Medication errors are among the biggest issues in health care settings today. The effect of managed care is one of the causative factors. The need to contain costs has invariably doubled the nurses ’ workload making them less efficient as caregivers. Example of problem is the high incidence of medication errors. Nurses ’ workload has increased tremendously regardless of the fact that most of these patients are of great acuity‚ thereby predisposing them to a greater risk of medication errors. Medication
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CU1572 Support use of medication in social care settings 1. Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (and later amendments) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 (and later amendments) The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974)‚ COSHH The Mental Capacity Act (2005) The Access to health records Act (1990)‚ The Data Protection
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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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increase. First‚ many prescription medications are now being advertised through direct marketing on television commercials or in magazines. Many people see these commercials and decide that they have the symptoms described and are then sucked into the fake reality that they have a problem when they really don’t. People soon start self-diagnosing and telling their doctors what they should prescribe them instead of visa versa. Another reason why prescription drug use is on the rise is because of the
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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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this essay I will discuss what privacy and dignity of women and their families in the everyday work of a midwife means‚ and why it is so important. As an obligation of confidentiality set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008)‚ names of trusts and individuals will not be mentioned in this essay. The NMC code of conduct (2008) states that as a midwife one must “make the care of people your first concern‚ treating them as individuals and respecting their dignity.” Without this‚ midwives are
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Controversy of Medication Lynnette Sharrer AED/222 June 12‚ 2011 Professor Miller Sellner A highly controversial issue that impacts society is the overmedication for children diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and EDB (Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities). A major concern of overmedicating for ADHD is that there may be a significant over-identification of students with this disorder. The rapid growth of the OHI category over the past decade (a growth of almost
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Valerie J. 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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Unit Y50010598 Administer Medication to Individuals‚ and Monitor the Effects Learning outcome 1: understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication. 1.1 The Medicines Act (1968) requires that the pharmacist and dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. They can only dispense on the receipt of a signed prescription form an authorised person.eg doctor‚ nurse practitioner. The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) This prevents the misuse of Controlled
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The featured article brought forth the importance of patient education in regards to psychotropic medications. A close friend Mrs. Brown shared her story. Mrs. Brown is a patient with a history of mental health‚ she was diagnosed with anxiety and depression in her adolescent years. Mrs. Brown has had to grow and learn how to cope with her diagnoses through the course of her life. Mrs. Brown expressed that just before her career started to take off the need and desire for a family was growing
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