982 Search Results for Medication Errors
Government Created a Committee
An electronic health record is a digital record of a patient's health information generated from every medical visit a patient makes. This information includes the patient's medical history, demographics, known drug al Continue Reading...
At one point or another in our lives, we are all beginners. We begin college, a first job, a first love affair, and perhaps a first dissertation project. We bring a great deal to these new situations, including our temperament, previous education, Continue Reading...
The human body is capable of developing adaptive responses in order to deal with foreign invaders. The body has the capability of shaping itself in certain ways in order for it to respond to various attacks, body exhaustion, or body injury. This pape Continue Reading...
The conceptual framework that I feel best helps to explain ethics, morals and laws is that found in the Aristotelian framework, which stipulates that ethics describe the theoretical beliefs and standards that are held individually or in a society, mo Continue Reading...
Care of Cancer
Cancer diagnosis
In many cases the sooner cancer is diagnosed and treatment begins the better the chances of a person recovering fully. If one develops cancer they can improve the chance of early detection if they have regular medic Continue Reading...
Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder and can be characterized by any of the following symptoms: intellectual deterioration, emotional blunting, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, social isolation, delusions, and/or hallucinations (Ameri Continue Reading...
BP Disorder
Bipolar disorder, originally called manic depressive disorder, is a severe mood disorder that vacillates between extreme "ups" (mania, hypomania) and "downs" (depression). The effects of having bipolar disorder can be observed across the Continue Reading...
Secondary Assessment
Tracy Folsom is a 28-year-old female who was brought to the Emergency Department by her neighbor. The neighbor stated that Miss Folsom was found lying semi-conscious in the shower. The patient was received in the ED by the on c Continue Reading...
Network System Analysis
Natividad Medical Center was established in 1844 (NMC Profile). It is a licensed hospital for 172 beds and employs approximately 800 employees. Natividad Medical Center serves more than 135,000 patients with a wide range of i Continue Reading...
Economics / Chapter 14
The elderly population is prone to polypharmacy, or being prescribed multiple medications to treat one or several medical conditions. Although the prescribing provider(s) have good intentions, the practice of polypharmacy can Continue Reading...
Interstitial Cystitis
In addition to the therapeutic armamentarium, CAM reported to have a great role to treat interstitial cystitis (IC). It is multimodal and individualized and includes various treatment methods including: Neuromodulation, dietary Continue Reading...
They can reveal how many overworked and under-trained nurses kill and injure thousands of patients every year because hospitals sacrifice safety for not tracking their own medical errors. Statistics showed that only 14 States track these errors and Continue Reading...
Activity is another important concern for many individuals that have congestive heart failure. Some of them will be resentful of the fact that they are no longer are able to perform many of the activities that they once performed, and others will b Continue Reading...
The Issue of Medication NonadherenceIntroductionThe article by Gliadkovskaya (2023) highlights the limitations of the current healthcare system in effectively tracking medication adherence, a shortcoming that the CEO of Assure Health, Jeffrey Nadel, Continue Reading...
Beyond the critical incident itself, which will be described and looked at as part of this report, I will also bring in a number of major themes and analysis methods. The two major tools that will be used in this report are Carper's Fundamental Patt Continue Reading...
EDs
Public Service Pamphlet: Three Eating Disorders
Historical perspective: Although not formally called "eating disorders" until the 20th century, anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating have been recorded for quite some time. Ancient Romans occasiona Continue Reading...
training plan for the implementation of EHR (electronic health record) that St. Joseph Hospital has launched on May 2012. The training program will consist of approximately 1500 hospital employees and physicians. The implementation of the training p Continue Reading...
Nursing research is one of the most important components in answering a clinical question through an investigation process. The research or investigation process involves a series of steps that are geared towards identifying suitable evidence that ca Continue Reading...
EMR
There are several criteria by which the company can establish acceptability for the eCube system of EMR that is available from Fresenius. The first stakeholder group consists of the patients, who will benefit from the enhanced functionality that Continue Reading...
Differential Diagnosis
The patient has been given a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Major Depressive Disorder. Since depressive symptoms are common in PTSD we would need to consider whether the depression or the PTSD is the pr Continue Reading...
Lawsuit
The Snow Storm Lawsuit
Identify and explain at least three legal considerations.
- falls
- death due to improper medication
weak disaster preparedness plan
The main issue in this case is the snow storm. Is it the hospital's responsibili Continue Reading...
These skills are vital for them to make an impact, considering the powerful relationship between leadership strength and influence. (...)
In Australia the following study has noted a change in skill mix may be necessary:
Rising demand for health s Continue Reading...
lucidly stated to orbit around Leventhal's self-regulation theory which suggests that the actions which can help better explain behavioral changes are founded in the patient's unique view of their illness, and how they in turn regulate their behavio Continue Reading...
A chain of communication needs to be established for future cases.
More concrete recommendations for the organization include a clear system for assigning and determining a physician-in-charge for every admitted patient at all times, such that ther Continue Reading...
Gonzalez (2007), discusses the company WellPoint Inc. that provides its members with the capability to develop their own personal health records, an option to receive test results online, provide a limited set of records to their providers and to al Continue Reading...
Patients deserve as much time and attention as a nurse can possibly provide but when a nurse is in charge of eight patients at once she or he can only spend a few minutes with each one. When a patient requires additional care, nurses are unable to p Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Nurses and Prescriptive Authority
Though the roles of Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Educator and Nurse Administrator are all vital to the health care industry, they are not allowed prescriptive authority per se. However, the rol Continue Reading...
Compliance
Patient compliance is not always easy to obtain and it is frustrating when patients fail to follow recommendations and instructions. In addition, nurses and physicians tend to expect compliance while there is plenty of evidence derived f Continue Reading...
However, she writes that she embarked upon her book to encourage suffering individuals to enter treatment, not to shy away from it, given that without medication she could not be functional.
Jamison's relatively short (240 pages) text is broken up Continue Reading...
(Levin & Feldman, 2006, p. 298)
Open Ended Questions
1. Please list and elaborate on any specific concerns about pharmacological pain management that I can help you with?
2. Please list and elaborate on any specific questions about compliment Continue Reading...
The kidneys of someone that has chronic renal failure are generally smaller than average kidneys, with some notable and important exceptions (Rogers, 2004). Two of these exceptions would be polycystic kidney disease and diabetic nephropathy (Rogers, Continue Reading...
RN vs. LPN
NURSE PRACTICE ACT
Differences in Scope of Practice for RN and LPN
The Nurse Practice Act
Definitions and Practice Differences
Statute 65-1113 of this document defines a registered or professional nurse or RN as one possessing a licen Continue Reading...
It provides health-related advice on its website that all readers can benefit from, not simply those who use its services. As well as reaching out to the wider population of patients, it honors those within its fold who serve the organization with n Continue Reading...
Nursing Informatics Field
Definition of informatics nurses
Example of nursing informatics in practice (software applications)
Recent Growth
Nursing shortage and its impact
Need for automated processes over manual processes
Need for increased pa Continue Reading...
Err is Human: Summarize how informatics has assisted in improving health care safety in your organization and areas where growth is still needed.
The 1999 report "To Err is Human" shocked the medical establishment with its reports of high levels of Continue Reading...
Health Information Exchange
BOON OR BANE?
Health Information Exchange in the U.S.
The Guidelines
Benefits
Privacy and Security
Challenges and Strategies
Why Clinicians Use or Don't Use HIE
Doctors' Opinion on HIE
Consumer Preferences around Continue Reading...
In this case, that power dynamic was only exacerbated by the fact that the entire MSICU nursing team had never received training in management of the type of clinical issues presented and by the fact that they were excluded from any consultation in Continue Reading...
Rachel and Choo Hospital
Choo Choo's Liability
The fact that Rachel was initially discharged from the emergency department following examination by a physician with nothing more than a prescription for pain medication when she was in fact suffering Continue Reading...
My Education
I have an Associate Degree in Science from Community College of Philadelphia (2004), accumulating a GPA of 2.75 out of 4.00, and I am currently enrolled in courses in Biology, Statistics, and Physics at that same Community College. My Continue Reading...
com -- only random links to sites that may or may not have a passing reference to HIV. There is no persuasive element whatsoever. True but Little Known Facts, however, attempts to be objective and its bullet by bullet approach has the style of a pers Continue Reading...