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Reducing Medical Errors

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

Non-punitive Nursing Culture/Medical Errors

2004). As errors are inevitable, in order to significantly reduce the rate at which they occur, it is imperative that mistakes sho...

Applying to Medical School

had an aptitude for math and science courses that would support my pursuit of a Bachelors of Science degree. As I developed in my...

Product Description, Voice Over Medical Dictation

This research paper presents an overview of the Dragon Medical Practice Edition 2, which is a voice-over medical dictation system....

Dystopian and Utopian Literature from 1500-2000

design a society that people might like. For example, in terms of sexual repression, Mores Utopia would allow people to see one an...

Nursing Profession and Medication Errors

that nurse is guilty of doing something unethical. Nurses must impose a high standard of care in the office, hospital or home sett...

Medication Errors

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

Human Factors in Aircraft Repairs

of human error. Khalil (2007) reported that 70-80 percent of airline accidents are due to human error. Graeber (n.d.) put the rati...

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...

Reducing Errors in Research

necessary to choose the most appropriate method, in many cases this may include the use of screening and stratification in a numbe...

Aviation Maintenance

mobile offices" (Pryma, 2002, p. NA). The portability of the laptops allows maintenance workers to bring them on the plane, if the...

Preventing Medication Error Change Project

for the precise coding of medication and, thereby, helps nurses avoid the common errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002...

Type I and Type II Errors and Statistical Testing Uses

to third world countries where there are problems such as hunger and famine. The development of foods that need lesser levels of w...

Patient Safety and Human Factors

This research paper pertains to nursing errors that threaten patient safety, such as medication errors. Five pages in length, five...

Learning from Errors - The Impact of Organizational Perception

If organizations and individuals are to learn from mistakes, the organization in which they occur need to have a positive approac...

Efficacy of Bar Code Medication Administration

This research paper offers a literature review of studies that pertain to bar code medication administration (BCMA) systems. The p...

SELECTION ERRORS AND THEIR COSTS

Discusses the costs of false positive errors and false negative errors when it comes to recruitment and hiring. There are 3 source...

Grammar Errors, Ten Most Common Grammar Errors

This research paper describes the top ten most common grammatical errors, as identified by Rutgers University. Four pages in lengt...

The Clash of Parents and Medical Professionals in 'Baby Owens'

ultrasound or even an abdominal x-ray (National Institute of Health, 2004). Such was the case with Baby Owens. After the ...

Medical Coding

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

The History and Mission of Tripler Army Medical Center

facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...

Pros and Cons of Animals Being Used for Medical Research Purposes

such critical components as antibiotics, blood transfusions, dialysis, organ transplantation, vaccinations, chemotherapy, bypass ...

Right to Refuse Treatment

so (Forsloff). However, the state considers itself to have a vested interest in protected those who cannot protect themselves, suc...

Music Therapy as a Pediatric Sedative

post-discharge effects of chlorate hydrate, these parents/guardian reported unsteadiness, hyperactivity, poor appetite, vomiting a...

Organizational Responsibility and Ethics

low and they stopped taking Medicare patients (Gale, 1999). While there was a campaign for higher subsidies, nothing really happen...

Essay on Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform

a little out of line. But even those physicians who werent obstetricians ran into problems. In an effort to avoid any type ...

Case Study on Medical Ethics

disseminated across electronic media can make it comparatively easy for unauthorised personnel to access such data. Health care wo...

HCFA and the Diagnosis Related Group

case fluctuate from this standard (Long Island Business News, 2002). The diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) are not only defined ...

Example of a Medical Patient Case Study

In six pages this medical student intern psychiatry case model format includes history of the illness, mental state, and other per...

Future Accounting Projections and Medical Care

In five pages this student submitted case study projects future medical accounts with Microsoft Excel and analyzes how they may be...