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    The very first preludes were lute compositions of the Renaissance era. They were free improvisations and served as brief introductions to larger pieces of music or particular larger and more complex movements; lutenists also used them to test the instrument or the acoustics of the room before performing. Keyboard preludes started appearing in the 17th century in France: unmeasured preludes‚ in which the duration of each note is left to the performer‚ were used as introductory movements in harpsichord

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    T.S Eliot’s Preludes‚ is one of his most prominent poems because it presents his view of society at that time using concrete objects and images to metaphorically explore the nature of life and society. In this poem‚ we discover society as corrupt and desolate going through a cycle of meaningless routine where people bare a false hope of a divine source overlooking and protecting humanity. The title itself holds significant meaning. A prelude in general and particularly in a musical sense characterizes

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    Medical Errors Medical errors are responsible for injury in as many as 1 out of every 25 hospital patients; an estimated 48‚000-98‚000 patients die from medical errors each year. This means that more people die from medical errors than from motor vehicle accidents‚ breast cancer‚ or AIDS. Errors in health care have been estimated to cost more than $5 million per year in a large teaching hospital‚ and preventable health care-related cost the economy from $17 to $29 billion each year. What are

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    Preludes (1917) is an early poem of Eliot that deals with the characteristic Modernist trope of urban absurdity‚ monotony and squalor. The poem is divided into 4 parts and in a ’montage’-like fashion‚ creates an associative framework of images that describe a banal urban life‚ disconnected‚ solitary and full of alienation and meaninglessness. The first part sets the tone in minutely describing a winter evening in the city--from the smells of meat to the grimy scraps to the abrupt rain or the lonely

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    Prevalence of Medical Errors Medical errors are currently the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States. These errors happen around us everyday even when we may not notice‚ which has made medical errors the silent killer in medicine. In todays society we must use manpower and our resources to deliver safer care as well as lead with accountability and help our providers to become more engaged. Every healthcare professional should listen to their patients and document care like we would want

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    White Blossom Ct. Jacksonville‚ FL. 32258 21150107 Medical Terminology‚ HIT 107 Research project 4090320 Eliminating medical abbreviations would reduce errors because many abbreviations are very similar and therefore people get confused between them‚ however‚ if abbreviations were eliminated it would make it very difficult on medical professionals who would have to write out very lengthy medical terms. That’s why many organizations are developing

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    Medical Terminology‚ Hit 107 40967600 Abbreviations are a great way to reduce handwriting errors‚ and medical term errors in the healthcare field. Eliminating abbreviation errors could reduce medication errors. One major cause of errors is dangerous abbreviations and medical doses and expressions. You can add more letters to reduce these errors. The errors are unreadable or confusing handwriting

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    A medication error is any avoidable event that may cause or lead to untimely medication use or patient harm; however‚ while the medication is still in control of the health care administer (Brock‚ 2006). 80 percent of the most severe medical errors can be interrelated communication between clinicians‚ primarily in handoffs. For example‚ a handoff is a medical error if information regarding an essential diagnostic test is not communicated carefully and properly between providers at shift change (Starme

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    Medical errors occur with such frequency and regularity that most states require periodic‚ ongoing medical education for all health care providers as part of their licensing requirement. Hundreds of thousands of patients are victims of medical errors each year and many of them suffer from permanent disabilities as a result‚ some even die. In its report‚ To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System‚ the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates that 44‚000 to 98‚000 Americans die each year not from

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    while treating patient which is Medications Errors. Patient safety is characterized as opportunity from incidental harm because of medical care‚ or absence of medicinal blunders‚ or absence of abuse in administrations. Medical error is: "a failure in the therapeutic process that can possibly lead to harm to the patient"(1). It occurs when a health care provider selects improper technique in care or improperly executes an proper strategy of care. Medical errors can happen anywhere in the health care system:

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