requirement of my role as Support Worker for Options Of Independence. I must support my service users with administering medication‚ in order for me to administer medication safely under the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines‚ Handling Of Medication in social care 2007‚ and under Dundee City Council guidelines‚ I must check that the medicines are correct by checking the medication pack and label on the box must be by the pharmacist or dispensing gp‚ and identify the service user correctly. I need
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Three reasons why Children should be vaccinated Advances in medical science have enabled us to live free of diseases that were once global epidemics. However‚ in recent years there has been a reoccurrence of diseases like the measles. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ outbreaks can occur from travelers and segments of the population who have chosen not to vaccinate themselves‚ or their children (CDC‚ 2015). There is three reasons why you should vaccinate your children. First‚ vaccinating
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We in America tend to take medications for almost any problem we have‚ from headaches to gastrointestinal pain‚ to more serious chronic disorders such as depression and attention deficit disorder. While many of the uses of such medications may be necessary and legitimate‚ many are not‚ and due to this fact‚ many people become dependent on medications‚ mentally‚ and or physically. This problem is not simply the fault of the individual; in fact‚ the blame can also be placed upon the medical community
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section of this report. When completing such experiments‚ there are always controls used to make sure the procedure is followed and that no cross contamination happened. There are two types of controls‚ a positive control that gives a positive result and a negative control that gives a negative result. Although generally in experiments‚ negative results are frowned upon‚ when negative results
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Current Event #2 MLA Citation Abeles‚ Vicki. "Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick?" The New York Times. The New York Times‚ 02 Jan. 2016. Web. 31 Jan. 2016. Summary This article is titled Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick‚ by Vicki Abeles. Abeles wrote this article in response to the large amount of stress placed on the today’s students and the negative effects of their health and well being. Abeles provides an example from‚ Dr. Stuart Slavin‚ who is a pediatrician
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Parents should not punish children by hitting How would most people punish their children if their children made mistakes? Most parents dream of having a perfect family life‚ and they think that hitting children could lead the children to big problems‚ whereas other parents hit children without consider the consequence of hitting .It is clear that parents should not punish children by hitting. One of the main reason why parents should not using the physical punishment with their children is that
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Should Facebook be used for a ground of termination: Sometimes the things one says can prove that people are not fit for the job they hold. The outburst of comments on social media are not private they are viewed by the world. There are many people who are posting offensive and racist remarks in this world today. Although people should be responsible and mature and not be putting down others or expressing yourself and others rudely on media. Yes‚ people have the right to free speech‚ but companies
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Medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patients (Ferner‚ R.‚ & Aronson‚ J. (n.d.). It is an unnecessary threat to patients and it costs conservatively about 750 million pounds yearly in England (“Safety in doses‚” 2007). That money can be used to serve more patients if we can eliminate the error. Therefore‚ we should take zero tolerance to the incident. The following aims to develop a strategic plan according to the results
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they are hurting innocent animals and some people think it’s good because instead of testing it on humans they will test it on animals to check if its safe and they are trying to figure out how to cure some diseases. Animals should not be used for a scientifical research they should not test on animals because it puts animals in danger‚ the next reason is that some people want animal testing and some do not‚ they hurt animals while testing because they inject diseases into them. First of all‚ most
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spank their children‚ but they also have certain limitations under which circumstances it is acceptable to whip their kids. Considering the fact that paddling in schools is still legal in 23 states‚ this law has many variations. As experts further gather and study information about children’s psychological and physical development‚ more controversy arises on whether parents have the right to beat their kids or not. I believe spanking is a tool used to discipline children that should be classified
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