setting has evolved to a number one priority. Medication errors account for a great deal of incidents in hospitals. Practicing healthcare professionals must be competent when administering medications; therefore‚ The Joint Commission has implemented National Patient Safety Goals to prevent patients from being administered the wrong medication. Also‚ the National Patient Safety Goals holds the practicing healthcare professional accountable for the medications that are given to patients. We intend to explore
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Entering the medical field requires a vast amount of knowledge‚ but one of the most vital pieces of knowledge is knowing how to administer medications via injection. Medications can be administered in a variety of ways‚ but one of the most effective and quickest ways is through injection. There are many types of injections‚ and they can involve many different injection sites‚ but the most common is given through the muscle. The most imperative thing before giving an injection is identifying your
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"A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer” (NCCMERP‚ 2016). According to the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (2010)‚ medication errors are among the most common medical errors‚ harming at least 1.5 million people every year. Someone who has experience working with medications and the errors of them would be Laurie Dworkin. Laurie
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severe epidemic. Lately‚ patients have not followed the directions given to take prescription medications that were provided by their healthcare provider. This is known as medication nonadherence. Only twenty-five percent of prescriptions are appropriately taken in the United States. Not only does this threaten the patient‚ but it also endangers the entire healthcare field as well. The effects of medication nonadherence are the unnecessary attention brought to the epidemic‚ fees in the
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Medication errors occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a
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Children with ADHD are being prescribed strong medications such as Adderall‚ Vyvanse‚ Ritalin‚ and many others. “An estimated 5% of children have a form of ADHD. More boys are diagnosed than girls; it is the leading cause of referrals to mental health professionals‚ SPED and juvenile justice programs. (Children’s Mental Health Disorder Fact Sheet for the Classroom...)” Many times‚ parents are faced with the decision of choosing prescription medications as an alternative to trying different routes
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Medication errors According to The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (2015)‚ medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional‚ patient‚ or consumer. Medication can be harmless but with mistakes in prescribing‚ dispensing and administering medications‚ it can cause injury to all population groups while impacting our public
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Antibiotic self-medication among university medical undergraduates in Northern Nigeria Joseph O. Fadare 1* and Igbiks Tamuno 2 1Department of Medicine‚ Kogi State Specialist Hospital‚ Lokoja‚ Nigeria 2Department of Pharmacology‚ Bayero University‚ Kano‚ Kano State‚ Nigeria. Accepted 20 April‚ 2011 Self-medication is becoming a common type of self-care behavior among the population of many countries. Many international studies have investigated the prevalence and nature of self-medication practices
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Rights of Medication Administration Health care providers are responsible for ensuring patient safety and quality of care at all times. Nurses play a vital role in provision of patient care. Many of the tasks of nursing carry some degree of risk‚ with medication administration having one of the greatest risk factors. Serious errors may occur in approximately 2 per 1‚000 prescriptions (Lesar et al‚ 1990). The rate of adverse drug events are estimated at approximately 1%‚ with 12% to 30% of them
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Lifestyle or Medication Paper 1 Lifestyle or Medication Paper Amanda Bonnett HCA/240 7/14/2013 Nicole Vick Lifestyle or Medication Paper
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