requirement of my role as Support Worker for Options Of Independence. I must support my service users with administering medication‚ in order for me to administer medication safely under the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines‚ Handling Of Medication in social care 2007‚ and under Dundee City Council guidelines‚ I must check that the medicines are correct by checking the medication pack and label on the box must be by the pharmacist or dispensing gp‚ and identify the service user correctly. I need
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damaging behaviors. The American Nurses’ Association estimates between ten and twenty percent of nurses will abuse drugs within the workplace at some point during his/her career (ANA‚ 2002). This percentage is similar to that of substance abusers within the general population. Due to the ease of access to narcotics on the job‚ it can be difficult to recognize a problem in the early stages. Only once the nurse’s activities have been suspected due to medication shortage or job performance problems
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teachers asking things like what do i want to be when I grow up? What do I want to study in college? As a child I would give a quick sentence or a couple of words. I would say that I wanted to be a cop‚ a firefighter‚ or a Volleyball player. Becoming a nurse has alwayes been a dream of mine‚ when i came to this country from Afghanistan my first volunteering job was at a nursing facility where I was taking care of elderly patients‚ It was during that time that I realized taking care of people is my passion
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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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Reduce Risk for Errors CPOE and EMR have been known to decrease medical errors. EMR help prevent unnecessary orders and diagnostic test. EMR also prevents duplication of the same test and orders. Medication are shown in the electronic medical record which providers have access to. The ability to access a patient’s medications without having to rely on just patient information will lower risk. A patient may not always be certain of a dosage or the exact name of a medication and the electronic medical
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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 are many aspects which influence the uptake of such therapies. Responsibility for health has changed and this will be discussed by examples of sociological theories. Medical sociologists have been previously concerned with illness rather than health. Functionalists
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The role of a nurse An bord altranais (2000) believes that‚ The code of professional conduct aims to equipped the nursing profession the highest standard of care possible to service users and to be their advocate .Nurses are more accountable for their actions and decision making due to modern medicine and society. It is important for the nurses to promote the image of people with intellectual disabilities that they are not second class citizens and they deserve to have equal rights to treatment
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FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING PROCEDURE MANUAL for PCL course Nursing Department‚ Khwopa Poly-Technic Institute ＆ Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Fundamental of Nursing Procedure Manual Published by: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Nepal Office Block B‚ Karmachari Sanshaya Kosh Building Hariharbhavan‚ Lalitpur‚ NEPAL (P.O. Box 450‚ Kathmandu‚ NEPAL) Tel:(977-1) 5010310 Fax:(977-1) 5010284 All copyright reserved by JICA First Edition: March‚ 2008 Re - print: November
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the exact task they were completing which resulted in a medication error and patient harm. In this situation the nurse present should make sure they are providing the best care for the best possible outcome for the patient. Critically ill patients are a high stakes population. They can decline quickly
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Interruptions and Medication Errors Stephanie Graber St. Catherine University Abstract Healthcare settings can be hectic‚ demanding‚ time-constrained environments. Within these environments‚ nurses are expected to perform tasks that often require their undivided attention. However‚ nurses are frequently interrupted‚ which can distract their attention and add to the complexity of their work and affect patient safety. This paper systemically reviews the peer-reviewed literature on interruptions
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