QCF LEVEL 2 UNIT 616 OUTCOME 1 1. - Identify current legislation‚ guidance policies and protocols relevant to administration of medication Medicines are regulated by the law due to their harm potential if they are misused. The variety of laws and regulation can be divided in 3 main groups: Handling of medicines Medicines Act‚ 1968 Misuse of drugs act 1971 Health and Social Care act 208 RPS Handling of Medicines in Social care Guidance Health and safety Health and safety at Work
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Valerie J. Gooder Ph.D.‚ RN reports that the Institute of Medicine in 1999 reported that “nearly a million patients each year are injured in hospitals in the United States due to error. Medication errors occur more often than other categories of preventable errors (19%)‚ and most medication errors occurred during medication administration (34%) where they were more likely to directly impact the patient and cause harm.” (Gooder‚ 2011). Not long after looking at these percentages was the BCMA (Barcode
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How can we recognize when we have made progress in the search for knowledge? Consider two contrasting areas of knowledge. The search for knowledge is a constantly ongoing process. So how are we to know if we have made any progress? Progress is development‚ advancement‚ and moving forward. In this case it is the progress in the search for knowledge in an area of knowing. Within the areas of knowing the strongest contradiction is between human science and natural science. Human sciences
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Medication Errors Paper Dorothy Pasowisty Pharmacology 2 Angela Falconer Practical Nursing Program June 30th‚ 2010 Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................3 Summaries of Journal Articles.........................................................................................................3 The Definition of a Medication Error....................................
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Megan Galganski English 321 October 4‚ 2014 A debate has risen over the past ten years‚ questioning the fact of doctors over diagnosing ADHD medication to children and adults. Attention deficit disorder is a range of behavioral disorders occurring in children and adults‚ including such symptoms as poor concentration‚ hyperactivity‚ and impulsivity to say the least. There has been an alarming increase of diagnosis and treatment for attention deficit disorder‚ this has people writing articles
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Controversy of Medication Lynnette Sharrer AED/222 June 12‚ 2011 Professor Miller Sellner A highly controversial issue that impacts society is the overmedication for children diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and EDB (Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities). A major concern of overmedicating for ADHD is that there may be a significant over-identification of students with this disorder. The rapid growth of the OHI category over the past decade (a growth of almost
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PMH/PSH Current Medications (include dose‚ dose range‚ route‚ frequency) Class/Mechanism of Action (be brief do not copy and paste) Expected Therapeutic Effect for this patient Nursing Considerations and Side effects Enoxaparin(Lovenox) 40 MG PRN Sub-Q injection Anticoagulant; low molecular weight Heparin Low molecular weight heparin with antithrombotic properties Allergic reactions (rash‚ urticarial)‚ fever‚ angioedema‚ arthralgia‚ pain‚ and inflammation at injection site‚ peripheral edema.
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Case Study: Jill’s Medication Case Study Questions: 1. Identify the lapses in care that occurred throughout the case and led to Jill’s medication crisis. Which of these lapses occurred as a result of an individual-level (provider) failure? Which were system-level failures? Throughout the Jill’s experience‚ there was many lapses between the health care team in regards to filling her prescription. First‚ Dr. Smith‚ the referred neurologist declined Jill’s medical records‚ as if they were of no importance
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The Appropriate Choice: Stimulant Medication for Children with ADHD Sam is a nine-year-old boy who has just entered the third grade. While his classmates listen to directions‚ he is constantly fidgeting and cannot seem to sit still. He consistently receives poor marks for both conduct and academics‚ as he grasps the concepts of easy tasks long after his peers. Sam will frequently blurt out comments at inappropriate times‚ interrupting the flow of classroom instruction. Because of this‚ his behavior
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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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