Nurses are the health care professionals that collect and prepare medications for patients. They examine the doctor’s orders to see what medications patients are prescribed. Errors can occur in the distribution of these medications. As a result‚ the nursing ethic of do no harm may not occur. According to McIntyre‚ Thomlinson‚ & McDonald‚ “nurses are held in high regard” (2006‚ p.360). As such‚ nurses must keep this positive concept‚ as we are the health professionals that care for people when they
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Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)‚ reports that 171 million people who have basic reading skills from their school could be elevated from poverty (cited in UN News 2010). Quality education should be given to people all around the world‚ especially disadvantageous people‚ to change their social life and improve the economy of the country‚ and it is also important to empower women and maintain investment in education. In education‚ people can build their personality and their skills in communication
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Errors are an innate part of human life. Execution Safe execution of medical orders is plays a significant part role of in patient care. It is also the main component of nursing performance and has a distinguished role in patient safety. Medication errors are a healthcare professional’s worst nightmare and has become one of the biggest issues devoted encountered in today’s healthcare setting. According to the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2016)‚ “a medication
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Process This was an interesting study to read and examine. Medication errors are a significant problem‚ but not a problem that cannot be solved. There are precautions that can be taken to minimize the errors. The three specific areas the study focused on were prescription‚ transcription‚ and administration phase. Many errors occurred during all three phases‚ however‚ not all of the errors made it to the patients. Most of the errors that reached patients did not cause harm. Ethical considerations
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Unit 1 Roles‚ responsibilities and relationships in lifelong learning M/503/1229 Answer 1 As a trainer of many subjects‚ I must ensure that my own knowledge of the various legislation and regulatory requirements and codes of practice are current and up to date‚ which are often subject to change‚ in order that the information relayed to the candidates is correct. There are several key pieces of legislation that are paramount to the subjects I teach‚ Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
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websites in the world‚ with about 585 million active members. 585 million! You might think that this is too much‚ but in fact‚ there are actually four main categories of Facebook users in the world—“annoying-Facebook-girl‚” the “Simon-Cowell‚” the “attention-seeking-whore‚” and the “I’m-too-cool-for-Facebook.” Each and every user in these categories specializes in a particular way of participating on Facebook: a way of updating their statuses‚ how they comment‚ how many pictures they upload every day
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Task B: Case study: You are a social care worker and a service user‚ Hannah‚ tells you that she is unhappy taking her new medication as she thinks she does not need it and so she is throwing it away. You know from her care plan that Hannah does need to take the medication regularly and gets confused. Hannah begs you to keep this confidential and not tell anyone especially her daughter‚ who she sees regularly‚ as her daughter will be very angry. Bi: How would you explain the term ‘confidentiality’
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A guide to effective product design One of the outputs of the Good Design Practice program is a booklet entitled A Guide to Effective Product Design . This gives background information on a number of topics related to product design and development‚ describes some essential tools and techniques‚ and provides suggestions for further reading. Topics covered include: • What is good design? • How do we take advantage of good design? • How do we choose the right projects? • How important
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grant IBM a nonexclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1996‚ 2007. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use‚ duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Typographical conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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What we could do to prevent ocean acidification from continuing and harming the ecosystems even more is to reduce the world’s carbon footprint. Some ideas of helping the reduce the carbon footprint is to use less energy at home; using natural gas and electric heating will reduce your home’s carbon footprint‚ conserving water‚ reduce using plastic consumption‚ by less consumable thing’s; the manufacturing of the products create more carbon for making them. The blanket
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