PHARM: Safety and Infection Control What components should be included in a medication order? 1. · The client’s name · Date and time of order · Name of medication (may be generic or brand) · Dosage of medication · Route of administration · Time and frequency of medication administration – exact times or number of times per day (dictated by facility policy or specific qualities of the medication). · Signature of prescribing provider. 2. What are the best steps to take when a client refuses a medication
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Unit 4222-616 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects Outcome 1 Understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication 1. Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication: The Medicines Acts 1968 and various amendments cover the legal management of medication. While care staffs are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation‚ they do need to be aware of the legal difference
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Lupus: When the Body Attacks Cassandra E. Gilles Fortis College (Miami‚ FL) Abstract Systemic Lupus Erythematosus also known as Lupus or SLE for short is a long-term chronic inflammation autoimmune disease. The cause is unknown but research suggests that both genetic and environmental factors are involved. Predispositions such as race‚ gender and age increase the likeliness of being diagnosed with lupus. Lupus is difficult to diagnose because the common signs and symptoms seem to mimic other
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Administer medication to individuals‚ and monitor the effects 1.1 Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication. The Medicines Act 1968 Classifies medicines into 3 categories: • Prescription Only Medicines (POM) • Pharmacy Medicines (P) - medicines available from a pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist. • General Sales List (GSL) – medicines available from retail outlets. The Medicines Act 1968 is enforced by the Medicines
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NOTES ON MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING O N C O L O G Y Divina S. Fernandez RN‚ MAN Cancer – A neoplastic disorder that can involve all body organs. Cells lose their normal growth-controlling mechanism‚ and the cell growth is uncontrolled. – Cancer produces serious health problems such as impaired immune and hematopoietic (blood producing) function‚ altered gastro-intestinal tract structure and function‚ motor and sensory deficits‚ and decrease respiratory function. Metastasis – Cancer
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COAGULATION AND THROMBI Haemostasis‚ the physiological response to vascular injury‚ results in the formation of a haemostatic plug that prevents blood loss. Under normal conditions‚ factors that promote blood coagulation are balanced by those that inhibit it. Pathologic thrombosis occurs when procoagulant stimuli overwhelm natural anticoagulant and fibrinolytic systems. Venous thrombi‚ which form under low shear conditions‚ are predominantly composed of fibrin and red cells. Thrombi may develop
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus‚ often known simply as lupus or abbreviated to SLE‚ is a systemic autoimmune disease or an autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases‚ the immune system attacks the body ’s cells and tissue‚ resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. It is a hypersensitivity reaction of the type III variety‚ caused by antibody-immune complex formation. There are several explanations
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Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Critical Review Introduction Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or more commonly known as African sleeping sickness is an endemic that is responsible for posing a risk to 60 million people in 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa( Fig 1) (Brun et al 2009). It is a vector- borne disease which is transmitted by the bite of Tsetse flies of the Glossina genus which injects the protozoan parasite of the genus trypanasoma to humans (Rodgers 2009). The disease appears
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I. Introduction Dengue is one of the major problem of the Philippines‚ According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world‚ predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas. Furthermore‚ The Philippines ranks among the top 10 countries with the most recorded dengue cases. Dengue is an acute infectious disease and severe‚ flu like illness that affects infants‚ young children and adults but seldom to death‚ virus are transmitted to humans
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What is Malaria? (Knowing more on how to deal with Malaria) A. History of Malaria Although the parasite responsible for P. falciparum malaria has been in existence for 50‚000–100‚000 years‚ the population size of the parasite did not increase until about 10‚000 years ago‚ concurrently with advances in agriculture and the development of human settlements. Close relatives of the human malaria parasites remain common in chimpanzees. Some evidence suggests that the P. falciparum malaria may have originated
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