Medications for cardiac arrest * Epinephrine 1mg iv bolus every 3-5 mins * Vasopressin- alternative to epinephrine * Treatment for vf‚ vt‚ pea‚ asystole * Dose: 40 units iv single * Norepinephrine – for severe hypotension * For low total peripheral resistant * Dose 0.1-0.5 mcg/kg/min infusion * Not use for cardiac arrest * Dopamine – Dose: 2-20 mcg/kg/min infusion‚ titrate to patient response * Do not administer in same iv line as Na bicarb * Dobutamine
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Program Proposal: A seminar and workshop entitled “The danger of Medication error due to understaffed nurses.” BACKGROUND OF THE PROBLEM The nursing profession has traditionally accepted responsibility to assure that safe and accessible health care is available to the public at all times‚ including times when nurses are in short supply. The profession continues to accept such responsibility and also recognizes the need to identify strategies to promote the availability
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Should parents smack their children? In this essay I am going to outline and assess the effects of smacking children and what the consequences are in later life. I will use evidence and statistics and evaluate the outcome of them. Do you want your child to grow up with violence‚ theft‚ drugs and bulling? Dr Phill Jones argues that children who were smacked as a child are more likely to bully‚ use drugs and get involved in violent crime. Children may not always feel safe out in the real
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CIN: Computers‚ Informatics‚ Nursing & Vol. 32‚ No. 12‚ 589–595 & Copyright B 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins F E A T U R E A R T I C L E Impact of an Electronic Medication Administration Record on Medication Administration Efficiency and Errors JEFFERY MCCOMAS‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNS MICHELLE RIINGEN‚ DNP‚ RN‚ CNS-BC SON CHAE KIM‚ PhD‚ RN Congress authorized an initiative in 2004 to create a national health information technology infrastructure to improve patient outcomes through
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ELA Since when are kids under the age of 16 forced to be inside? People should not have to be forced to be inside their houses by 7 o’clock P.M.! I think it should be up to your parents to give you a curfew or not. Having a curfew isn’t fun. Children from ages 16 and under should not have a curfew. For example‚ on November 2‚ 2007 a child who was concerned for his constitutional rights‚ has anonymously filed suit against the
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countries‚ children lack access to their basic human needs. Correspondingly‚ they are struggling to survive and are facing tremendous consequences from their poor living conditions. Intervening within these countries to help advance child development will stimulate our economy and improve international trade in the long run. Similarly‚ helping out poor countries can lead to a healthier population and the reduced risk of diseases. Wealthy nations should contribute money to supply children in third world
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Every year‚ hundreds to thousands of children die from a preventable disease when their parents refuse to administer a vaccine‚ which is defined as “a product that produces immunity from a disease and can be administered through needle injections‚ by mouth‚ or by aerosol‚” by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services‚ (vaccines.gov). A copious amount of parents fear for the safety of their children’s lives when deciding whether or not to vaccinate‚ despite colossal amounts of extensive research
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Unit 1.3 N.1 The reason that children should be immunised is that the various vaccines that are available to so that our bodies are prepared to fight serious infections that we may come into contact with in the future. There are some diseases that can have a severe lasting damage to the childs health and in some very serious cases can eve resort in death. Due to the high success rate of vaccinations‚ it is now becoming rare for children to get serious diseases‚ like diphtheria‚ polio or tetanus
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Medication vs. Natural Treatment for ADHD DeVry University Medication vs. Natural Treatment for ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (also known as ADHD) is an increasing struggle among children in today’s society that affects them at home‚ in their social lives and academically. Many people think that all-natural treatments are the only way to help children who struggle with ADHD; however‚ despite the controversy over using medication with possible side effects‚ Adderall can be a helpful
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performance and has a distinguished role in patient safety. Medication errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare and has become one of the biggest issues devoted encountered in today’s healthcare setting. According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2016)‚ “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
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