Each year‚ thousands of patients die in hospitals because of errors in medication. These deviations occur mostly because of the complex process of drug administration. Errors can arise from the complicated system of drug administration itself; from prescription to the actual administration to patients. These mistakes in drug administration can be caused by many factors. Some of the reasons why these errors occur are the inadequate knowledge and skills both by the prescribing physician and the administering
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OBJECTIVE………………………………………………………………………..4 METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………………….4 RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYS…………………………………………..4 LITERATURE REVIEW: PREVIOUS AND CONTUNUING RESEARCH…….8 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………….10 REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………..... 12 APPENDIX APPENDIX A: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE………………………….. 13 APPENDIX B: QUESTIONNAIRE ANALYSIS……………………….. 14 Introduction Medication discrepancies are explained to be the ‘unsolved differences between regimens
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Essay: Misuse of medication Dirk J Booysen Introduction. The extent of the problem of medication misuse can perhaps be realised most fully when considering that it involves not only prescribed drugs and medications‚ but also polypharmacy (using more than one drug concurrently)‚ self-diagnosis which leads to over the counter (OTC) self-medication or the dispensing of medication by a pharmacist without an accurate diagnosis or recommendations for the correct use of the medication‚ and the nonmedical
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Analysis of the Ethical Dilemma of Euthanasia Euthanasia‚ whether assisted or voluntary‚ is the act of merciful killing and its purpose is to end suffering and pain of a patients terminal illness or injury. In two states physician assisted suicide is legal. The difference between euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide is in euthanasia – the healthcare provider actually does end the patients’ life. In physician-assisted suicide – the physician provides the patients with the means to perform the
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Madison Williams 1. Read page 115 Discriminating between truth and nontruth . After you have read this give an example that you have experienced that fits both truth and nontruth. - An example of a truthful situation would be when I was lost on the way to visit an old friend of mine and I stopped at a business and asked directions‚ The cashier gave me helpful direction and even showed me on a map which way to go‚ this truth was from the best of her knowledge of the city I was traveling through
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------------------------------------------------- MidAmerica Nazarene University ------------------------------------------------- School of Nursing and Health Science ------------------------------------------------- RN-BSN Program ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- NURS 4703: Nursing Research/Informatics ------------------------------------------------- Take-home Quiz #1 – Due January 23‚ 8:00 am -------------------------------------------------
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Evaluation of a Method to Reduce Over-the-Counter Medication Dosing Error Marion Grady 3/9/2010 What is the purpose of the article? The purpose of the article was to find a simple way of dosing over was a reduction in errors in the home dosing. What are the overall research questions? Research questions include dose determination and dose measurement percentage. The clinical trial randomly assigned color coded or conventional assignments to care givers.
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social and academic pressure‚ an environment full of strangers‚ and a totally different sounds going in and out of ears- the feeling of longing for my family and my home became stronger- the thing that they call homesickness. In a paper co-written by Chris Thurber and Edward Walton published in Pediatrics‚ the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics‚ homesickness is defined as "distress and functional impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from home and attachment
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Administer medication and monitor effects 1. Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication. The Medicines Acts 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While I as a cae assistant am not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation‚ I do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that would allow me to handle medicines on behalf of my residents. The
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numerous events on the time line of historical research in nursing. The time line begins with Florence Nightingale and her contribution to nursing research and nursing research utilization. This paper will briefly discuss five historical contributions to nursing research that this writer feels have had the most influential contributions to nursing research‚ Florence Nightingale‚ the American Nurses Association‚ nursing research journal publications‚ research funding developments as well as health promotion
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