the brain to help children gain focus. Having said that‚ more and more children are taking Ritalin‚ but are too many taking it for the wrong reasons? Today we see children act out in class‚ call it a behavioral problem‚ and immediately put them on medication. Medicating children with Ritalin should be a last resort; doctors‚ parents‚ and teachers seemed to be using it as a first response. ADHD is a common behavioral disorder found more in boys and is characterized by poor concentration‚ distractibility
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and employer 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible‚ use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). Place of work Start date Duties and responsibilities Names of employer and employees 2a) List three key points of legislation that affect employers in a business environment. Health and Safety Pay and Pensions Data Protection 2b) List three key points of legislation that affect employees
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Outline current legislation‚ guidelines‚ policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Safeguarding means taking steps to ensure children and young people feel safe and secure within the home and the setting‚ protecting them from abuse and neglect‚ ensuring that they stay safe and continue to positively develop physically‚ emotionally and mentally into adulthood. The table below is an outline of the main‚ current legislation affecting
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adapt and respond to changes and new challenges. There are two main causes that will make a business make changes‚ reactive factor and proactive factors. Reactive factor are when external changes occur such as – Political reasons like a new law/legislation has been passed by government and this could have a direct effect on your business. Economic factors also will play a major role in making changes to the business; these could be anything from consumers buying trends and economic performance to
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Weighing the Risks of Medications There are remedies for any symptoms nowadays. Patients can be prescribed a variety of medications to cure or treat any given illness. Although many great results stem from ground-breaking innovations in the pharmaceutical industry; those innovations often come with harmful side-effects. Many people have stated that some prescription medications are unsafe and need more stringent regulations. They claim that some drugs are highly addictive and potentially deadly.
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Anticoagulant Medications Cherie Hubbard St. Petersburg College Anticoagulant Medications As our population ages‚ patients are living longer as a result of advances in medical technology‚ surgical procedures‚ and drug development(Bressler MD & Bahl PhD‚ 2003). The average older person is taking two to five prescription medications daily and one in five of this age group has a medication related hospitalization annually (McLean & LeCouteur‚ 2004). In my eighteen years of nursing
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widen my professional field of experience. EDUCATION HISTORY: ➢ 2010-recently enrolled Master of Arts in Nursing (Clinical Supervision) University of San Carlos‚ Cebu City ➢ 2004 to 2006= Master of Arts in Nursing (Nursing Administration) Completed the 33 units and passed the Comprehensive examination Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila ➢ 1990-1994= Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Perpetual Help System of Laguna Dean’s List from 1st
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they are intended when they are prescribed. Anti-Anxiety medications such as Xanax and Vallium are the most commonly abused medications‚ along with pain killers such as Hydrocodone‚ Roxycodone‚ Oxycodone and Oxycontin. Even medications that are being prescribed for ADHD‚ most commonly Adderall‚ are being abused by people that do not actually have ADHD. The effect of taking this medication is the same as methamphetamines. “Estimations of nearly 20 percent of people in the United States have used prescription
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2 Hannah Hodges Assignment 202 Principles of personal Development Task A Ai) – Data Protection Act & Freedom of information Aii) – Human Rights act 1998 & Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Aiii) – Health and Safety Act & Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 Aiv) – Care standards act 2000 & Code of Practice Av) – Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 & Policy and procedures Avi) A PDP is a Personal Development Plan and is developed between you and
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Medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (FDA‚ 2009). Being one of the most common medical errors‚ medication errors are not a subject to take without due consideration. In 2006‚ the National Academies stated “Studies indicate that 400‚000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals. Another 800‚000 occur in long-term care settings‚ and roughly 530‚000 occur just among Medicare recipients in outpatient
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