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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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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There are different types of economic systems‚ ranging from the centralized command system (U.S.S.R.)‚ to the free market economy (U.S.A.). Economies nowadays are mixed in nature than in the past‚ with a trend leaning more towards a free market system since the demise of the former Soviet Union and the European eastern block. Hence China has since revised its policies and is opening up the market to avoid the same fate. The USA free market has also been recently learning that a totally free
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The excessive use of prescription medications has become a major pandemic around the world. It seems that teenagers are familiar as to what prescription medication abuse is‚ and are not aware of how easy it is to become addicted. Statistics say that it is quite normal to overtake prescription medications at very adolescent ages. “In fact‚ use of prescription painkillers by teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen has jumped 10-fold since the 1960s” (Teens Increasingly Abuse Painkillers Science
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dispensing medication to patients comprises a critical juncture in patient care. The process involves a number of risk points during which errors can occur. The NPSGS establish procedural safeguards in order to protect patients from medication administration errors. The standards also serve to protect health care personnel from the personal and professional consequences of making such errors. The NPSGS for medication administration involve recommendations for the following risk points: medication reconciliation
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Science Experiment. Title; Mould; which type of bread goes mouldy first? Aim; To determine which type of bread goes mouldy first; white bread or multigrain bread. Hypothesis; The multigrain bread will go mouldy first because it doesn’t have as many preservatives Equipment; 1 piece of white bread and 1 piece of multigrain bread‚ plastic food bag to put bread in. Method; 1. Buy 2 different types of bread‚ multigrain and white bread. 2. Take a piece of each bread and put them both in a plastic
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Preliminary Literature Review Description of Problem Medication errors are common in hospitals. The area with larger patient demand and patient with more complex cases are at higher risk for medication errors. The classification of medication errors is by prescription‚ omission‚ time‚ dose‚ inappropriate drugs‚ and disposal. Medication errors also cause emotional and financial losses to the hospitals‚ patients‚ teams‚ families‚ and societies. As the result
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of abuse which may be experienced by adults (P1) Abuse‚ defined by the department of health is described as “a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights by any other person or persons” and those most at risk are described as ‘vulnerable adults’. A vulnerable adult would be someone who is unable to defend themselves or understand what is going on due to having cognitive or physical disabilities‚ frail older adults‚ substance abusers and more. There 9 main types of abuse that may be experience
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date of 09/30/2013‚ as well as reference the data below. If your purchase order includes units that are not referenced below‚ please include them on your renewal. The pricing below does not include tax‚ if applicable: Model Serial# Meter Type Meter Freq. Freq Annual Allowable Ovg. Base Copies Rate Rate Base Freq **BIZHUB C353 PRINTERIC A02E014000343 Black Color MON MON 4000 0.01100
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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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