As previously mentioned‚ right-time medication administration is important to prevent patient harm. Medications are considered late when they are delivered beyond 30 minutes of the scheduled time or depending on the hospital policy. Certain medications‚ such as antibiotics and Parkinson disease drugs‚ follow strict schedules to provide and maintain therapeutic blood levels. In particular‚ antibiotics should be administered on time to effectively prevent bacterial resistance and inhibit bacterial
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concern in the past years have been as high incidents of medication errors in assisted living facilities. Medication administration is a common procedure in an assisted living community in which many are non-nursing. However because nurses are not required there are many times when medication errors occur. The question is one that makes health care professionals think before responding. Well let’s offer a few suggestions‚ continued medication checks‚ med carts reviews and well trained staff members
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Leigh Bancroft English Comp April 24‚ 2013 Is Electronically Charting Medications a Good Idea? Medication errors are reaching dangerous levels in Long Term Care Facilities and technology can help to alleviate this problem. Is there a better and more effective way of charting medications for distributing medications to help the med-pass run more efficiently? The med-pass is the process of distributing medications to an individual in a long-term care facility or other medical type setting
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STRESS OVERLOAD: ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE HEALTH OF A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL BY RONEL E. CACHERO RAINNE ANGELICA L. CALIWAG ALYSSA DAPHNE M. BUTAWAN ENGL 1023 WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE PROFESSOR DANILO D. CAREL DECEMBER 10‚ 2014 STRESS OVERLOAD: ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE HEALTH OF A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL Thesis Statement: Because of the heedless presumption of some people regarding the adverse effects of stress on their health‚ the excessive stress will probably
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The Controversy of Medication So many parents that live in the United States are informed every single day that their children are indentified in having EBD and ADHD. There are many controversial topics on the subject of ADHD and EBD that include teachers‚ parents‚ educational psychologist‚ administrators and doctors that this is taking into consideration whether or not these children with learning disabilities should be given medication or do these individuals have the right to demand that the
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?Chemical Medications or Natural Healing Many times when people get sick they go to the doctor to be diagnosed‚ then they make their way to the pharmacy to pick up the prescriptions the doctors say you need to cure the problem. What if the prescription is wrong? But is there a better solution? Natural healing is much better than any chemical medication the doctor prescribes to you because they are natural and more effective. Many prescriptions are easy to overdose on‚ and usually end in death
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to resist taking drugs. Fortunately‚ treatments are available to help people counter their addiction’s powerful disruptive effects. Research found out that the best way to ensure the success for most patients is to combine addiction treatment medications with behavorial therapy. Treatment approaches that are tailored to each patient’s drug abuse patterns and any co-occurring medical‚ psychiatric‚ and social problems can lead to sustained recovery and a life without drug abuse. Similar to other
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ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the trend of self medication among youngsters. Methods: A survey was conducted in 4 areas of Karachi‚ Pakistan during May 2012. Data collected was entered using SPSS version 17 to generate descriptive statistics. Data analyzed done using chi-square test to check the associations among variables. Results: The result shows that the number of youngsters participated in this study were 100‚ having age range of 14-27 years‚ the overall response is positive. There
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------------------------------------------------- Reaction Paper ------------------------------------------------- Social identity: Does my group define who I am? ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Stressing the Group: Social Identity and the Unfolding Dynamics of Responses to Stress ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Adamos Papantoniou -------------------------------------------------
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Medication Safety Introduction When an individual is sick or injured and visits a hospital‚ medication plays an important role in their recovery. Nurses play a vital role in the administration of medication in the clinical setting and surprisingly there are many errors that occur that could result in more complications or even death. On average hospitalized patients experience one medication error per day (Xu‚ et al‚ 2014‚ p. 286). There are many reasons as to why errors occur but there are also
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