In this paper‚ I am going to be comparing two different articles about medication errors by nurses. Medication errors happen way too often and I hope that by writing this paper‚ I can help reduce my chance or someone else’s chance of making a medication error. The first medication error article that I read was about a male patient in Florida. The patient was complaining of an upset stomach so the physician prescribed an antacid. Instead of giving the patient an antacid‚ that nurse gave the patient
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Medication errors are all too common‚ jeopardizing the safety of patients; it may be a misinterpretation of a prescription‚ not having a complete history of a patient and dispensing drugs that could interact with other drugs adversely‚ or a patient administering the medication incorrectly‚ which are all preventable. There are numerous ways of preventing medication errors; therefore‚ the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has recognized ten important factors that lead to errors. Anderson
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processes of science and technology. The public understanding of measurement errors and confidence intervals could be enhanced if `sports-decision aids’‚ such as the Hawk-Eye system‚ were to present their results in a different way. There is a danger that Hawk-Eye as used could inadvertently cause naïve viewers to overestimate the ability of technological devices to resolve disagreement among humans because measurement errors are not made salient. For example‚ virtual reconstructions can easily be
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the trial balance can be ‘in balance’ and still have errors‚ give examples of the type of errors that can occur leaving the trial balance in balance. For example‚ if $523 is the correct amount to be entered for both credit and debit side but entered $532‚ trial balance will show the same amounts for both debit and credit side but contains error. In addition‚ reverse entries can cause trial balance to be in balance but still contains error. For example‚ instead of recording debit side $100
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September 2008 How to Dispute Credit Report Errors Y our credit report contains information about where you live‚ how you pay your bills‚ and whether you’ve been sued or arrested‚ or have filed for bankruptcy. Credit reporting companies sell the information in your report to creditors‚ insurers‚ employers‚ and other businesses that use it to evaluate your applications for credit‚ insurance‚ employment‚ or renting a home. The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes the accuracy
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Errors in Computer Arithmetic Computer Arithmetic: 1. Integer arithmetic: Virtually all the computer offer integer arithmetic. The two properties of integer arithmetic are as follows a) Result of any arithmetic operation is an integer b) Result is always exact with two exceptions • Range of integer that can be represented is not infinite but is bounded above and below. • The result of the division operation is given as the combination of the quotient
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himself as well as more specific ones concerning his English learning process‚ the difficulties he has faced and how far he has come. We transcribed this interview and analyzed it along with the written essays he provided in order to discover the errors he makes in written as well as in spoken discourse. Transcription 1 The Smoking The smoking is one of the worst and most complicated probems. I don’t exaggerate when I say that is has made our life a hell. Let’s shed light the main problem
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COMMON ERRORS GRAMMAR 1. Tense Errors – Common Error No. 1 These involve the wrong form of the verb. There are 3 forms of verbs – a) common verbs – - present tenses - past tenses - continuous tenses b) modal verbs - can‚ could‚ shall‚ should‚ may‚ might (plus verb) c) auxillary verbs – are‚ is‚ were Common Verbs are often found in the Present‚ Past and Future Tenses. PRESENT TENSES Example Example of Error Correction Simple Present He drinks tea every morning Then
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however‚ sometimes we actually remember a misrepresentation of what’s really occurred. This is known as the misinformation effect‚ where misleading information distorts our memory of the true event. Important in a variety of aspects‚ these memory errors become especially crucial in terms of courtrooms and eyewitness testimony. Interestingly‚ 75% of false convictions are due to an eyewitness identifying the wrong person or misreporting how an event actually occurred. Witnesses aren’t intentionally
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1. Describe how the fundamental attribution error affects how we think of ourselves and of others. The Fundamental Attribution Error refers to the tendency to over estimate the internal and underestimates the external factors when explaining the behaviors of others. This may be a result of our tendency to pay more attention to the situation rather than to the individual‚ and is especially true when we know little about the other person. 2. List and briefly describe four variables affecting
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