Berman‚ A. (2004). Reducing medication errors through naming‚ labeling‚ and packaging. Journal of Medical Systems‚ 28(1)‚ 9-29. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOMS.0000021518.60670.10 This article talks about the different names of drugs that are similar and may cause medication errors in the healthcare field. Also‚ the article talks about many different ways to label and manufacture the medications so errors will be less. There are many different ways the pills look and are
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nurse with 2 nursing assistants. The late shift decided to administer the 10pm medications as a way of helping me. This however was key in me making the error that I did. If I had been left to do the 10pm medications by myself‚ this error would not have occurred. Patient PF was given her medication by the late staff‚ however she had spat them out. On going to give her these again‚ I also repeated her liquid medication which she had actually taken with the late shift before she spat out her tablets
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___ w_‚ ___ ----·-·------l 199 Journal of Social and Administrali•e Pharmacy Vol. 7‚ No. 4‚ 1990 Self-Medication in Developing Countries SJAA.K VAN DER GEEST*‚ Ph.o ANITA HARDON‚ Ph.o Department of Cultural Anthropology‚ Uninmrtyof Amsterdam‚ OuddjdsAchterourgu."/185‚ NL-1012 OK Amsterdam. The Netherlands ABSTRACT This paper sketches the self-medication situation in the developing countries. From a biomedical view-point the risks that are involved in developing countries
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disorders that can affect young children today. Some are too quick to jump to the use of medication. This controversial method of treatment for children has its ups and downs‚ as do all medications. ADHD can not be cured‚ but it can be taken care of.() Physicians today over diagnose ADHD which leads to the over-prescription of a powerful and potentially harmful stimulant. However‚ this shouldn’t deny the need for medication for the children who truly suffer from this serious and rehabilitating problem. When
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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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Case Study: Jill’s Medication Case Study Questions: 1. Identify the lapses in care that occurred throughout the case and led to Jill’s medication crisis. Which of these lapses occurred as a result of an individual-level (provider) failure? Which were system-level failures? Throughout the Jill’s experience‚ there was many lapses between the health care team in regards to filling her prescription. First‚ Dr. Smith‚ the referred neurologist declined Jill’s medical records‚ as if they were of no importance
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Megan Galganski English 321 October 4‚ 2014 A debate has risen over the past ten years‚ questioning the fact of doctors over diagnosing ADHD medication to children and adults. Attention deficit disorder is a range of behavioral disorders occurring in children and adults‚ including such symptoms as poor concentration‚ hyperactivity‚ and impulsivity to say the least. There has been an alarming increase of diagnosis and treatment for attention deficit disorder‚ this has people writing articles
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ADHD medication is becoming a very popular diagnosis among today’s children. There is a great divide amongst people on if it actually helps the students or if it is being prescribed way too frequently and just drugging hyper active kids. ADHD medication is being proven that it is not over prescribed and helps student be able to focus and do better at school and in life. First off‚ what is ADHD and how do you diagnose it? ADHD is an abbreviation for attention deficit hyperactive disorder is a brain
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the other side‚ could it effect me in a negative way? ADHD medication affects everyone in a different way‚ But is the risk really worth the reward? ADHD medication can come as a stimulant‚ or as a non-stimulant. When diagnosed you will most likely be prescribed a stimulant (unless you ask for a non-stimulant). Stimulants are psychoactive drugs that induce temporary improvements to either mental or physical functions. The stimulant medications act in the brain similarly to a family of key brain neurotransmitters
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used in the manner in which 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
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