Medication errors are preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient‚ according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA‚ 2015). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that there are over 700‚000 visits to hospital emergency as an injury result from the use of a medication (CDC‚ 2015). The CDC goes on to say that the number of adverse drug events is likely to increase due to the development of new medications‚ aging population‚ increase
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responsibility. When a medication error occurs‚ ethical issues such as a loss of human dignity‚ fidelity and beneficence also occur‚ which leads to patient dissatisfaction and mistrust. Social issues often interplay with any sort of medical error as well. Medication errors often result in damaged social relations such as the nurse-patient relationship and the healthcare system’s image. When nurses make a medication error they are obligated to report their mistake to the charge nurse‚ the patient
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Johnny Souvannavong April 14‚ 2013 ENG101D Correcting Comma Errors 1. The local movie theater‚ despite efforts to attract customer‚ finally closed its doors and was purchased by a supermarket chain. 2. As a little boy‚ I dreamed about wearing a plaid flannel shirt and‚ like Paul Bunyan‚ camping out underneath towering trees. 3. Their parents‚ always risk takers‚ divorced in August and remarried in February just six months later. 4. Shaken by the threat of a hostile takeover‚ the
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In this paper‚ I am going to be comparing two different articles about medication errors by nurses. Medication errors happen way too often and I hope that by writing this paper‚ I can help reduce my chance or someone else’s chance of making a medication error. The first medication error article that I read was about a male patient in Florida. The patient was complaining of an upset stomach so the physician prescribed an antacid. Instead of giving the patient an antacid‚ that nurse gave the patient
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Calculating the Probability of a Type II Error To properly interpret the results of a test of hypothesis requires that you be able to judge the pvalue of the test. However‚ to do so also requires that you have an understanding of the relationship between Type I and Type II errors. Here‚ we describe how the probability of a Type II error is computed. A Type II error occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected. For example‚ if a rejection region
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Medication errors are all too common‚ jeopardizing the safety of patients; it may be a misinterpretation of a prescription‚ not having a complete history of a patient and dispensing drugs that could interact with other drugs adversely‚ or a patient administering the medication incorrectly‚ which are all preventable. There are numerous ways of preventing medication errors; therefore‚ the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has recognized ten important factors that lead to errors. Anderson
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the trial balance can be ‘in balance’ and still have errors‚ give examples of the type of errors that can occur leaving the trial balance in balance. For example‚ if $523 is the correct amount to be entered for both credit and debit side but entered $532‚ trial balance will show the same amounts for both debit and credit side but contains error. In addition‚ reverse entries can cause trial balance to be in balance but still contains error. For example‚ instead of recording debit side $100
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September 2008 How to Dispute Credit Report Errors Y our credit report contains information about where you live‚ how you pay your bills‚ and whether you’ve been sued or arrested‚ or have filed for bankruptcy. Credit reporting companies sell the information in your report to creditors‚ insurers‚ employers‚ and other businesses that use it to evaluate your applications for credit‚ insurance‚ employment‚ or renting a home. The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes the accuracy
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Errors in Computer Arithmetic Computer Arithmetic: 1. Integer arithmetic: Virtually all the computer offer integer arithmetic. The two properties of integer arithmetic are as follows a) Result of any arithmetic operation is an integer b) Result is always exact with two exceptions • Range of integer that can be represented is not infinite but is bounded above and below. • The result of the division operation is given as the combination of the quotient
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himself as well as more specific ones concerning his English learning process‚ the difficulties he has faced and how far he has come. We transcribed this interview and analyzed it along with the written essays he provided in order to discover the errors he makes in written as well as in spoken discourse. Transcription 1 The Smoking The smoking is one of the worst and most complicated probems. I don’t exaggerate when I say that is has made our life a hell. Let’s shed light the main problem
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