This case study is a perfect simulation of an error that is very common during the admission process that is highly preventable. The admission nurse did a great job by asking the daughter of the list of medications that her mother was taking at home. This would have been very beneficial through the medication reconciliation process if the medication list submitted by the daughter was accurate. The admission nurse should have made sure to pass down to the nurse coming on to the next shit‚ or through
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The Controversy of Medication So many parents that live in the United States are informed every single day that their children are indentified in having EBD and ADHD. There are many controversial topics on the subject of ADHD and EBD that include teachers‚ parents‚ educational psychologist‚ administrators and doctors that this is taking into consideration whether or not these children with learning disabilities should be given medication or do these individuals have the right to demand that the
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?Chemical Medications or Natural Healing Many times when people get sick they go to the doctor to be diagnosed‚ then they make their way to the pharmacy to pick up the prescriptions the doctors say you need to cure the problem. What if the prescription is wrong? But is there a better solution? Natural healing is much better than any chemical medication the doctor prescribes to you because they are natural and more effective. Many prescriptions are easy to overdose on‚ and usually end in death
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For my final exam question my choice was: Discuss research utilization in nursing practice versus evidenced based practice of nursing. Are the definitions interchangeable? The reference chapter used was chapter 17 in the text book titled Using Research Findings in Practice Settings. I would like to start off by defining Research Utilization and Evidence Based Practice. Research utilization refers to using research knowledge to change an existing clinical practice or profession situation
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to resist taking drugs. Fortunately‚ treatments are available to help people counter their addiction’s powerful disruptive effects. Research found out that the best way to ensure the success for most patients is to combine addiction treatment medications with behavorial therapy. Treatment approaches that are tailored to each patient’s drug abuse patterns and any co-occurring medical‚ psychiatric‚ and social problems can lead to sustained recovery and a life without drug abuse. Similar to other
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Grandma’s medications. Great catch on the hydrochlorothiazide. As this patients’ new provider‚ I would find it important to educate the patient on her medical conditions and the medications that she is taking. If patient gives consent to having daughter in the room for this I would try to include the daughter so that someone would possibly be able to assist patient with her medication regimen. Important topics in the education that I would want to be talking about are foods and OTC medications that the
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nurse. My terrifying event is one of the influences that made me decide on declaring nursing as a major. I want to become a nurse because there will always be people who are going to get sick and need someone there to help ease their pain. Because of the nurses who helped me through my struggle have made such a huge impact on how I saw their profession. Nurses are meant to be there for you. Over the years Nursing has been dominated mostly by females. There are still men in this profession but are
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In a normal healthy person there is a healthy pancreas that contains beta cells. Beta cells control‚ store‚ and give off hormone insulin. Beta cells give off insulin when carbohydrates are eaten or when blood sugars are low. However‚ in a person with type 2 diabetes things are different. Beta cells in a person who is just developing diabetes discharge to much insulin causing them to grow. Soon after this happens the body shuts down the beta cells causing the body to become insulin resistant.
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Robert Fulton Often credited with inventing the steamboat‚ Robert Fulton was actually the man who put the design into practice. As a young man‚ Fulton dreamed of becoming a painter and went to Paris to study. His commissions were few‚ and he turned to engineering and inventions. In Paris‚ Fulton designed an experimental submarine‚ which caught the eye of Robert Livingston‚ then the wealthy American ambassador to France. Livingston convinced Fulton to return to the United States and concentrate
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Preventing high-school drop outs is important because education is important. To find solutions to preventing high school drop outs you become a bit open minded‚ everyone’s situation is different. Problems that are most relevant to most of today even though the media may lean toward one problem and completely ignoring others‚ they are all guides to prevention of high school drop outs. Today‚ in society they say that that the amount of income (employment out and going to college)‚ societal impact
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