Running Head: Enhancing Medication Compliance in Elderly Individuals Research Utilization Paper An Intervention Study to Enhance Medication Compliance in Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals Chris Elmer HSCI 401 Fall 2001 My research study was to determine whether daily videotelephone or regular telephone reminders would increase the quantity of prescribed cardiac medication taken in a sample of elderly individuals who have congestive heart failure (CHF) (Peteva‚ 2001). Within
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Maria Period 6 / English Ms.Montalvo-Arroyo January 28‚2013 Academic Plan: Protocol Third Quarter I will make a change in this third quarter. I have made my decision to prepare myself as well as to achieve my purpose. I feel really confident about this upcoming quarter because of my past improvements. My main achievement was in my final grade in these last two quarters; since in my first quarter I receive a C‚ however‚ in my second quarter I went up to a B in addition to my semester grade which
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1 Task 3 Understand legislation‚ policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information including data protection.  Why it is important to reassure children‚ young people and adults about confidentiality and why it may need to be breached. For the home country England there are many policies and procedures within the legislation that relate to safeguarding human rights‚ data protection
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Unit 306-promote equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people. Outcome 1‚ promote equality and diversity in work with children and young people. 1.1 Legislation What is it? Every Child Matters 2003 and The Children’s Act 2004 These were put into place to ensure that all organisations involved with children should work together to ensure children have the support they needed. Following the Every Child Matters framework‚ the Children’s Act 2004 required that these
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Infection Control Policy 2011; Appendix D‚ Clinical Care Protocol 26 Protocol for the care of patients with tuberculosis Policy Profile Policy Reference: Version: Author: Executive sponsor: Target audience: Date issued: Review date: Consultation Key individuals and committees consulted during drafting Clin.2.0 Appendix D Clinical care protocol 26 3.0 Juliana Kotey‚ Senior Infection Control Nurse Director of Infection Prevention and Control All Trust Staff 16 October 2012 September 2015 Infection
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There are many different sources of current guidance that early years and educational settings can use in order to plan for a healthy and safe environment or service‚ including the following: Health and Safety Executive (HSE) – Covers all aspects of health and safety in all work environments and also provides guidance for those specifically working with children and young people‚ for instance‚ risk education guidance‚ general teaching requirement for health and safety guidance and incident reporting
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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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Legislation impact. Legislation about health & safety. The health and safety training in ICT is important. They are many risks that could cause major office hazards. Risks The most common complained injuries are: Upper limb disorders Eye problems Headaches Fatigue Upper limb disorders affect the arms‚ from fingers to shoulder and neck. They are often called strain injuries‚ cumulative trauma disorder or occupational overuse syndrome. Using a computer for too long can cause bad eye sight
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Medication error is a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patients (Ferner‚ R.‚ & Aronson‚ J. (n.d.). It is an unnecessary threat to patients and it costs conservatively about 750 million pounds yearly in England (“Safety in doses‚” 2007). That money can be used to serve more patients if we can eliminate the error. Therefore‚ we should take zero tolerance to the incident. The following aims to develop a strategic plan according to the results
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• First‚ let us group the industries – several groups with broadly similar attributes : • Financial Industry o Commercial Banking Identify the Industry • Retail Industry o Retail Grocery Store • High-technology industries o Computer Software o Pharmaceutical Preparations o Semiconductor Manufacturer • Service Industry • • • • • IT Service Provider Mobile phone service provider Commercial airline Integrated Oil and Gas Liquor producer and distributor • Capital
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