Entering the medical field requires a vast amount of knowledge‚ but one of the most vital pieces of knowledge is knowing how to administer medications via injection. Medications can be administered in a variety of ways‚ but one of the most effective and quickest ways is through injection. There are many types of injections‚ and they can involve many different injection sites‚ but the most common is given through the muscle. The most imperative thing before giving an injection is identifying your
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Lifestyle or Medication Paper 1 Lifestyle or Medication Paper Amanda Bonnett HCA/240 7/14/2013 Nicole Vick Lifestyle or Medication Paper
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Medication Errors are the leading issues debated in the health care setting in America. Whenever medications were administered‚ nurses must follow the five basic rights: Right patient‚ Right medication‚ Right route‚ Right dose‚ and Right time. Believed it or not medication errors still seek to exist. However‚ most common errors are occurring related to poor transcriptions‚ drug interactions‚ drug name confuses‚ and poor documentation. One of the greatest concerns with medication errors is order transcription
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Medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (FDA‚ 2009). Being one of the most common medical errors‚ medication errors are not a subject to take without due consideration. In 2006‚ the National Academies stated “Studies indicate that 400‚000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals. Another 800‚000 occur in long-term care settings‚ and roughly 530‚000 occur just among Medicare recipients in outpatient
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Administer Medication to Individuals‚ and Monitor the Effects. 1.1 The following is a list of legislation that has a direct impact upon the handling of medication within a social care setting. * The Medicines Act 1968 * The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 * The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) regulations 1973 SI 1973 No 798 as amended by Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 * The safer management of controlled drugs (2006) * The Children Act 1989 * The Data Protection Act 1998
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The barriers to hypertensive medication are the perception that the medication makes patients urinate and that once they feel well‚ they can stop taking the medication. Patient barriers can include the understanding of hypertension and the consequences‚ false health beliefs‚ and poor compliance (Odedosu‚ Schoenthaler‚ Vieira‚ Agyemang‚ & Ogedegbe‚ 2012). This would fall into the non-adherence to the treatment regimen as a barrier to goal achievement (Woo & Robinson‚ 2016). I have also encountered
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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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NUR 112 - MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION WORKSHEET Home Med? Medication (Include dose‚ route‚ frequency) Why Taking Med? (Per patient history‚ progress notes‚ or consults) Date/Time of Prescribed Order Safe Dose Client Dose Usual Dose Nursing Implications (VS‚ labs‚ drug-drug/drug-food/drug-herb interactions) No Docusate 100 mg PO BID Hold for loose stool Opioid constipation prophylactic 11/13/13 Safe: PO: 50-500 mg/day in single daily dose or divided q6hr Client:100 mg Usual:
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My reflection is on a teaching session of nasogastric feeding to a second year student. One of the patient I looked after was fed via a nasogastric tube. My student had told me she had never set up a feed via a nasogastric tube. I saw this as a learning opportunity for her. In order for me to teach my student effectively‚ it was important to establish her preferred learning style. Honey & Mumford (1992) identify four distinct learning styles e:g 1. Activist‚ are those people that learn by doing
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I then prepare breakfast‚ I give the servicers a choice‚ but usually this would be cereal with coffee. On an afternoon shift dinner is from then menu which the service users both plan with my support. When doing this I always wear protective gloves for hygiene reasons. My next job would then be to administer medication. I also have to wear gloves for this as well for hygiene reasons. I also have to use a medicine pot to put the meds in to pass to the service user. Once I have witnessed the medicines
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