Medication Errors: A Literature Review your name here Pharmacology 2 teachers name here September 17 2008 The American Society of Hospital Pharmacists define a medication error as “episodes of drug misadventure that should be preventable through effective systems controls involving pharmacists‚ physicians and other prescribers‚ nurses‚ risk management personnel‚ legal counsel‚ administrators‚ patients and others in the organizational setting‚ as well as regulatory agencies and the
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ADHD Medication Children have been getting diagnosed with ADHD‚ or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder. Many parents believe that their child has the symptoms of ADHD because they cannot stay focused on the task at hand‚ and using their children to get something that they want. People are over medicating their children and using ADHD as an excuse. It is negligent to give children medicine such as Methylphenidate‚ also known as Ritalin‚ because it is an equivalent to cocaine and is highly
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Medication Errors Paper Dorothy Pasowisty Pharmacology 2 Angela Falconer Practical Nursing Program June 30th‚ 2010 Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................3 Summaries of Journal Articles.........................................................................................................3 The Definition of a Medication Error....................................
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Historical Background ORIENTATION TO THE COURSE STATUS OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES HISTORY OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES Philosophy * Envisions itself to be a cohesive‚ pro-active‚ professional association‚ committed to excellence in nursing. * Believes that safe and quality nursing care to patients is the primary responsibility of nurses. * Believes that those who practice I.V. therapy nursing are only those R.N.s who are adequately trained and have completed the training requirements
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Mental Health Nurse in the administration of drugs to a Service User within and area of legal and ethical matters. In line with clause 5 of the nursing and midwifery council (NMC) (2004) code of professional conduct details of the service user will be confidential I certify that confidentiality has been maintained by use of pseudonyms. For purposes of this assignment the service user will be known as Winifred Clark. I will be examining the area of Covert Medication in a Dementia Patient. Dictionary
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Intravenous Therapy In October 26th‚ 2012 it was announced that Lil Wayne was hospitalized for dehydration and migraine‚ after spending several hours being treated with IV fluids‚ the singer was released. The initial goal of this medical procedure is to restore intravascular volume. The simplest approach is to replace dehydration losses with 0.9% saline. This ensures that the administered fluid remains in the extracellular compartment‚ where it will support blood pressure and peripheral perfusion
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ffirs.indd 2 10/9/2014 2:00:20 PM 2015 Wiley C PAexc e l ® EXAM REVIEW STUDY GUIDE JANUARY 2015 ffirs.indd 1 10/9/2014 2:00:20 PM ffirs.indd 2 10/9/2014 2:00:20 PM 2015 Wiley C PA e xc e l ® EXAM REVIEW STUDY GUIDE JANUARY 2015 REGULATION O. Ray Whittington‚ CPA‚ PhD ffirs.indd 3 10/9/2014 2:00:21 PM Cover Design: John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Cover image: © iStockphoto/turtleteeth The following items‚ copyright © by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants‚ Inc.‚ are
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likely candidates of having ADHD. Many children have these characteristics and are being prescribed Ritalin‚ a drug that stimulates 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
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Gooder Ph.D.‚ RN reports that the Institute of Medicine in 1999 reported that “nearly a million patients each year are injured in hospitals in the United States due to error. Medication errors occur more often than other categories of preventable errors (19%)‚ and most medication errors occurred during medication administration (34%) where they were more likely to directly impact the patient and cause harm.” (Gooder‚ 2011). Not long after looking at these percentages was the BCMA (Barcode
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show the importance of a team dedicated to intravenous (IV) insertion and the standardization of peripheral IV catheters in reducing venipuncture attempts‚ reducing cases of phlebitis‚ and optimizing costs. The benefits achieved by the team were a decrease in venipuncture attempts‚ a decrease of phlebitis (from 0.47% to 0.35%)‚ the optimization of the team ’s time‚ and a 29.47% reduction in the use of catheters. The study corroborates the IV team ’s importance in the process of managing nurses ’ workflow
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