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A Qualitative Assessment of Medication Errors

quantitative aspect of the research by Koppel et al. provides a very different approach to understanding the issue. The quantitat...

Basic Principles of Medication Administration

order must be provided and understood in order to ensure that proper administration occurs. Nurses must be aware of the factors im...

Medication Communication/Concept Analysis using Orem's Theory

between a patient and a doctor in a community practice setting" (Manias, 2010, p. 934). However, this scenario is no longer the mo...

Pharmacological Overview of Asthma

the attack from happening at all. This can be of immense relief to those accustomed to suffering from debilitating asthma attacks,...

Two Article Summaries

effectiveness of a computer-based access that informed primary care physicians of all prescriptions dispensed to specific patients...

Computer Tools and Inappropriate Prescribing for the Elderly

The incidence of inappropriate medication prescriptions issued to elderly individuals is estimated to be between 12 and 40 percent...

Reducing Medical Errors

focuses on methods to reduce errors and also improve the safety will focus on individual nursing skills and adherence to protocols...

Two Types of Healthcare Information Systems

opportunity to lower costs, decrease errors and promote increased productivity. The following paper examines two types of healthca...

Motivational Interviewing for Addicts

be an effective model with substance abuse. 2. Controversy using medication in recovery treatment Until the relatively recent pa...

Medication Errors

in control of the medication. Worse, not all medication errors are reported. If the wrong medication has reached the patient, the...

Self-Medication in Schizophrenics

genes tends to be normalized (Leonard, Mexal, & Freedman, 2007). Likewise, such a genetic phenomenon might explain the tendency ...

Medications and Bipolar Disorder

sleep problems, fatigue, and problems concentrating, among others (Ketter and Wang, 2010). Diagnosing bipolar disorder accuratel...

Overview of Adolescent Depression

of morbidity and mortality and depression among youth has become increasing prevalent. Adolescent depression has been shown to gen...

An Analysis of Medication Errors

it can be catastrophic. Indeed, in England and Wales recent medication errors have resulted in thirty-seven deaths (Nursing Stand...

Oppositing to Medicating Children with ADD or ADHD

with ADHD/ADD has only a very limited effectiveness, and the side effects and risks associated with it are simply too great. The ...

Getting the Teenage Diabetic Patient to Comply

One of the main problems with teenage diabetes patients is getting the patient to comply with the diet and medication regimen. Thi...

An Introduction to Attention Deficit Disorder

In five pages this paper provides an outline of ADD that includes symptoms, causes, diagnostic approaches and tests, treatments, m...

Contemporary World and Chinese Medicine

Chinese medical traditions are the focus of this paper consisting of six pages and its effects when combined with Western medicine...

Medical Supply Withholding and Globalization

entire world would be better off and the people who suffer in such countries would of course be helped. But while that position s...

Information Technology and Automated Medication Dispensing

In a paper consisting of seven pages the system of automated medication dispensing in a hospital setting is examined in terms of i...

Maternally Assessing a Pregnant Woman

This paper consisting of five pages considers such relevant pregnancy issues as breastfeeding, expectations, medications, physical...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Therapy Effects

In six pages OCD is examined within the context of therapeutic effects of medication and behavioral therapy. Six sources are cite...

Medication Administration and School Nurses

In five pages this paper discusses medication administration and school nurses as the focus of a study proposal and literature rev...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment Alternatives

In 5 pages this paper discusses diet, modifying behavior, and medication in an overview of various ADHD treatment approaches. The...

Medication Error Reduction Lesson Plan

deaths each year are related to medications" (Meadows, 2003). The actual number is estimated to be much higher because these kinds...

Mental Disorders and Medical Concerns

In fourteen pages this paper examines depression, attention deficit, and various types of mental disorders and how to deal with th...

ADHD and Behavior Therapy

In five pages treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder through behavior therapy and its benefits are discussed in ter...

Adverse Drug Reactions and Metabolic Changes Associated with Antipsychotic Medications

as typical or traditional (first generation) and atypical (second generation) (Blake, 2006). Typical antipsychotic medications ar...

Medicalization Of Depression

the symptoms for diagnosing clinical depression. There must be at least five symptoms from the list that have lasted for at least ...

ANALYSIS OF A MEDICATION ERROR

of 5-10 years. When the couple moved to Arkansas, the patient started visiting a new family practitioner. Because the pat...