Medication errors occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a
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"A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer” (NCCMERP‚ 2016). According to the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (2010)‚ medication errors are among the most common medical errors‚ harming at least 1.5 million people every year. Someone who has experience working with medications and the errors of them would be Laurie Dworkin. Laurie
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EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY COMMON MARKET PROTOCOL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY COMMON MARKET ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES PREAMBLE ARTICLE PART A: ARTICLE 1: TITLE INTERPRETATION Interpretation PART B: ESTABLISHMENT AFRICAN MARKET ARTICLE 2: Establishment of the East African Community Common Market ARTICLE 3: ARTICLE 4: ARTICLE 5: OF THE EAST COMMUNITY
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Entering the medical field requires a vast amount of knowledge‚ but one of the most vital pieces of knowledge is knowing how to administer medications via injection. Medications can be administered in a variety of ways‚ but one of the most effective and quickest ways is through injection. There are many types of injections‚ and they can involve many different injection sites‚ but the most common is given through the muscle. The most imperative thing before giving an injection is identifying your
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1. Medication groups and their use 1. Antibiotics They are used to treat bacterial infections‚ some can be used to treat a wide range of infections (broad spectrum antibiotics) and some only in specific infections (narrow spectrum antibiotics). 2. Analgesics They are used to relieve pain‚ to control pain and/or might help to reduce temperature 3. Antihistamines They are used to treat allergic reactions caused by other medicines‚ insects‚ stings‚ toiletries etc. 4.Antacids They are used to treat
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Sliding Window Protocol Introduction: Sliding window protocol is used where a reliable transmitting of frame is required. It relies on packeting the frame queue to a definable window size which is provided to sender and receiver. Sliding window protocol defines maximum transmitter window size‚ Ws which is always one less than the sequence number. How transmitter window is defined: It is contains the data that are ready to be send. The lower limit in transmitter window which is waiting for
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Staying Relevant The role of Information Technology in Creating Economic Sustainability Kip Garland‚ founder - innovationSEED Sustaining an organization‚ be it a business‚ a government‚ or other groupings of people‚ requires the ability to create new growth. When organizations stop growing - they lose their relevancy. Economic studies show that sustaining growth in productive sectors is increasingly difficult. From 1950 to 2005 the average time that top company could sustain its relevancy
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RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT INFORMATION 1. It is easy to understand why Mrs. Smith is always so busy between 5:45 and 7:45 in the evening. At about 5:45 she has to start cooking because Mr. Smith gets home from work at 6:30 and wants his dinner soon after he arrives. At the same time she has to keep an eye on her two sons to see that they do their homework. At 6:15 it is time for the baby to be fed‚ bathed‚ and then put to bed. The two boys have to be ready for bed at about 7:15‚ and if Mrs. Smith does
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through fact based reports and presentations which clearly demonstrate that the proposed design works best for the company. WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) – Cellular phones/Handheld devices WAP or also known as Wireless Application Protocol is a set of protocols for connecting cellular phones and other handheld devices to the internet. WAP supports most wireless networks including CDPD‚ CDMA‚ GSM‚ PDC‚ PHS‚ TDMA‚ FLEX‚ ReFLEX‚ iDEN‚ TETRA‚ DECT‚ DataTAC
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specifically designed‚ staffed‚ located‚ furnished and equipped‚ dedicated to management of critically sick patient‚ injuries or complications. It is a department with dedicated medical‚ nursing and allied staff. It operates with defined policies; protocols and procedures should have its own quality control‚ education‚ training and research programmes. It is emerging as a separate specialty and can no longer be regarded purely as part of anaesthesia‚ Medicine‚ surgery or any other speciality. It
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