient that may be detrimental and life-threatening to his/her health. In fact‚ this illustrates incompetence and an inadequate amount of focus‚ which are imperative to have in all aspects of health care involved. Unfortunately‚ there are various reasons as to why these problems occur. The responsibilities
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who uses health care company are to be cared for with respect and their needs are to be met. Moreover‚ this suggest that all medication must be given its safest form in protecting Mr. B from negative clinical outcome. Also‚ The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 makes mention that a person who has issues in swallowing tablets‚ he or she can request for their medication to be in liquid rather than capsule or pill. However‚ according to Drugwise (2016) The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is
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Medication is very important part of treatment‚ recovery and management of variety diseases. It has a long journey and many stages while it reaches the patient and at any of these stages an error can occur. This assignment explores types of medication errors‚ statistics‚ factors contributing to medication errors‚ failures to report and prevention. National Patients Safety Agency medication error defines as ‘The process of prescribing‚ dispensing‚ preparing‚ administering‚ monitoring or providing
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review of the final report from the LA‚ that I will present in the next team meeting. In the discussion I will refer mostly at the National Standards regarding the administration of medication (current UK standards and current legislation‚ national enquiries). To produce a good report‚ I need to include the risks of medication to service users‚ staff and organisation using examples from our context. In order to achieve the best results for my promotion‚ I need to structure clearly my report in such a
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department (ED) visits. Medication management is a critical component for these patients since nonadherence to medications is associated with poor health outcomes‚ and higher health care utilization and costs. Objectives The primary aim was to examine the association between sociodemographic‚ clinical‚ medication-related‚ health services utilization factors and medication nonadherence‚ with particular emphasis on factors including mental illness‚ chronic pain‚ and use of opioid medications in super-utilizers
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Medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patients (Ferner‚ R.‚ & Aronson‚ J. (n.d.). It is an unnecessary threat to patients and it costs conservatively about 750 million pounds yearly in England (“Safety in doses‚” 2007). That money can be used to serve more patients if we can eliminate the error. Therefore‚ we should take zero tolerance to the incident. The following aims to develop a strategic plan according to the results
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Depression is a common mood disorder that can range from mild to severe. While severe depression cannot be managed without the aid of medication‚ in a number of cases mild depression can be controlled naturally. Treating depression naturally can spare you the expense and unpleasant side-effects of psychiatric medications. According to Dr. Goldsmith‚ exercise is the easiest and least expensive cure for depression and walking 30 minutes a day can sometimes completely alleviate your symptoms (www.psychologytoday
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Abstract African traditional medication is an indigenous form of medication‚ being indigenous means that it is belonging to a particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else. There are ongoing critics about indigenous medication due to the fact that it is not written in black and white (paper) and is conducted by illiterate individuals. However‚ this indigenous medication has healed the people of this continent from the rise of time before the arrival of the white man into the continent
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