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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In recent years‚ there has been an increasing interest in complementary medicine‚ and indeed alternative medicine. Moreover the number of professionally trained therapist and practitioners has increased giving the patient/client a better choice to their own method of treatment. In this essay a critical assessment of the view that ‘patients use of complementary and alternative medicine‚ can be understood as part of the individualization of responsibility for health’ will be made and argued‚ that there
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The Controversy of Medication Anonymous AED/222 January 1‚ 2014 Professor Your Professor The Controversy of Medication It is hard as an educator to watch a child struggle to learn on the same level as their peers‚ to focus‚ and to stay on task. Especially when it is clear that the child has an inability to do all of the above‚ and could possibly have attention deficit disorder (ADHA) or an emotional behavior disorder (EBD) causing these inabilities. As an educator you want to do what
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Antibiotic self-medication among university medical undergraduates in Northern Nigeria Joseph O. Fadare 1* and Igbiks Tamuno 2 1Department of Medicine‚ Kogi State Specialist Hospital‚ Lokoja‚ Nigeria 2Department of Pharmacology‚ Bayero University‚ Kano‚ Kano State‚ Nigeria. Accepted 20 April‚ 2011 Self-medication is becoming a common type of self-care behavior among the population of many countries. Many international studies have investigated the prevalence and nature of self-medication practices
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Test Taking Tips for the Nursing Board Examination [pic] Sometimes pure hard work and mental preparedness is not enough. The ability to answers exams or any test faster is a must specially if it is bounded by time. Usually the pressure sets in if the time is working against you and even if you’ve prepared 100%‚ it can ruin entirely what you have poured in. We have outlined test taking tips and strategies applicable not only in the June 2009
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Nursing I Written Assignment Hyperglycemia: Medication Non-Adherence & Patient Education Hyperglycemia. Upon seeing this word‚ many would instantly think of diabetes. Diabetes is a precipitating factor of hyperglycemia‚ though it must be acknowledged that coexisting diseases‚ infections‚ substance abuses‚ antipsychotic drugs‚ and even noncompliance to prescribed medications can result in hyperglycemia as well (Nugent‚ 2005; Stoner‚ 2005). Noncompliance‚ of all mentioned factors‚ is currently a major
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Challenges in managing medication adherence in the community Assignment Pierre Galea MSc Mental Health Nursing NUR 5116 Professional Issues In Mental Health Nursing Introduction In mental health‚ from the discovery of the drug Chlorpromazine in the 1950’s‚ which was a major breakthrough in the treatment of mental illness‚ medication played an important role in the move from the big psychiatric asylums to care in the community (Howland 2007). Several studies continue to demonstrate
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Medication administration errors‚ though preventable‚ are a common problem. “One-third of all medication errors that cause harm to patients arise during medication administration (Bates et al.‚ 1995). Many nurses identify interruptions as a key factor contributing medication administration errors (Tang‚ Sheu‚ Yu‚ Wei‚ and Chen‚ 2007; Fry & Dacey‚ 2007). To enhance patient safety‚ effects of interruptions during medication administration must be evaluated. The purpose of this study is to evaluate
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head: Preventing Medication Errors Preventing Medication Errors: Safe Medication Use is Achievable and Affordable Chareese W. Brown DePaul University HTHC 523-201: Winter 2012 January 17‚ 2012 Almost everyone will take prescription and non-prescription medication. It is estimated that 82% of United States (U.S.) adults will use prescription medicines‚ over-the-counter remedies‚ and/or dietary/herbal supplements. Nearly one-third will use five or more different medications (citation). Most
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Tok Essay Prescribed title 2 “Compare and contrast knowledge which can be expressed in words/symbols with knowledge that cannot be expressed in this way. Consider CAS and one or more areas of knowledge.” It is funny how the universal signs of intelligence are words and symbols or things that contain them. When someone walks past me with a load of books in their hand I immediately think “oh what a smart and knowledgeable person‚” and I’m sure I’m not the only one that makes these snap judgments
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